Maurice Galbraith Cullen Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Maurice Galbraith Cullen Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 03, 2024
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (Canadian, 1866 - 1934) Landscape Oil On Board
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Medium: Oil On Board Painting Size: 16 x 20 inches Frame Size: 19.5 x 23.5 inches Condition: This artwork is in great condition for its age. Signature: Signed Artist: Maurice Galbraith Cullen ( Canadian, 1866 - 1934 )
Topwells
Nov. 02, 2024
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, (Canadian, 1866-1934), View of Mount Girouard, Near Banff, oil on board, 15 x 18 in., frame: 22 1/4 x 25 3/4 in.
Est: $10,000 - $20,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN (Canadian, 1866-1934) View of Mount Girouard, Near Banff oil on board signed M Cullen lower right
Grogan & Company
Oct. 22, 2024
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith - Untitled
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith (1866-1934) Untitled Description (FR): Huile sur isorel, non signÃ©e, inventaire Cullen #882, confirmÃ© par Ãric Klinkhoff Provenence : Pierre Lachance, Galerie Klinkhoff. Etudes pour la mural Porteous Ile d'Orléans. NÃ© en 1866 Ã St-Jean de Terre-Neuve, Maurice Cullen est un artiste peintre principalement reconnu pour ses paysages dâhiver. Sa famille dÃ©mÃ©nage Ã MontrÃ©al en 1870, et en 1884, Cullen Ã©tudie auprÃ¨s de Louis-Philippe HÃ©bert. Ã lâÃ¢ge de 22 ans, il dÃ©mÃ©nage Ã Paris pour y Ã©tudier la peinture acadÃ©mique franÃ§aise traditionnelle. Il se fascine cependant plutÃ´t pour lâart moderne et lâimpressionnisme. Il devient le premier Canadien Ã Ãªtre Ã©lu membre associÃ© de la SociÃ©tÃ© nationale des beaux-arts de Paris en 1897, puis rentre au QuÃ©bec la mÃªme annÃ©e. Ã son retour Ã MontrÃ©al, Cullen donne une palette plus sombre au style impressionniste qu'il a acquis Ã l'Ã©tranger et commence Ã peindre des paysages hivernaux, dÃ©veloppant ce qui allait devenir plus tard lâune de ses marques de fabrique. âIl est le peintre canadien qui a le plus, et certainement le mieux peint la neigeâ. Description (EN): Oil on canvas, unsigned, Cullen Inventory #882 confirmed by Erc Klinkhoff Provenence : Pierre Lachance, Galerie Klinkhoff. Studies for the Porteous Mural, Île d'Orléans. Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1866, Maurice Cullen was a painter best known for his winter landscapes. His family moved to Montreal in 1870, and in 1884, Cullen studied with Louis-Philippe HÃ©bert. At the age of 22, he moved to Paris to study traditional French academic painting. However, he became fascinated with modern art and Impressionism. He became the first Canadian to be elected associate member of the SociÃ©tÃ© nationale des beaux-arts de Paris in 1897, and returned to Quebec the same year. On his return to Montreal, Cullen gave a darker palette to the Impressionist style he had acquired abroad and began painting winter landscapes, developing what would later become one of his trademarks. âHe is the Canadian painter who has painted snow the most, and certainly the bestâ. Dimension (PO): 27" x 53" Dimension (CM): 68 x 134 cm Rapport de condition: Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de rÃ©pondre Ã vos questions de maniÃ¨re dÃ©taillÃ©e. Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
Aug. 11, 2024
Landscape Oil On Canvas, with a Signature Maurice Galbraith Cullen
Est: $500 - $3,000
Medium: Oil On Canvas Painting Size: 14 x 20 inches Frame Size: 18.5 x 24.5 inches Condition: This artwork is in good overall condition for its age. With a signature Maurice Galbraith Cullen ( 1866 - 1934 ).
Topwells
May. 12, 2024
CANADIAN LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING BY MAURICE CULLEN
Est: $100 - $150
Maurice Galbraith Cullen, Canadian, 1866 to 1934, oil painting on canvas mounted on board depicting a forest river landscape. Signed lower left. Framed. Maurice Cullen is known for Impressionist landscape, marine, genre and portrait painting, teaching. Maurice Galbraith Cullen was a prominent painter and an influential educator who was born in St. John's, Newfoundland. His mediums were oil, watercolour, pen and ink, pastel and mixed mediums. His subjects are landscape, coastal scenes, urban scenes, genre, portraits and during World War I war. The locations of the painting subjects include the Rocky Mountains, Newfoundland, North Africa, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. However his most famous subject is Quebec in winter, its urban streets, its rivers, its countryside. He is also known for his plein air painting, even in extreme weather conditions. Antique Canadian Fine Art, Landscape Paintings, Wall Art, and Collectibles. One of a kind artwork.
Antique Arena Inc
Mar. 24, 2024
Maurice Galbraith Cullen ( 1866 - 1934 ) Impressionist Oil On Canvas
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
Medium: Oil On Canvas Painting Size: 12 x 16 inches Frame Size: 20 x 24 inches Condition: This artwork is in good overall condition for its age. Signature: Signed Artist: Maurice Galbraith Cullen ( 1866 - 1934 )
Montgomery Auction
Jun. 20, 2023
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith - Hiver - Rivière cachée
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith (1866-1934) Hiver - Rivière cachée Description: Oil on panel, signed on lower left M. Cullen, label of the Jean-Pierre Valentin gallery and the Walter Klinkhoff gallery. Dimension (PO): 14'' x 10 34'' Dimension (CM): 35 x 27 cm Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
May. 25, 2023
Maurice Galbraith Cullen, RCA (1866-1934) The Cache River, Last Gleams of a Winter Sun 18 1/8 x 24 in. (46 x 61 cm.) (Executed in 1923.)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen, RCA (1866-1934) The Cache River, Last Gleams of a Winter Sun signed 'M. Cullen' (lower left) pastel on paper laid down on board 18 1/8 x 24 in. (46 x 61 cm.) Executed in 1923.
