Lot 36
ALEXANDER YOUNG JACKSON, O.S.A., R.C.A.
Additional Images
Literature:
“Superb travail des artistes canadiens” (unsigned). La Presse, Montreal, 22 November 1918.
Note:
On the fury of both A.Y. Jackson’s and J.E.H. MacDonald’s paintings, Albert Laberge writes, “It’s as if, vibrating before untamed nature, savage and wild, they can scarcely find colours strong enough, gestures vigorous enough, to express the emotions they feel.”
Vibrant Woods demonstrates A.Y. Jackson’s strong sense of both colour and composition. A trace of placid sky gives way to, ignites into, brushstrokes of saturated and rich hues: crowned by a foreground of the artist’s signature scarlet red.