Lot 135: Albert Henry Robinson 1881 - 1956 Canadian oil on panel Baie-Saint-Paul

Albert Henry Robinson 1881 - 1956 Canadian oil on panel Baie-Saint-Paul
11 1/2 x 13 inches 29.2 x 33 centimeters signed and on verso titled, dated 1927 and inscribed "$75.00" Literature:Jennifer Watson, Albert H. Robinson, The Mature Years, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, 1982, the canvas entitled Baie-Saint-Paul reproduced page 47, figure 17
Provenance:Inherited by the current owner's grandmother
By descent in the family to the present Private Collection, New York This superb painting and St-Tite-des-Caps, lot 136 in this sale, have been in the same New York family for many years. The current owner's grandmother inherited the paintings and passed them down to the current owner's mother. The mother grew up in a wealthy New York family; her father was a lawyer and she subsequently married a lawyer. She eventually left her first husband - the lawyer - for a New York taxi driver. The couple lived a very modest lifestyle in New Rochelle, New York. The paintings hung in their home for years but no one in the family was familiar with the artist.
Six years ago the mother passed away, and the paintings were subsequently put in storage in a barn in the countryside of Massachusetts. Recently the family was going through the boxes and researched Albert Robinson on the Internet, discovering he was a famous Canadian artist. Thus, these two magnificent examples of A.H. Robinson's work were recently rediscovered and are now offered for sale back in Canada.
Robinson produced a larger canvas version of this superb work also titled Baie-Saint-Paul, now in a
Private Collection.