Canadian Fine Art Auction

May 29, 2017

LOT 97

Lot 97

ARTHUR VILLENEUVE

ARTHUR VILLENEUVE
Lot 97 Details
ARTHUR VILLENEUVE

LE CARNAVAL DE CHICOUTIMI, 1961

oil on canvas
signed and inscribed “5.61.50 B”
25 ins x 30.75 ins; 64.1 cms x 78.1 cms

Estimate $2,500-$3,000

Realised: $7,200
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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ARTHUR VILLENEUVE
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Provenance:

The Isaacs Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Quebec

Literature:

Arthur Villeneuve’s Quebec Chronicles, (catalogue), The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 1972, page 92, reproduced.

J. Russell Harper, A People’s Art: Primitive, Naive, Provincial and Folk Painting in Canada, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1974, page 136, 147

Exhibited:

Arthur Villeneuve’s Quebec Chronicles, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 1972, no.166.

Note:

Carnivals are a centuries old tradition in the province of Quebec, where myriad towns and villages host winter festivals marking the start of the Lenten season. These celebrations can be traced back to the beginning of New France and occur in other northern countries where the winters can be arduous. Winter celebrations at Chicoutimi such as the one depicted here continue to this day. Arthur Villeneuve’s (1910-1990) painting illustrates a street party held annually during the week before Ash Wednesday, following the mayor's proclamation that “all should dress up, eat, have fun and live in the style of a century earlier.” At carnivals such as this one, music is an integral part of the celebration and revellers take the party to the streets, where they celebrate with lively dancing typically wearing masks with attenuated or exaggerated noses and mouths.

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