Bonhams
Mar. 28, 2023
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith - Spring, Laurentians
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith (1866-1934) Spring, Laurentians Description: Oil on canvas, signed on lower left M. Cullen Provenance: Empire Auctions, Montreal, January 11th 2001, lot 505, Private collection, Toronto Dimension (PO): 18 1/4" x 24 1/4" Dimension (CM): 46.3 x 61 cm Condition report: Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
Mar. 22, 2021
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (Canadian, 1866-1934) WINTER LANDSCAPE
Est: €5,000 - €7,000
signed lower left
Whyte's
Mar. 05, 2020
* Canadian School. Two Views of St. Lawrence River
Est: £300 - £500
* Canadian School. Views of St. Lawrence River from Beaumont, circa 1900, two oils on paper in the manner of Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866-1934), unsigned, each laid on thin wood panel, 12.5 x 20.5 cm (5 x 8 ins), matching gilt frames (Qty: 2)
Dominic Winter Auctions
Sep. 08, 2019
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 -1934).
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
An oil on board plein air painting by Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 - 1934). Signature lower right. Frame size: 20 inches high x 24. Image size: 12 inches high x 16. Condition: Good. Showing a 9 inch restoration from the bottom center to the center middle. Date: Late 19th / early 20th century.
Turner Auctions + Appraisals
May. 28, 2019
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith - Rivière -
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith 1866-1934 Rivière Fusain sur papier, signé en bas à droite M Cullen Charcoal on paper, signed on lower right M Cullen 34.29 x 26.67 cm 13 1/2" x 10 1/2"
Champagne Auctions
Mar. 19, 2019
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith - Rivière -
Est: $2,500 - $3,500
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith (1866-1934) Rivière - Fusain sur papier, signé en bas à droite M Cullen Charcoal on paper, signed on lower right M Cullen 13 1/2" x 10 1/2" - 34.29 x 26.67 cm Rapport de condition : Sur demande, nous nous ferons un plaisir de répondre à vos question de manière détaillée. Condition Report : Upon request, We will gladly answer all your inquiries in a detailed manner.
Champagne Auctions
Jul. 12, 2018
(AFTER) MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN (CANADIAN, 1866-1934), UNTITLED (SPLIT RAIL FENCE), OIL ON CANVAS; BEARS SIGNATURE M. Cullen LOWER LEFT, 9.3 x 11.5 in — 23.5 x 29.2 cm
Est: $500 - $700
(AFTER) MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN (CANADIAN, 1866-1934)UNTITLED (SPLIT RAIL FENCE)OIL ON CANVAS; BEARS SIGNATURE M. Cullen LOWER LEFT9.3 x 11.5 in — 23.5 x 29.2 cmProvenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $500—700
Waddington's
May. 28, 2018
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., VIEW OF THE ROCKIES FROM THE ECHO RIVER, gouache, 5.75 ins x 5 ins; 14.6 cms x 12.1 cms
Est: $2,500 - $4,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.VIEW OF THE ROCKIES FROM THE ECHO RIVERgouachesigned with initials, Cullen Inventory No. 404; also signed on the reverse by a number of artists including Cullen, Pilot, Dyonnet and others. 5.75 ins x 5 ins; 14.6 cms x 12.1 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealLiterature:Sylvia Antoniou, Maurice Cullen, Queen’s University, Kingston, 1982, page 42.Sylvia Antoniou writes: “Cullen and his wife travelled to Banff in the summer of 1930... Paintings of the Rockies were exhibited favourably at the Canadian National Exhibition in August in Toronto and the Annual Academy exhibition in November”.Estimate: $2,500–4,000
Waddington's
Nov. 21, 2017
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith (1866-1934) Maurice Cullen par Huges De Jouvancourt
Est: $300 - $500
Livre comprennant une lithographie signée de Lorne Holland Bouchard (1913-1978) numérotée, 27/160, représentent Maurice Galbraith Cullen Book including a signed lithograph by Lorne Holland Bouchard (1913-1978) numbered, 27/160, representing Maurice Galbraith Cullen
Champagne Auctions
Nov. 20, 2017
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., QUEBEC FROM LÉVIS - TWILIGHT, pastel, 21.25 ins x 28.75 ins; 58.4 cms x 71.1 cms
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.QUEBEC FROM LÉVIS - TWILIGHTpastelsigned and dated ‘04, Cullen inventory no. 854 21.25 ins x 28.75 ins; 58.4 cms x 71.1 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealLiterature:Sylvia Antoniou, Maurice Cullen, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, 1982, cover illustration for a related subject, Lévis from Quebec, 1906, and page 16 and 18.Maurice Cullen (1866-1934), like so many other great Canadian artists from this period, went overseas to further his training at which time he would have been exposed to many of the leading proponents of French impressionism in Paris. Considered one of the fathers of Canadian impressionism, Cullen returned to Canada in 1902 and after 1903 regularly exhibited works executed in pastel, like this lot. He had learned the technique while at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris and made his own pastel sticks from pigments he ground himself. He was a perfectionist when it came to his materials and Sylvia Antoniou notes: “Cullen’s pastel drawings are quite unique in that they have stood up to time as well as the oils.” She comments further that “Until 1910, the Quebec area seems to have been his preferred painting ground.” Indeed, the subject of this lot, the stretch of seaway that separates Quebec City from Lévis, with a backdrop of the ramparts of the fortified city - was a favourite subject of Cullen, Pilot and colleagues, such as James Wilson Morrice, who also famously painted the ferry boats that transported goods and people from one shore to the other. Each of the artists produced works of art depicting picturesque views of Lévis from Quebec, or Quebec from Lévis. Estimate: $25,000–35,000
