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LOT 57

Lot 57

ALBERT HENRY ROBINSON, R.C.A.

ALBERT HENRY ROBINSON, R.C.A.
Lot 57 Details
ALBERT HENRY ROBINSON, R.C.A.

VILLAGE GOSSIP

oil on canvas
signed and indistinctly dated
20 ins x 24 ins; 50.8 cms x 61 cms

Estimate $18,000-$22,000

Realised: $18,000
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ALBERT HENRY ROBINSON, R.C.A.
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  • ALBERT HENRY ROBINSON, R.C.A.
Provenance:

Private Collection, Nova Scotia

Literature:

Jennifer C. Watson, Albert H. Robinson: The Mature Years, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1982, page 14. 

Note:

Prior to traveling to Europe in 1903 to further his training at the Académie Julien, a popular destination for young Canadian painters, A.H. Robinson's (1881-1956) preferred medium was drawing and to a lesser extent, watercolour. By 1903 or so, he began experimenting with oils.

This work was the result of a later trip to St. Malo in the company of A.Y. Jackson, in October 1911. It was a stay of about two months, lasting until mid-December. By 1912, Robinson is recorded as being back in Canada. Robinson also visited Dieppe, Dinard and Saint Severin on that trip.

While many of his subjects were seascapes or port scenes, which remained a favorite subject throughout his career, he also produced, though more rarely, street scenes such as this one. 

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