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Gaston
Rebry
Canadian [b. 1933]
JOURNEE BLEU
Oil on canvas
30 x 24 ins.
Sold @ $ 3,300
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Gaston
Rebry
Canadian [b. 1933]
ON A COLD DAY
Oil on canvas
30 x 40 ins.
Sold @ $ 4,950
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Wevelgem in Belgium, Gaston Rebry graduated from the
Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Menin, Belgium, in 1953. He also
studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal in 1954
and 1955. His work has been described in the following
way: By some enchanting ways, water springs up from his
brush, flowing amidst a blooming under growth; the river
swelling, whirling; the lake reflecting, or being
tormented by a northern wind. A sudden inspiration
transcends the gross substance, spreading out the
foliage and decorating the canvas with pastoral
blossoms. Thus, the mildness of summer reveals itself
with rare intuition. On his palette, the gold of harvest
is rightly subdued by the allegory of fall colours. The
hillsides begin to shine, and ignite. The artist also
captures that misty moment through which golden brown
bushes penetrate, and where the glacial winds uproot the
remanding leaves. Beyond this bareness, a painting is
being created. The wintry countrysides of Gaston Rebry
are mirrors of calmness and peace. Myriads of starry
snowflakes fall on the forest, as these same snow banks
up in the coldness. This poet of nature, stirred by the
movement and rhythm of the flowing days and seasons,
reincarnates the rustic area under the morning rays as
well as under the last lights of a sunset. He adorns the
Mauricie region with a new splendour; and the characters
to whom he gives life, blend themselves well into these
wonderful landscapes which never cease to him. |
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