Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
1917 - 2005
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Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour was a painter, writer, photographer and entomologist born in Montreal in 1917. He attended the École des beaux-arts, Montreal from 1937 to 1940. In 1942, his first solo exhibition took place at the Dominion Gallery in Montreal, and a painting from that same year, Young Woman Seated, was acquired by the National Gallery in Ottawa. A Canada Council Grant in 1945 enabled him to spend 16 months in Brazil, where he painted from nature and produced 47 works for an exhibition in Rio de Janeiro. Upon his return to Canada, de Tonnancour painted still life and figurative works influenced by Picasso and Matisse. He was a member of the Contemporary Art Society of Montreal, and drafted the manifesto for Prisme d'yeux, a group organized by Alfred Pellan that rejected the views of the Automatists. He stopped painting between 1950 and 1955 (with the exception of a dozen canvases), after which travels in the Laurentians, northern Ontario and Vancouver revived his interest in painting Canadian landscapes. His "squeegee" technique began in 1959 and led to experiments in abstraction, collage and mixed media until the early 1980s.

De Tonnancour taught at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal from 1969 to 1982. He completed several public art commissions in Quebec, while also participating in numerous international group exhibitions. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1979 and received the Order of Quebec in 1993. In 1982 he abandoned painting completely to collect and photograph insects - entomology had been a life-long interest. His works can be found in the collections of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, the Musée du Québec, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, New Brunswick, among others. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy, the Canadian Group of Painters and the Contemporary Arts Society. De Tonnancour died in Montreal in 2005.
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Winter Landscape by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $58,500
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
Winter Landscape
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CDN
Sold for: $58,500 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2013 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 28, 2013
La butte by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $16,520
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
La butte
24 x 32 in, 61 x 81.3 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $15,000 - $25,000 CDN
Sold for: $16,520 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2014 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 27, 2014
Stèle pour un dieu soleil by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $16,380
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
Stèle pour un dieu soleil
48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm
mixed media on board
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 CDN
Sold for: $16,380 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2011 - 1st Session on Tuesday, May 17, 2011
La butte by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $14,950
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
La butte
24 x 32 in, 61 x 81.3 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 CDN
Sold for: $14,950 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2007 on Friday, November 23, 2007
Forêt by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $14,160
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
Forêt
24 x 30 in, 61 x 76.2 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000 CDN
Sold for: $14,160 CDN (premium included)
Spring 2016 - 1st Session on Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Landscape by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $14,040
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
Landscape
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $12,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $14,040 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2009 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 26, 2009
La conscience by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $10,000
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
La conscience
36 x 36 in, 91.4 x 91.4 cm
mixed media on board
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,000 CDN (premium included)
Quiet Revolution: Post-War & Contemporary Art in Quebec on Thursday, September 26, 2019
Sur trois ronds by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $9,360
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
Sur trois ronds
36 x 36 in, 91.4 x 91.4 cm
oil and mixed media on canvas on board
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 CDN
Sold for: $9,360 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2008 - 1st Session on Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Sans titre by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $7,080
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
Sans titre
16 1/2 x 20 in, 41.9 x 50.8 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $7,000 - $9,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,080 CDN (premium included)
March 2016 - 2nd session on Thursday, March 31, 2016
Nu by Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour sold for $7,020
Jacques Godefroy de Tonnancour
Nu
25 x 19 in, 63.5 x 48.3 cm
charcoal on paper
Estimate: $800 - $1,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,020 CDN (premium included)
February 2012 - 4th Session on Thursday, February 23, 2012