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Fortin, Marc-Aurèle - Sans titre
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CA$30,000 - CA$50,000
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Fortin, Marc-Aurèle (1888-1970)
Sans titre
Techniques mixtes aquarelle, huile, caséine, gouache, encre, fusain sur carton, signée en bas à gauche MA Fortin.
Étiquette de la galerie Bernard Desroches au dos
Dimension:
40" x 30"
101.5 x 76 cm
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Fortin, Marc-Aurèle (1888-1970)
Untitled
Mixed media: watercolor, oil, casein, gouache, ink, charcoal on cardboard, signed lower left MA Fortin.
Bernard Desroches gallery label on the reverse
Dimension:
40" x 30"
101.5 x 76 cm
Sans titre
Techniques mixtes aquarelle, huile, caséine, gouache, encre, fusain sur carton, signée en bas à gauche MA Fortin.
Étiquette de la galerie Bernard Desroches au dos
Dimension:
40" x 30"
101.5 x 76 cm
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Fortin, Marc-Aurèle (1888-1970)
Untitled
Mixed media: watercolor, oil, casein, gouache, ink, charcoal on cardboard, signed lower left MA Fortin.
Bernard Desroches gallery label on the reverse
Dimension:
40" x 30"
101.5 x 76 cm
Literature
Né en 1888 à Sainte-Rose, Marc-Aurèle Fortin est un artiste peintre dont l'œuvre a été presque intégralement consacrée à la représentation de paysages, principalement ruraux. Il fait son apprentissage de la peinture aux côtés de Ludger Larose et Edmond Dyonnet, puis suit des cours à l’Art Institute de Chicago. Il rentre au Québec en 1914, mais c'est à partir de 1920, suite à un voyage en Europe, qu’il commence à peindre sérieusement des scènes de l’Île de Montréal, principalement rurale en ce temps, et de Sainte-Rose. De 1923 à 1926, il explore en peignant de nombreuses scènes d’arbres. Dès 1935, il expérimente avec l'application de couleurs sur une surface noire, puis grise, lui permettant d’obtenir un rendu brillant et lumineux. Il s’essaie également à l'estampe et grave près de 60 plaques. Vers la fin des années 30, il voyage en Gaspésie et rencontre Alexandre Bercovitch. C’est là qu’il explorera la peinture à l’aquarelle soulignée de crayon noir ou pastel. Dans les années 50, il peint à la caséine. Fortin aura alors passé toute sa carrière à expérimenter, explorant de nouveaux médiums et de nouvelles techniques, dans sa quête perpétuelle de paysages toujours plus décoratifs, colorés et lumineux.
Born in 1888 in Sainte-Rose, Marc-Aurèle Fortin is a painter whose work is almost entirely devoted to landscapes, mainly rural. He apprenticed with Ludger Larose and Edmond Dyonnet, then studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He returned to Quebec in 1914, but it was not until 1920, following a trip to Europe, that he began to paint in earnest scenes of Montreal Island, mainly rural at the time, and of Sainte-Rose. From 1923 to 1926, he explored painting numerous tree scenes. By 1935, he was experimenting with the application of colors on a black surface, then on a gray one, giving him a bright, luminous rendering. He also tried his hand at printmaking, engraving some 60 plates. Towards the end of the '30s, he travels to Gaspésie and meets Alexandre Bercovitch. It was here that he explored watercolor painting underlined by black pencil or pastel. In the 50s, he began painting with casein. Fortin then spent his entire career experimenting, exploring new mediums and techniques, in his perpetual quest for ever more decorative, colorful and luminous landscapes.
Born in 1888 in Sainte-Rose, Marc-Aurèle Fortin is a painter whose work is almost entirely devoted to landscapes, mainly rural. He apprenticed with Ludger Larose and Edmond Dyonnet, then studied at the Art Institute of Chicago. He returned to Quebec in 1914, but it was not until 1920, following a trip to Europe, that he began to paint in earnest scenes of Montreal Island, mainly rural at the time, and of Sainte-Rose. From 1923 to 1926, he explored painting numerous tree scenes. By 1935, he was experimenting with the application of colors on a black surface, then on a gray one, giving him a bright, luminous rendering. He also tried his hand at printmaking, engraving some 60 plates. Towards the end of the '30s, he travels to Gaspésie and meets Alexandre Bercovitch. It was here that he explored watercolor painting underlined by black pencil or pastel. In the 50s, he began painting with casein. Fortin then spent his entire career experimenting, exploring new mediums and techniques, in his perpetual quest for ever more decorative, colorful and luminous landscapes.