Lot 136: Edwin Headley Holgate 1892 - 1977 Canadian oil on

Edwin Headley Holgate 1892 - 1977 Canadian oil on panel Morin Heights 8 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches 21.6 x 26.7 centimeters initialed and on verso signed, titled and dated October 1966 Provenance:Private Collection, Montreal The eighth member of the Group of Seven, Edwin Holgate was also a founding member of Montreal's Beaver Hall Group. This Montreal modernist, through his teaching at the École des beaux-arts and the Art Association of Montreal and his connection to the Beaver Hall Group, moved in a fresh and stimulating milieu. Known for his bold nudes, fine woodcuts and vivid landscapes, Holgate found one of his important painting places in the Laurentians. He built a painting cabin at Lac Tremblant in 1925 and, after serving as an official war artist in World War II, desired complete immersion in this rural landscape. In 1946 he moved to Morin Heights, and this time of peace and reflection greatly pleased him. Holgate attained an easy spontaneity with his Laurentian subjects, often close-up studies of the landscape, as in this beautiful hillside scene. A natural, tonal palette of greens, grays and ochres is enlivened with bright sparks of orange and vivid streaks of white. Sensuous, soft brushwork reinforces the sense of Holgate's intimacy with this tranquil landscape.