Lot 37
NORA FRANCES ELISABETH COLLYER (1898-1978)
Lot 37 Details
NORA FRANCES ELISABETH COLLYER (1898-1978)
OLD BARN, CAP-À-L'AIGLE, P. QUE, JULY 1947
oil on panel
signed; titled and dated "July 1947" on the reverse; titled and dated to gallery label on the reverse; diverse inscriptions on reverse
11.88 ins x 14 ins; 30.2 cms x 35.6 cms
Estimate $7,000-$9,000
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Provenance:
Galerie d'art Michel Bigué, Saint-Saveur, QC;
Private collection, Toronto, ON
Note:
Collyer became the youngest member of the Beaver Hall Group when she joined in 1920. As her career progressed, so did her friendships with the women of the group, including Sarah Robertson and Anne Savage. Collyer and Savage shared a studio for three years at the founding address of 305 Beaver Hall Hill. The women of the Beaver Hall Group helped to shape Modernism in Montreal, and exhibited regularly even after disbanding in 1922. The two works here were painted soon after Collyer joined the Federation of Canadian Artists (1946-1981), where her work was featured in five retrospectives.
A coastal village scene sourced from the east end of La Malbaie, Old Barn, Cap-à-l’aigle is composed of soft rhythms and colour. It was completed in July 1947, a strong period for Collyer following her first solo exhibition at the Dominion Gallery in Montreal in 1946.
References:
Evelyn Walters, The Beaver Hall Group and its Legacy (Toronto: Dundern Press, 2017), 87.