Waddington's
Jan. 14, 2017
Attr Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 - 1934) Quebec
Est: $4,000 - $8,000
Attr. Maurice Galbraith Cullen (1866 - 1934) Oil on canvas painting of a view of Quebec. Signed lower right and inscribed verso. In a Whistler Style Frame. Image size: 17.5 x 20.5 inches. In 1895, he was the first Canadian elected associate of the Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, France. In 1899, he was elected an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and in 1907 a full member. He was also a member of the Montreal Pen and Pencil Club (1896). In 1918, he was appointed an Official War Artist with the rank of captain, serving in France, Belgium and England. He exhibited at the Paris Salon (1894, 95, 01, 02 and 03), with the Toronto Art Club (1908 - 1915), with the RCA (1893 - 1934) and the Art Association of Montreal (1897 - 1932). Retrospectives of his work were done by l'Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal in 1913, the Arts Club of Montreal in 1922, and in 1934 by his dealer Watson Galleries in Montreal. Since his death his works have been continuously and widely exhibited in Canada, this includes major retrospectives by the National Gallery of Canada in 1956 and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Kingston, Ontario) in 1983. There were retrospectives by the Kitchner - Waterloo Art Gallery (Ontario) in 1965 and at Galerie Walter Klinkhoff (Montreal) in 1974 and 2000. His works were also included in the "Three Hundred Years of Canadian Art" exhibition at the National Gallery in 1967, in the "Canadian Landscape Painting 1630 - 1930" exhibition which toured the U.S.A. in 1973 and in the "Landscape Painting in Quebec 1800 - 1940" exhibition at the Museum of Quebec (Quebec City) in 1979. His work is avidly collected (3) and is in many private and public collections. Some of the public collections are the McMichael Canadian Collection (Kleinburg, Ontario), the Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto), the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (B.C.), the Museum of Civilization (Hull, Quebec), the Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton, New Brunswick), the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts (Quebec City) and the McCord Museum (Montreal). The National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) has 22 of his works. His awards include the Jesse Dow Prize from the Art Association of Montreal in 1911 and 1913.
Sarasota Estate Auction
May. 30, 2016
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., LIGHT EFFECTS, BEAUPRÉ, oil on canvas, 13 ins x 18 ins; 33 cms x 45.7 cms
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.LIGHT EFFECTS, BEAUPRÉoil on canvassigned, Cullen Inventory No. 182 13 ins x 18 ins; 33 cms x 45.7 cms Provenance:Canadian Fine Arts, TorontoPrivate Collection, Hudson, QuebecLiterature:Conrad Graham, Maurice Cullen Retrospective Exhibition, (catalogue), Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal, September 16-30, 2000, page 4. Crystal S. Parsons, Maurice Cullen and His Circle, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2009, page 11. Note:When Maurice Galbraith Cullen returned from France in 1896, he and his circle of friends, which included James Wilson Morrice, William Brymner and Edmund Morris continued the tradition they had established there of accompanying one another on sketching trips. Among the places they visited together repeatedly was Beaupré, the subject of this work.While Light Effects is not dated, it possesses many of the finest qualities of that earlier period with its contrasty bands of light and shadow. It is delightful to imagine Cullen painting works such as this one in the company of Morrice, Brymner or Morris, striving to translate the lessons learned in France to suit the Canadian landscape and atmosphere. A slash of gold mingling with pale salmon pink provides a striking contrast to the rich green tones of the bankside grasses. Cullen’s interpretation of the Beaupré twilight demonstrates his ability to render light convincingly. Cullen, the Painter of Light, would become celebrated for his luminous winter scenes in oil and pastel, but clearly could dazzle in all seasons.
Waddington's
Apr. 17, 2016
Cullen, Maurice Galbraith (1866-1934) Campaign road (1916)
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
Huile sur toile, signée et datée en bas à droite Maurice Cullen 30/4/16 Oil on canvas, signed and dated on lower right Maurice Cullen 30/4/16 13 x 16; 33.02 x 40.64 cm Condition report : Paint slightly scratched on the bottom edge. Please contact us for more information.
