OSA RCA
1860 - 1892
Canadian
Portrait of Claire Belden as a Baby
oil on canvas
signed and dated October 21, 1890
13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in, 35.2 x 26.7 cm
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CAD
Sold for: $9,375
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PROVENANCE
A gift from Paul Peel to his sister Clara Peel Belden
By descent to her daughter Claire Belden Shives
By descent to her son Kilgour Belden Shives
By descent to his son Arnold Shives
LITERATURE
Victoria Baker, Paul Peel: A Retrospective, 1860 – 1892, London Regional Art Gallery, 1986, page 54, reproduced page 162
EXHIBITED
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, To Found a National Gallery: The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, 1880 – 1913, March 6 – April 27, 1980, traveling in 1980 – 1981 to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; plus Calgary and Vancouver
London Regional Art Gallery, Paul Peel: A Retrospective, 1860 – 1892, September 6 – October 26, 1986, traveling in 1986 – 1987 to the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal; Winnipeg Art Gallery; and Vancouver Art Gallery
Victoria Baker notes in her catalogue: “On 21 October Paul painted portraits of his sister Claire and her young daughter, also called Claire. The latter is especially fresh, rich in colouring and direct in its sketchy brushwork. On Monday 3 November he left for Paris, accompanied by his father and sister, apparently with the intent of travelling to Rome and Madrid.”
This collection of works by Paul Peel is a rare offering to the Canadian market, as the works have been held in the family of the artist for over a century. They provide an intimate look into the artist’s production in the last years of his life, when he had returned to Canada after his personal triumph of winning a bronze medal at the Paris Salon of 1890.
In the accompanying photos, we see an image of Claire Belden as a baby, along with an image of her as a baby with her mother Clara, Paul Peel's sister.
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