AAM RCA
1866 - 1934
Canadian
Winter View of Sillery, PQ, from the Plains of Abraham
oil on canvas, circa 1905
signed and on verso signed, titled and certified by the Cullen Inventory #1001
18 x 24 in, 45.7 x 61 cm
Estimate: $35,000 - $45,000 CAD
Sold for: $40,250
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PROVENANCE
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal
Private Collection, Quebec
By descent to a Private Collection, Montreal
Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 23, 2007, lot 46
Private Collection, Quebec City
Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 30, 2018, lot 146
Private Collection, Quebec
LITERATURE
Hughes de Jouvancourt, Maurice Cullen, 1978, titled as Winter View of Sillery from the Plaines d’Abraham, reproduced page 12
EXHIBITED
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal, Maurice Cullen, 1866 - 1934: Retrospective Exhibition, September 17 - 30, 1974, catalogue #37
This atmospheric painting is a view of Sillery, a borough of Quebec City, from the historic Plains of Abraham where, in a decisive battle in 1759, the British under General James Wolfe defeated the French and their Indigenous allies under General Louis-Joseph de Montcalm. However, this painting is a purely aesthetic view of this historic area, and a fine example of Maurice Cullen’s consummate abilities with an Impressionist style. As well as being exposed to French Impressionism during his studies in France, Cullen went on sketching trips with Canadian Impressionist James Wilson Morrice—they were known to have worked together in Beaupré, Quebec, in the winter of 1897. In this view of Sillery, Cullen’s use of Impressionist colour and light is exquisite. While mixing colour tones on his palette, Cullen was known to have kept his colours as separate as possible to retain the vibrancy of the pigments, and he built up his surfaces with the technique of impasto, mixing paint directly on the surface of the canvas.
Estimate: $35,000 - $45,000 CAD
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