Lapointe & Champagne
Nov. 23, 2015
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., RIVERSIDE FARM, oil on canvas, 12.75 ins x 16 ins; 32.4 cms x 40.6 cms
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.RIVERSIDE FARMoil on canvassigned and dated ‘96 12.75 ins x 16 ins; 32.4 cms x 40.6 cms Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoNote:Riverside Farm, executed in 1896, is typical of Cullen’s work from this period and is heavily influenced by Impressionism. While this painting does not have the same atmospheric quality of light or looseness of brushstroke that is characteristic of Monet, Riverside Farm exhibits an obvious fascination with the relationship between light, shadow and colour. The hints of red and orange in the trees suggest that autumn is approaching. Cullen captures the farm on the edge of change which, to a still largely agrarian society, would signal the start of the intense preparation necessary for the Canadian winter to come. Cullen Inventory No. 643
Waddington's
Nov. 23, 2015
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., RED FOREST TRIPTYCH, oil on canvas, laid down on board, 30 ins x 63 ins; 76.2 cms x 160 cms
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.RED FOREST TRIPTYCHoil on canvas, laid down on boardsigned with monogramme 30 ins x 63 ins; 76.2 cms x 160 cms Provenance:Private Collection, New YorkLiterature:Barry Lord, The History of Painting in Canada: Toward a People’s Art, NC Press, Toronto, 1974, page 114. Colin S. MacDonald, A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, 3rd edition, Canadian Paperbacks, Ottawa, 1975, pages 158-159. Sylvia Antoniou, Maurice Cullen: 1866-1934 (catalogue), Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1982.Note:In his lifetime, Maurice Cullen had become one of Canada’s most popular painters, exhibiting regularly alongside esteemed contemporaries such as James Wilson Morrice and the Group of Seven. The fame of the latter group sparked greater interest in Cullen's Quebec landscapes, especially after 1922, but this relationship was symbiotic: as Barry Lord wrote, just a few years earlier, “Cullen’s patriotic decision to return to Canada was not lost on the Group of Seven; nor were his attempts to find the colour, light and texture of paint that suited this land.” While Cullen's Canadian landscape paintings are well known, less so are his private commissions, which rarely appear on the market. Red Forest Triptych's bold palette and smoky brushwork departs from the cool colours of Cullen's scenes of the Laurentians in winter. Highly decorative, Cullen's residential commissions ranged from small-scale paintings to large murals. Red Forest Triptych is a deeply romantic and atmospheric painting, most likely completed in the studio he established in Montreal on Beaver Hall Square in 1906.
Waddington's
Nov. 23, 2015
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., WINTER WOODS, LAC TREMBLANT, oil on panel, 10.5 ins x 13.75 ins; 26.7 cms x 34.9 cms
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.WINTER WOODS, LAC TREMBLANToil on panelsigned 10.5 ins x 13.75 ins; 26.7 cms x 34.9 cms Provenance:Joyner Fine Art Inc., Canadian Art Auction, November 1987Private Collection, U.S.A.Literature:William R. Watson, Maurice Cullen, R.C.A.: A Record of Struggle and Achievements, Ryerson Press, Toronto, 1931, pages 25-31. Barry Lord, The History of Painting in Canada: Toward a People’s Art, NC Press, Toronto, 1974, pages 110 and 114.Note:Maurice Cullen, known as the father of Canadian Impressionism, studied in Paris from 1887 to 1895. When he first arrived there, it was his intention to master the practice of sculpture. However, he soon realized that he preferred to express himself in paint. Cullen's impasto brushstrokes are not without traces of sculptural technique, however, as we see in Winter Woods, Lac Tremblant. Cullen achieved a degree of success while living in Europe, but upon returning to Montreal in 1895 found the Canadian market much more difficult to penetrate. It took a number of years for his work to attract any critical or popular attention. In 1920, Cullen realized his dream “to have a studio of my own, a shack in the mountains, an acre for a garden and every winter heavy with snow,” when he purchased a cabin at Lac Tremblant in the Laurentians. Gradually, Cullen's landscapes began to gain favour among Canadian collectors. Ultimately, he exhibited often, and with great success. Winter Woods, Lac Tremblant is a remarkable example of the mature work that emerged from this period. Cullen preferred to work with a limited palette; rarely using more than eight colours and blending his own hues on the canvas. He has been described as an outstanding craftsman who "believed strongly in keeping the colours as separate as possible to achieve the balance between vision and subject by means of a well-defined interplay of light and dark hues.” Cullen Inventory No. 1472
Waddington's
Nov. 23, 2015
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., HARBOUR SCENE, oil on panel, 8.25 ins x 10.5 ins; 21 cms x 26.7 cms
Est: $9,000 - $12,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.HARBOUR SCENEoil on panelsigned 8.25 ins x 10.5 ins; 21 cms x 26.7 cms Provenance:Private Collection, Nova ScotiaLiterature:Crystal S. Parsons, Maurice Cullen and His Circle, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2009.Note:Maurice Cullen arrived in Paris to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in 1888, when the Impressionists were at their height. When he returned to Canada seven years later, he brought their emphasis on light and atmospheric conditions with him. Cullen’s landscapes and urban scenes capture the light in all seasons, weather systems, and times of day. However, unlike the Impressionists, Cullen was uninterested in capturing fashion or leisure pursuits, instead focusing on the modernization and industrialization of urban centres. Though harbour scenes were an infrequent subject for Cullen, he painted their bustling views in Montreal, where he lived and worked, and in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where he painted in 1907 and annually from 1910-1912.
