AAM BHG CGP CSGA G7 RCA
1892 - 1977
Canadian
Lac Tremblant, PQ
oil on board
initialed and on verso signed, titled and dated March 1954 and inscribed with the Dominion Gallery inventory #A2392
8 1/2 x 10 1/2 in, 21.6 x 26.7 cm
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Dominion Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Ontario
LITERATURE
Dennis Reid, Edwin H. Holgate, National Gallery of Canada, 1976, page 22
The Laurentian landscape was a significant source of inspiration for Edwin Holgate throughout his career. He often accompanied his friend A.Y. Jackson on sketching trips throughout the Quebec countryside, and eventually joined the Group of Seven in 1929. Holgate was an exceptional draughtsman, and in response to the natural landscape, he honed a refined style that balanced traditional structure with modern expressions of simplicity and sculptural form. After returning to Montreal in 1944 from serving abroad as a war artist, Holgate no longer felt connected to the rapidly changing art scene of the city. Drawn to the tranquility of the countryside, he relocated to Morin Heights, in the Laurentians, in 1946. His works of the following years were immersive, intimate renderings of nature in flux. As Dennis Reid notes, they were “sure and deft, spontaneous in response, yet resolved tight works,” such as this March 1954 sketch. The harmonious composition of Lac Tremblant, PQ and its tonal palette of evergreens and rich earth, alongside the fluid, rounded forms of the distant hills and receding snow, together create a quiet celebration of early snowmelt.
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CAD
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