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Marc-Aurele
Fortin
Canadian A.R.C.A. [1888-1970]
UNTITLED, AUTUMN COLOURS
Watercolour on paper
4 1/2 x 5 3/4 ins.
Sold @ $ 1,870
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Marc-Aurele Fortin was
born in Sainte-Rose, Quebec, and studied under Edmond
Dyonnet and Ludger Larose in Montreal (1903-08); at the
Art Institute of Chicago under Edward J. Timmons (c.
1910); in New York City and Boston (1912-14); and
engraving with Adrian Hebert. He also lived in
Edmonton (1908-09); England and France (1920-22); and
southern France and northern Italy (1934-36). His
early paintings were influenced by the Barbizon School
and Utrillo. His later style was inluenced by the
Group of Seven and Fauvism. He painted throughout
Quebec in the Laurentians, Quebec City, Ile d'Orleans,
Charlevoix, Gaspe, and Saguenay regions. His
subjects included traditional rural Quebec landscapes
and village scenes, with much of his focus on either a
specific house, or houses and buildings in
general. He used a variety of mediums including
oil, watercolour, pastel, gouache, casein, ink,
charcoal, copper engravings and etchings. He was a
prolific artist producing over 6,000 paintings and
prints. He stopped painting due to illness
(1955-62). His work is represented at the National
Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Musee de Quebec, Quebec
City; Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal; and
Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal. He exhibited
with the R.C.A.1910-49 and extensively with the Art
Association of Montreal and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
from 1911-67.
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