Waddington's
Jun. 02, 2015
MAURICE CULLEN
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Canadian, 18661934, Waterfall on a Crisp Winter's Day, Oil on canvas, signed, 22 x 18 in, 56 x 45.5 cm, This work is included in the Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Cullen Inventory as No.1459
Walker's
Jun. 02, 2015
MAURICE CULLEN
Est: $80,000 - $120,000
Canadian, 1866-1934, North Cache River, Lake Tremblant, Oil on canvas, signed, Painted c.1929
Walker's
May. 25, 2015
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., MOONLIT LANDSCAPE, oil on canvas, laid down on board, 29.75 ins x 66.5 ins; 73.7 cms x 167.6 cms
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A. MOONLIT LANDSCAPE oil on canvas, laid down on boardmonogramme 29.75 ins x 66.5 ins; 73.7 cms x 167.6 cms Provenance:Private Collection, WinnipegExhibited:On long-term loan to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, n.d.Literature:Hugues de Jouvancourt, Maurice Cullen, Éditions la Frégate, Montréal, 1978, pages 126-127.Crystal S. Parsons, Maurice Cullen and His Circle, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 2009, page 9.Note:Under the light of the low-horizon moon, Cullen paints a scene of quiet brilliance. As Crystal S. Parsons writes, "Cullen's Canadian landscapes differed from those of his artistic predecessors. They were not allegorical or historical records but, like the French Impressionists, Cullen strove to paint what he saw in front of him with truth to particular aspects of nature, especially the ephemeral effects of light." The subdued palette of this work softly captures the contours and bends of the birches and rocks, the cresting of the distant shoreline. In a subtle play of tone and a cast of delicate blue, the work becomes powdery and iridescent, as if a silk veil were draped across the canvas. The beauty of this work lies in its stillness and its delicate emotionality. Hugues de Jouvancourt summarizes Cullen's abilities perfectly in stating that, "Through his strong feeling for things, Cullen could perceive the invisible strength of life hidden in woods, streams, mountains and valleys. His great search was to try and express his emotion in relation to nature to the best of his ability, and this he magnificently succeeded in doing."
Waddington's
Jun. 17, 2014
CULLEN, Maurice Galbraith (1866-1934)
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
CULLEN, Maurice Galbraith (1866-1934)"The North River"PastelSigned and dated on the lower right: M. Cullen 21Titled on a Masters Gallery label on the reverseInventory number on a label from the Klinkhoff Gallery on the reverse: 136161x91.5cm - 24x32"
Iegor
May. 26, 2014
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., THE NORTH RIVER, 1921, pastel, 23.5 ins x 31.5 ins; 59.7 cms x 80 cms
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.THE NORTH RIVER, 1921pastelsigned and dated -21, Cullen inventory no.1361 23.5 ins x 31.5 ins; 59.7 cms x 80 cms Provenance:Masters Gallery Ltd., CalgaryPrivate Collection, VancouverLiterature:Sylvia Antoniou, Maurice Cullen, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1982, pages 18, 22 and 24.Note:Cullen is among a very small number of artists in Canada whose pastels are as appreciated as his oils and often command significant prices. Working in this medium brought Cullen great pleasure and many of his Laurentian scenes were executed in pastel. Antoniou writes that Cullen would have learned the technique while in France and made his own pastel crayons "in as wide a range of individual tones as possible, to avoid mixing the colours on the paper. This way the results were not 'dragged' or 'chalky'."Cullen exhibited pastels regularly and continued to use this medium until the end of his life. His dealer, William Watson, was fond of them and remarked appreciatively: "Many of his most beautiful Laurentian scenes are executed in this medium. Often handled with extreme strength of outline, these pastels are yet subtle enough to suggest some profound mystery, just hinted at, or half-revealed."
Waddington's
May. 26, 2014
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., WINTER, oil on canvas, 24 ins x 32 ins; 61 cms x 81.3 cms
Est: $90,000 - $120,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.WINTERsigned, Cullen Inventory no.1224, 24 ins x 32 ins; 61 cms x 81.3 cmsProvenance:Private Collection, QuebecLiterature:Paul Duval, Canadian Impressionism, McClelland & Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1990, page 42.Note:Duval writes that Cullen's attachment to Lac Tremblant and the Cache and North Rivers was as passionate as that of Monet's to Giverny. Indeed, it is not uncommon for an artist to be indelibly linked with the geography that served to inspired his or her greatest achievements: Harris and Superior; MacDonald and Algoma; Jackson and the villages of the lower St. Lawrence. Like Monet's waterlilies, Cullen repeatedly visited Laurentian scenes such as the one depicted in Winter from which he drew continual inspiration. While he made himself vulnerable to criticism from those who could not understand his process of incremental variation (Milne also drew criticism for this), he was, says Duval, somehow able to shrug it off and "listened only to the challenge of the forest in winter with its difficult and subtle tonalities, reflections and changing hues."
Waddington's
May. 26, 2014
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., THE DEEP POOL, 1926, oil on canvas, laid down on board, 24.25 ins x 18.25 ins; 61.6 cms x 46.4 cms
Est: $50,000 - $70,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.THE DEEP POOL, 1926signed, Cullen inventory no.108124.25 ins x 18.25 ins; 61.6 cms x 46.4 cmsProvenance:W.R. Watson, Westmount, QuebecThe Estate of Claire Watson Fisher, Victoria, British ColumbiaExhibited:300 Years of Canadian Art, The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1967, no. 226.Literature:Sylvia Antoniou, Maurice Cullen, 1866-1934, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1982, page 41.Note:Legendary art dealer, William Watson, to whom this painting belonged, and whose gallery was situated on St. Catherine Street in Montreal from 1921 until his retirement in 1958, gave Cullen his first show in 1923 and did so annually until the 1934 Cullen Retrospective held just months before the artist's death. Antoniou writes: "Watson's support and promotion of the artist's Laurentian landscapes played an important role in Cullen's production." A demand rose for the Laurentian paintings and as Watson said: "He (Cullen) painted very slowly and I would have to put paintings aside collecting them for a year, to have enough to make an exhibition." According to a typed label on the stretcher, this work was painted in St. Marguerite.
