Lot 41
MARC-AURELE FORTIN, A.R.C.A.
Provenance:
Private Collection, Ottawa.
Literature:
Francois-Marc Gagnon, “The Paradox of Marc-Aurele Fortin”, “Marc-Aurele Fortin, The Experience of Colour”, Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec, Quebec, 2011, pages 152 and 157.
Note:
Fortin often achieved great depth in his paintings through the skillful use of colour. Gagnon writes: “His painting appeals above all through colour. Consider Fortin's enormous trees. Dominating the entire landscape, they are lovingly painted, leaf by leaf, branch by branch.” At first glance, “Lakeside Cottage, Quebec” is a painting dominated by a large tree and a quaint house, however, the eye is drawn in further by the fire-toned sky illuminating the lake and casting shadows on the tree trunk and grass. This vibrant artwork exemplifies Fortin’s own style of painting which he defined aptly as “the school of light and sunshine.”