Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté, Paysage Arthabaska, oil on board, 1920

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Paysage Arthabaska, 1920

oil on board

signed lower left; signed and dated 1920 on the reverse; signed, titled, dated “22 Oct. 1920” and inscribed “Souvenir de votre visite à mon studio” on the original frame backing (included with this artwork)

3.75 × 4.75 in (9.5 × 12.1 cm)

Auction Estimate:$6,000 - $8,000

Sale date:November 22, 2021

Price Realized

$6,000

(including Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, Toronto

Literature

Laurier Lacroix, “Suzor-Coté: Light and Matter, National Gallery of Canada”, Ottawa, 2002, pages 161-63

After studying in France for seventeen years, Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté returned to his hometown of Arthabaska in 1907. He chose to devote his art entirely to the Canadian landscape, telling a journalist from “The Globe” in 1910: “I think an artist must paint his own country.” “Paysage Arthabaska”, completed in 1920, depicts a moody, romantic landscape with a delicate interplay of subtle, carefully blended tones. Suzor-Coté particularly enjoyed studying the variations of light at different times of day, the serenity of which is articulated in this diminutive and intimate landscape.