Waddington's
Nov. 26, 2013
Maurice Galbraith Cullen (Canadian 1866 - 1934)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
LAURENTIAN WINTER SCENE c. 1925 Monogram lower right Oil on canvas, backed on board 5 1/4" x 3 1/2"
A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
Nov. 14, 2013
MAURICE CULLEN (CANADIAN, 1866-1934)
Est: $150 - $200
MAURICE CULLEN (CANADIAN, 1866-1934) THE ICE HARVEST; HAND PULLED SILKSCREEN (Limited edition of 100, printed by Markgraf Brothers, Montreal and published by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa) WITH BREMNER FINE ART Certificate of Authenticity and Appraisal verso 24" x 28" - 61 x 71.1 cm.
Waddington's
Nov. 05, 2013
Maurice Galbraith Cullen Canadian, 1866-1934 Winter Shoreline
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen Canadian, 1866-1934 Winter Shoreline Signed M Cullen (lr) Pastel on prepared board 23 1/2 x 31 3/4 inches Provenance: Walter Klenkhoff Gallery, Inc., Montreal, no. 1218 C
DOYLE Auctioneers & Appraisers
Jun. 03, 2013
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., MONT TREMBLANT FROM LAC OUIMET, oil on board, 11.75 ins x 16.25 ins; 29.4 cms x 40.6 cms
Est: $12,000 - $15,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.MONT TREMBLANT FROM LAC OUIMET, oil on board; signed with monogram, Cullen Inventory No.1298 11.75 ins x 16.25 ins; 29.4 cms x 40.6 cms Provenance: Watson Art Galleries, Montreal.Private Collection, Toronto.
Waddington's
Jun. 03, 2013
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., WINTER RIVER, pastel, 15 ins x 18 ins; 37.5 cms x 45 cms
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.WINTER RIVER, pastel; signed, Cullen Inventory No.1038 15 ins x 18 ins; 37.5 cms x 45 cms
Waddington's
Jun. 03, 2013
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A., L'EFFET D'EAU, ST-EUSTACHE, oil on canvas, 21.75 ins x 17 ins; 54.4 cms x 42.5 cms
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A. L'EFFET D'EAU, ST-EUSTACHE, oil on canvas; signed, Cullen Inventory No.905 21.75 ins x 17 ins; 54.4 cms x 42.5 cms
Waddington's
May. 15, 2013
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil
Est: $150,000 - $200,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil on canvas Evening Glow, Near Lac Tremblant 24 1/4 x 32 1/4 inches 61.6 x 81.9 centimeters signed and on verso titled on the Watson Art Galleries label and certified by Cullen Inventory #1032 Literature:Paul Duval, Canadian Impressionism, 1990, page 42 Provenance:Watson Art Galleries, Montreal, 1926 Acquired from the above exhibition by George McDougall, Montreal Private Estate, Ontario Sold sale of Fine Canadian Art, Heffel Fine Art Auction House, May 25, 2006, lot 68 Private Collection, Vancouver Exhibited:Watson Art Galleries, Montreal, Fourth Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Pastels by Maurice Cullen, RCA and Robert Pilot, ARCA, January 18 - 30, 1926, priced at $750, catalogue #6 By 1926, Maurice Cullen's great series of Laurentian landscapes had reached its apogee. Evening Glow, Near Lac Tremblant is a salient example of the winter scenes produced by the artist in the 1920s, landscapes that eloquently captured both the essence and ephemeral characteristics of the area around Lac Tremblant. Cullen's connection to the Laurentians was profound and prevailing, born of many solitary sketching excursions taken along the shores of Lac Tremblant and the Cache River, and the artist's deeply felt experiences of this wild and sentient nature. In the early 1920s Cullen built a painting cabin on the shores of Lac Tremblant, making concrete an attachment described as being "as passionate as that of Monet's to Giverny". Significantly, Evening Glow, Near Lac Tremblant was exhibited at William Watson's art gallery, then located on St. Catherine Street, the same year it was produced. This exquisite painting may be said to encapsulate the very essence of Cullen's unique oeuvre. In its fluency of form and gentle, glimmering luminosity, the work evokes the grand, sensorial dimension of the natural world in flux. At once sparse and sumptuous, Evening Glow, Near Lac Tremblant quietly conveys the fullness of the moment as day turns to dusk. The stillness of the lake, almost abstracted in its articulation, the enveloping low light, and the tranquil drama of the sunset unfolding on the horizon, combine to evoke a scene of charged and timeless serenity.
Heffel
May. 15, 2013
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil on board North River Near St. Margaret's, PQ 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches 29.8 x 41.3 centimeters signed and on verso titled and certified by Cullen Inventory #1395 Provenance:The PSBGM Cultural Heritage Foundation The North River in the Laurentians in winter was one of Maurice Cullen's favoured subjects. The cabin on Lac Tremblant that he built in the early 1920s was his base from which he explored this river's banks and the surrounding snow-encrusted forests. His treatment of the delicate borders between snow and water are particularly exquisite, as are the contrasts between brilliant white snow and deep blue water in this sunlit painting.
