Lot 81
David Rousseaux-Morrice (1903-1978)
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Provenance:
Prominent Private Collection of a former museum curator, New Brunswick
Literature:
“A Dictionary of Canadian Artists,” volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker, National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Note:
David Rousseaux-Morrice was the son of Arthur A. Morrice, a Scottish textile manufacturer, and his wife of French Huguenot descent. Morrice’s uncle was Canadian artist, J.W. Morrice.
He attended Upper Canada College and the Appleby School near Toronto, then graduated from McGill University in 1924 (the year he started painting). In 1932, Morrice turned to painting full time and studied under Lilias Torrance Newton and Adam Sheriff Scott. His first one-man show consisting of 80 paintings was held at the Dominion Gallery, Toronto, in March of 1950.