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    • LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ LYALL, O.S.A., A.R.C.A., WOMAN IN A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT, C.1897, oil on canvas, laid down on board, 17.7 ins x 21 ins; 45 cms x 53.4 cms
      Sep. 17, 2020

      LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ LYALL, O.S.A., A.R.C.A., WOMAN IN A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT, C.1897, oil on canvas, laid down on board, 17.7 ins x 21 ins; 45 cms x 53.4 cms

      Est: $10,000 - $15,000

      LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ LYALL, O.S.A., A.R.C.A. WOMAN IN A WIDE-BRIMMED HAT, C.1897 oil on canvas, laid down on board 17.7 ins x 21 ins; 45 cms x 53.4 cms Provenance: Gift from the great niece of the Artist Private Collection, Brampton Sotheby's Toronto/Ritchie's: 18 November 2003, Lot 2 Peter Ohler Fine Arts Ltd., Vancouver Private Collection, British Columbia Literature: Joan Murray, Laura Muntz Lyall: Impressions of Women and Childhood, McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal and Kingston, 2012, p. 71 (plate 14), reproduced In 1897, Laura Muntz was in France during her second trip to the country. She was finding success in her work, landing the position of massière (studio head) at the esteemed Académie Collarossi, while also showing her paintings at salon exhibitions, where they were well received. At the age of 37, she was also in love for the first time with a French gentleman. Perhaps this painting exemplified her positive mood during this moment in time due to her blossoming success professionally. She was honing in on her own style during this later period of Impressionism, and experiencing romantic love for what would prove to be the only time in her life. Best-known for her tender portraits of children who look directly at the viewer, this work is markedly different. The subject is turned away, the angle of her body and gaze leading the eye down a sunny garden path. There is a serenity and stillness about her, with the only sense of motion coming from the dappled shadows that dance across her shoulder and hat. Shortly after this painting was completed, Muntz would discover that the Frenchman she was in love with was married and had been misleading her. She fled to Canada, where her life would take an entirely new path - away from that of a successful Impressionist artist living in France and into a more conventional role for a woman of that era. “..Muntz’s reaction to her betrayal was typical of the reticence and reserve she displayed throughout her life. Although she knew it was a mistake to return to Canada as far as her career was concerned, she felt compelled to withdraw from the scene of her greatest happiness and success. In her confusion and grief over this man, the only one she ever thought of marrying for love, she came home in early November, 1898.” 1 While she continued to paint -portraits specifically- in Canada, she purposely toned down her Impressionist style as it was not sought after by Canadian patrons. Muntz also took up teaching positions in Ontario and Quebec. In 1915, after the death of her sister, Muntz married her sister’s widower and took on the monumental task of raising their eleven children. Her practice was much reduced after her marriage, but despite these difficulties, was still able to leave behind a legacy as one of the finest Impressionist-style Canadian painters. 1 Joan Murray, Laura Muntz Lyall; Impressions of Women and Childhood, Boardwalk Ventures Inc. by McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal & Kingston, London, Ithaca, p.26 Estimate: $10,000–15,000

      Waddington's
    • LAURA LYALL MUNTZ
      Jun. 02, 2015

      LAURA LYALL MUNTZ

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      Canadian, 1860-1930, Portrait of a Young Beauty, Watercolour, signed & dated 1901,, Framed as an oval, 11.5 x 9.5 in, 29 x 24 cm

      Walker's
    • LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ, O.S.A., A.R.C.A., PORTRAIT STUDY OF TWO CHILDREN IN AN ORCHARD, oil on canvas, 35.5 ins x 23.5 ins; 90.2 cms x 59.7 cms
      May. 26, 2014

      LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ, O.S.A., A.R.C.A., PORTRAIT STUDY OF TWO CHILDREN IN AN ORCHARD, oil on canvas, 35.5 ins x 23.5 ins; 90.2 cms x 59.7 cms

      Est: $20,000 - $30,000

      LAURA ADELINE MUNTZ, O.S.A., A.R.C.A.PORTRAIT STUDY OF TWO CHILDREN IN AN ORCHARDoil on canvassigned 35.5 ins x 23.5 ins; 90.2 cms x 59.7 cms Provenance:Private Collection, OntarioLiterature:Paul Duval, Impressionism in Canada, McClelland and Stewart Inc., Toronto, 1990, page 50.Note:Laura Muntz resided in Paris from 1891-1898 and it was here that she fell under the spell of Impressionism, adopting its open brushwork and sunlit themes to her own purposes. In Paris she would have had access to works by the great Impressionists of the day and Paul Duval speculates that she may well have seen the 1893 one-woman exhibition of Mary Cassatt's work at Durand-Ruel. Duval quotes Muntz, who bore no children of her own, passionately declaring that she "had only two hobbies -  painting and children. I don't know which I am fonder of."  While we are uncertain of the identity of the children Muntz paints here with such tenderness, it is clear that her two declared hobbies come together in this single work, resulting in one of the finest double portraits by Muntz to have appeared at auction.

      Waddington's
    • LAURA MUNTZ
      Feb. 21, 2013

      LAURA MUNTZ

      Est: $1,500 - $2,000

      CANADIAN, 1860-1930; Paris; Watercolour, signed, titled & dated '98 23 x 10.5 in, 58.5 x 26.5 cm;

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