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Lot 148: Kathleen Moir Morris 1893 - 1986 Canadian oil on

Est: $20,000 CAD - $30,000 CADSold:
HeffelVancouver, BC, CAMay 17, 2011

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Kathleen Moir Morris 1893 - 1986 Canadian oil on panel The Winter Road 10 3/8 x 14 inches 26.3 x 35.6 centimeters signed Literature:Barbara Meadowcroft, Painting Friends, 1999, page 87 Provenance:Private Collection, Ontario While training at the Art Association of Montreal, Kathleen Morris participated in student sketching trips organized by Impressionist Maurice Cullen, who imparted his love of painting outdoors to his students. Morris's discovery of painting en plein air was at the core of her work during her involvement with the Beaver Hall Group in Montreal in the early 1920s and after they disbanded. Although Morris suffered from a nervous disorder, her self-confidence was attributed to her family's support, with her mother often accompanying her on her outdoor sketching trips. Morris possessed stamina and determination and, as Barbara Meadowcroft relates, "On the coldest days, Kathleen went alone. She was dropped off by sleigh, and painted standing in the sleigh tracks, wearing an apron over an old fur coat. She did two sketches, one in the morning and another in the afternoon, and 'never fiddled with them' afterwards." That freshness and spontaneity is clearly visible in this exquisite winter vista with its delicate colour tones and jaunty traffic of horses and sleighs on snowy roads. Morris loved animals, and horses were often featured in her paintings, both urban and rural, as in this classic Quebec winter scene.

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Spring Fine Arts

by
Heffel
May 17, 2011, 10:00 PM PST

Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel 1088 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 2R9, CA