Heffel
May. 15, 2013
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil on board Palisades Through the Trees 11 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches 29.8 x 41.3 centimeters signed and on verso titled on the gallery labels, inscribed ""No. 17, January 1925"" on the Watson Galleries label and ""Chairman's lounge"" and certified by Cullen Inventory #1394 Provenance:Watson Art Galleries, Montreal Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal The PSBGM Cultural Heritage Foundation Maurice Cullen, an important Canadian Impressionist, had absorbed the tenets of this movement while studying in Paris. Painting out-of-doors and capturing the moment in the landscape with its ephemeral effects of light were a vital part of his work. Mountains such as the Palisades, often seen from Lac Tremblant or the Cache River, are a recurring element of Cullen's Laurentian compositions, captured here with mysterious, deep-shadowed cobalt hues.
Heffel
Nov. 26, 2012
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.SUNGLOW, CACHE RIVER, pastel; Cullen Inventory No.1582, an authentication by Robert Pilot on the reverse 7.5 ins x 9 ins; 18.8 cms x 22.5 cms Provenance: Robert Pilot, Montreal.Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto.Private
Est: $8,000 - $10,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.SUNGLOW, CACHE RIVER, pastel; Cullen Inventory No.1582, an authentication by Robert Pilot on the reverse 7.5 ins x 9 ins; 18.8 cms x 22.5 cms $8,000-10,000Provenance: Robert Pilot, Montreal.Canadian Fine Arts, Toronto.Private Collection, Toronto.Note: Painted circa 1928.
Waddington's
Nov. 26, 2012
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.EARLY MARCH ON THE CACHE RIVER, pastel; signed, Cullen Inventory No.1584 30 ins x 40 ins; 75 cms x 100 cms Provenance: Watson Art Galleries, Montreal.Exhibited: 11th Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Pastels by
Est: $25,000 - $30,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.EARLY MARCH ON THE CACHE RIVER, pastel; signed, Cullen Inventory No.1584 30 ins x 40 ins; 75 cms x 100 cms $25,000-30,000Provenance: Watson Art Galleries, Montreal.Exhibited: 11th Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Pastels by Maurice Cullen, RCA, Watson Art Galleries, Montreal, 14-24 January, 1933 (as "The Cache River in Early March").Literature: William R. Watson, "Retrospective: Recollections of a Montreal Art Dealer", Toronto, 1974, chapter 4 (Maurice Cullen), pages 30-39. Sylvia Antoniou, "Maurice Cullen", Kingston, 1982.Note: Cullen and William Watson, the art dealer, developed a rather special relationship combining friendship and business. Watson's support and promotion of the artist's Laurentian landscapes played an important role in Cullen's career. Cullen often confessed his pleasure in the flexibility of pastels and, as Watson writes, he explored the wide subtleties of tone attainable only in this medium.It is probably in his depictions of the Laurentians that Cullen achieved his greatest success. Watson points out that the artist made a long and special study of ice formation and ice colour: "There is the steel-blue of mid-winter ice...Cullen loved the joyous flashes of sunlight, the glow of snow, the gleam of ice, the tumult of the freed river in the springtime...He taught us to see beauty where we had only thought of cold."
Waddington's
Nov. 26, 2012
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.WINTER EVENING IN THE LAURENTIANS, oil on canvas; signed and dated /20, Cullen Inventory No.1003 14 ins x 20 ins; 35 cms x 50 cms
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
MAURICE GALBRAITH CULLEN, R.C.A.WINTER EVENING IN THE LAURENTIANS, oil on canvas; signed and dated /20, Cullen Inventory No.1003 14 ins x 20 ins; 35 cms x 50 cms $20,000-30,000
Waddington's
May. 17, 2012
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil
Est: $70,000 - $90,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil on canvas Mount Norquay 28 x 22 1/2 inches 71.1 x 57.1 centimeters signed and titled Mount Girouard on a plaque and on verso certified by Cullen Inventory #406 Literature:William R. Watson, Retrospective: Recollections of a Montreal Art Dealer, 1974, pages 30 and 37 Provenance:Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., Montreal Private Collection, Ontario Maurice Cullen is beloved as one of Canada's early Impressionist painters. Fortunate to train in Paris in 1888 and 1889, he knew many of the leading artists of the day. In Canada, however, his fortunes were never secure and he often (as was the case with most artists at the time) had trouble supporting himself. Upon his election to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1899 his finances generally improved, and he found a steady dealer and close friend in William Watson. In his memoirs, Watson tells us a great deal about Cullen as a painter, and also describes the artist's philosophy: "I found it very much akin to that of Emerson or Thoreau, especially in his love of nature. I think I would describe him as a transcendental-pantheist; he would often admit to me how profound and all-embracing this love of nature was. 'One justification for living,' he would say, 'is the understanding and love of beauty.'" Cullen was considered quite a radical in his day, a groundbreaker in terms of his loose, 'gut-feeling' approach. He was an avid outdoorsman and would hike or snowshoe as required to reach remote scenery, often camping in the woods to work. In the 1920s he built a cabin on the shores of Lac Tremblant in the Laurentians, at which he spent months painting in relative solitude. While he employed many impressionistic techniques, using lighter colours and paying attention to qualities of atmosphere and feeling, he was also careful to observe what he saw as the 'Canadian-ness' of the landscape - painting strong lines where the mountains were rugged, swirling snow when he observed blizzards, and the deeper tones of endless dark forests of pine and spruce. In addition to Watson, Cullen also caught the eye of Sir William Van Horne, president of the Canadian Pacific Railway and an early collector of European Impressionism, as well as works by many of Canada's early artists. Cullen made one trip to the Banff area of Alberta in the summer of 1930, accompanied by Mrs. Cullen and Watson, and executed a number of vibrant works depicting the region including this painting of Mount Norquay, a mountain just outside of the town of Banff and adjacent to the newly laid rail lines. There is likely a connection between the location depicted in this work and Cullen's friendship with Van Horne. Banff was a railway town, settled after the lines were completed, and Van Horne reproduced paintings by some of Canada's earliest landscape painters in the promotional materials made to attract visitors to the region. Cullen's approach, and his love of plein air painting, would have suited this kind of partnership well. Cullen was a master when depicting the various whites of snow and subtleties that could convey the idea of cold weather. He believed unfailingly in the importance of painting out of doors. His brighter blues are true to the blue of glacially fed mountain rivers and darker where the rivers have their sources in eastern lakes. Watson further remarks: "His compositional lines have a classic restraint, yet his loaded, well-nourished brush-stroke has, at times, the energy and fury of Van [sic] Gogh. In his running streams and tumbling waters of the spring breakup, where a smooth apron of water flows over the rapids, the technical handling echoes the excitement of the scene. Cullen loved the joyous flashes of sunlight, the glow of snow, the gleam of ice, the tumult of the freed river in springtime, and he set down his impressions with an infectious gusto. He taught us to see beauty where we had only thought of cold."
