Lot 131: Simone Marie Bouchard 1912 - 1945 Canadian double-sided oil on silk Still Life / Interior Scene (verso)

Simone Marie Bouchard 1912 - 1945 Canadian double-sided oil on silk Still Life / Interior Scene (verso)
15 3/4 x 15 1/2 inches 40 x 39.4 centimeters signed and on verso signed and inscribed with the Dominion Gallery inventory #E1400 on the Dominion Gallery label
Provenance:Edith Bouchard, Montreal
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, 1952
Collection of Mr. François Dupré Exhibited:Dominion Gallery, Montreal, The Three Bouchard Sisters, March 13 - 26, 1952 Simone Marie Bouchard lived in Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec, making hooked rugs as well as painting. Although without formal training, she was described as Quebec's greatest primitive painter by artist Alfred Pellan. A member of the Contemporary Arts Society in Montreal, she showed her genre scenes of community life in their exhibitions. This double-sided painting, both a vibrant still life and a charming study of rural life, is an outstanding example of folk art tradition.