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Painting by Toronto artist Alan Collier is Souvenir of 1972 Arctic Voyage

03.23.2011 Highlights

Alan Collier, R.C.A., O.S.A. (1911-1990)
“CCGS d’Iberville in Lancaster Sound”, August, 1972
Oil on canvas board 16″ x 20″
Status: Sold
In 1972 the important Toronto-based artist, Alan Collier, traveled and painted in the Arctic as guest on the CCGS d’Iberville. In gratitude at a later date he give this fine painting to its Captain, Captain Henri [...]

Emily Coonan Painting at Klinkhoff Compares with Artist’s Best Work

03.19.2011 Highlights

Emily Coonan (1885-1971)
Children Reading, ca. 1914
Oil on panel 7 7/8″ x 10″
Provenance:
Private Collection, Montreal
Status:  SOLD
Emily Coonan’s approach to the figure, particularly as evidenced in her early work, is remarkable for its richly evocative character. Active during the early part of the twentieth century, and embracing a thematic repertoire that included urban views and landscapes as [...]

Memorable Borenstein Returns After Fifty Years

03.09.2011 Highlights

Walter Klinkhoff reflected on “The Pink Bouquet” in his memoirs
Update: This painting is now sold.  Thank you for your interest.
In 1993 my now-late grandfather published a collection of his memoirs in a limited edition of 600 copies. In it he reflected on his relationships with artists like A.Y. Jackson, Arthur Lismer, Marc-Aurèle Fortin and [...]

Precious J.W. Morrice is One of Artist’s Earliest Beach Paintings

02.19.2011 Highlights

Painting sold by Klinkhoff “has no parallel”

JAMES WILSON MORRICE, R.C.A. (1865-1924)
Umbrellas on the Beach, Brittany, ca. 1896
Oil on panel 13″ x 9 1/2″
STATUS: SOLD
Provenance:
Estate of the artist;
Family of the artist;
Private collection, Quebec.
James Wilson Morrice loved to paint the beaches of the world. Before 1900, they were mostly backdrops for human activity: gathering oysters [...]

The Madeleine Boyer Collection of Clarence Gagnon Etchings

01.20.2011 Highlights

Clarence Gagnon’s prints earned the Canadian artist an international reputation
It is never easy – sometimes impossible – to collect the complete set of prints by an artist of an earlier period. Madame Madeleine Boyer’s collection of etchings by Clarence Gagnon (1881-1942), lovingly acquired one by one from the 1950’s to the early 1970’s, achieved [...]

René Richard Masterpiece Underscores Pan-Canadian Importance

08.16.2010 Highlights

Work Description
René Richard, R.C.A. (1895-1982)
Trapper and Trail Companions
Oil on masonite, 30″ x 32 1/2″
Provenance:
Continental Galleries, Montreal
Private Collection, Montreal
Status: SOLD
I have known this René Richard painting my entire professional life and believe this  to be my absolute favorite composition by him, a work poetically but maybe not elegantly descriptive of the harsh conditions Richard lived as [...]

Klinkhoff Sells Rare Morrice Panel Painted in Canada

06.09.2010 Highlights

One of only two known paintings from artist’s visit in 1910

JAMES WILSON MORRICE, R.C.A. (1865-1924)
Dufferin Terrace, Quebec, June, 1910
Oil on panel 4 1/2″ x 6″
Provenance:
Private collection, Montreal
Exhibited:
The canvas derived from this sketch was exhibited extensively (see below).
Status: SOLD
This lovely little pochade of Dufferin Terrace painted in late June 1910 is both a quintessential James [...]

Maurice Cullen of Montreal Harbour is a Jewel

05.19.2010 Highlights

Finest work by the iconic impressionist currently on the market
This jewel-like painting serves as testimony to Maurice Cullen’s admiration for the style of the French impressionists whose painting he had studied while in France for the greater part from the end of 1888 until the early summer of 1895 and then back again for a [...]

Important Léon Bellefleur work sold by Klinkhoff

04.29.2010 Highlights

Untitled – The Child 1945 is an outstanding, rare and important early canvas by Léon Bellefleur. We know that at this time Bellefleur was a regular visitor to the studio of Alfred Pellan, recently returned from France, and he was particularly enthralled by the fantastical quality of Pellan’s work. Additionally, at this stage [...]

William Kurelek, “Eskimo Children Playing, Cape Dorset”, 1968

02.05.2010 Highlights

Notes:
Original artist frame
Provenance:
Isaacs Gallery, Toronto;
Mr. & Mrs. George H. Montague, Toronto;
Private Collection, Montreal;
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal;
Private Collection, Vermont.
Status: SOLD
Even the most casual admirer of William Kurelek paintings will have noticed his sensitivity to and understanding of “issues” endured, and maybe even plaguing the various and numerous cultural groups of Canadians he met when he painted [...]

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