Heffel
May. 17, 2012
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian pastel on paper on board The North River 18 x 23 1/2 inches 45.7 x 59.7 centimeters signed and on verso certified by Cullen Inventory #1206 Provenance:Les ateliers RC, Paris Dominion Gallery, Montreal Galerie d'Art Vincent, Ottawa Private Collection, Toronto Maurice Cullen's began to use pastel during his time in Paris around 1892, when he learned the technique from Philippe Roll. He used it to the end of his life and had a great regard for this medium, of which he was a master. Cullen often visited the Laurentians to sketch, considering winter to be the season that held the most beauty, and in the early 1920s built a cabin at Lac Tremblant to immerse himself in the landscape that meant so much to him. One of the great themes of his oeuvre was that of rivers such as the Cache and the North, their dark and mysterious waters flowing through the snow, their edges tinged with ice, their shores ringed with dark evergreens. Cullen did not follow the fractured brush-stroke and fragmentation of colour of the French Impressionists, but instead used pure colours. Cullen's snow is never just white but, as here, tinged with delicate tones of pink, mauve and blue. Particularly exquisite are the strokes of turquoise under the trees, radiantly cool, in this superb Laurentian pastel.
Heffel
May. 17, 2012
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil on canvas Dordrecht at Twilight 34 x 44 1/4 inches 86.3 x 112.4 centimeters on verso titled on a label and certified by Cullen Inventory #185 Provenance:Collection of Michel Moreault, former Director of the Dominion Gallery, Montreal, and family Dordrecht at Twilight is evidence of Canadian Impressionist Maurice Cullen's important early connection to Europe. In 1888 when he traveled to Paris to study, Cullen embraced the new breakthrough movement of Impressionism. While based there, he traveled to the French countryside, Italy, North Africa and, before his return to Canada in 1895, to Rotterdam, Holland. In 1901 he was back in Paris, he visited Holland again before his return to Montreal in 1902. Dordrecht, on the Thure River, the location of this fine atmospheric painting, is the oldest city in Holland. Cullen deftly communicates the ambience of twilight in this scene in elements such as the shadowy church spire and the building at the river's edge, with its glowing lights shimmering in the dark water. Cullen had achieved recognition in Europe, but it would be some years before his success took hold in Canada. Soon after his return, artist Clarence Gagnon discovered that Cullen was painting over some of his European paintings due to lack of funds for new materials, making large canvases such as this a rare occurrence in the market.
Heffel
May. 17, 2012
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian
Est: $30,000 - $35,000
Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian pastel on paper on board Sunglow, Near St. Marguerite's North River 24 x 32 inches 61 x 81.3 centimeters signed and on verso titled, inscribed ""Ex.12.1934"" on the Watson Art Galleries label and certified by Cullen Inventory #1111 Literature:A.Y. Jackson, A Painter's Country, The Autobiography of A.Y. Jackson, 1958, page 16 Provenance:Watson Art Galleries, Montreal By descent to the present Private Collection, Ontario Maurice Cullen is considered a father of Impressionism in Canada. Group of Seven painter A.Y. Jackson credits Cullen with making younger generations in Montreal aware of the invigorating new movements in France, and stated, "To us he was a hero. His paintings of Quebec City, from Lévis and along the river, are among the most distinguished works produced in Canada." A master of the medium of pastel, Cullen made his own colours from earths and pigments (artist Charles Henry Fromuth had given him his secret recipe for their preparation). He avoided mixing the pastels on the paper, instead applying each one directly from a wide range of individual hues. This ensured a vibrancy of colour and the ability to depict delicate impressions of light, as seen here in the warm creamy tones of glowing light on snowbanks and darker reflections in the river. The work is enlivened by warm and cool colour contrasts throughout, with the emerald green intermingled with orange, rose and flesh tones in the river being particularly exquisite. This is a stunning example of Cullen's enduring theme of Laurentian rivers in winter.
Heffel