Lot 140: Maurice Galbraith Cullen 1866 - 1934 Canadian oil

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.