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Berthe Des Clayes

1877 - 1968

ARCA

Berthe des Clayes was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, and lived in England and Canada. She worked in oil, watercolour and pastel, and produced primarily landscapes in an impressionistic style.

She studied at the Bushey School of Art in England with Hubert von Herkomer, and in Paris at the Académie Julian with Tony Robert-Fleury and Jules Lefebvre. From 1906 to 1912, she lived in London.

Des Clayes immigrated to Montreal in 1912, along with her sister Gertrude who was an artist, and their younger sister Alice, also an artist, joined them two years later. They set up a studio in Beaver Hall Square, a favourite haunt for artists. Berthe lived in Montreal until 1919, participating in the spring exhibitions at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, and exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy.

In 1920, des Clayes moved to Chorleywood in England, returning to Montreal in 1931, where she resided until 1951. She returned to England in 1967, and lived in Devon.

Des Clayes won the Jessie Dow Prize twice, awarded by the Art Association of Montreal. She illustrated the books Here and There in Montreal and the Island of Montreal by Charles W. Stokes and Acadia (Nova Scotia) by the Dominion Atlantic Railway. She was an Associate member of the Royal Academy of Arts. Her work is in the collections of the Musée National des beaux-arts du Québec, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the University of Calgary, the University of British Columbia and Library and Archives Canada.

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Berthe Des Clayes

The Red Sleigh

18 x 24 in, 45.7 x 61 cm

oil on canvas

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

Sold for: $9,775 CDN (premium included)

Fine Canadian Art Fall 2006 on Friday, November 24, 2006

Berthe Des Clayes

A Laurentian Village

18 1/4 x 22 1/4 in, 46.4 x 56.5 cm

oil on canvas

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500 CDN

Sold for: $7,500 CDN (premium included)

20th Century & Modern Art on Thursday, November 29, 2018

Berthe Des Clayes

Val Morin, Late Autumn Afternoon

8 x 10 in, 20.3 x 25.4 cm

oil on canvas board

Estimate: $2,500 - $3,000 CDN

Sold for: $6,900 CDN (premium included)

Fine Canadian Art Fall 2005 on Thursday, November 24, 2005

Berthe Des Clayes

Spring on Mount Royal

10 1/2 x 13 1/2 in, 26.7 x 34.3 cm

oil on panel

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN

Sold for: $4,680 CDN (premium included)

Fall 2008 - 2nd Session on Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Berthe Des Clayes

Loading Lumber

12 x 14 in, 30.5 x 35.6 cm

oil on board

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CDN

Sold for: $3,750 CDN (premium included)

Fine Canadian Art on Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Berthe Des Clayes

Rhododendrons, Hampton Court Palace

13 3/4 x 13 3/4 in, 34.9 x 34.9 cm

pastel on paper

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000 CDN

Sold for: $3,750 CDN (premium included)

Works on Paper on Thursday, July 29, 2021

Berthe Des Clayes

Road Through the Woods

18 x 22 in, 45.7 x 55.9 cm

oil on board

Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN

Sold for: $3,540 CDN (premium included)

November 2015 - 5th Session on Saturday, November 28, 2015

Berthe Des Clayes

Winter Scene

16 x 20 in, 40.6 x 50.8 cm

oil on canvas

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500 CDN

Sold for: $3,540 CDN (premium included)

February 2016 - 3rd session on Thursday, February 25, 2016

Berthe Des Clayes

Winter Horse and Sleigh

13 3/4 x 15 3/4 in, 34.9 x 40 cm

pastel

Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500 CDN

Sold for: $3,450 CDN (premium included)

November 2002 on Saturday, November 30, 2002

Berthe Des Clayes

Horse and Wagon, Sunset

7 x 9 in, 17.8 x 22.9 cm

oil on panel

Estimate: $3,000 - $3,500 CDN

Sold for: $3,450 CDN (premium included)

Fine Canadian Art Fall 2004 on Thursday, November 25, 2004