Lot 57: MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN, R.C.A., VIEUX PONT, 1948, casein on plywood panel, 30.25 ins x 41 ins; 76.8 cms x 104.1 cms

Name: MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN, R.C.A., VIEUX PONT, 1948, casein on plywood panel, 30.25 ins x 41 ins; 76.8 cms x 104.1 cms
Brand: Waddington's
SKU: ab542f9a77
Price: 24000 CAD

Est: $50,000 CAD - $70,000 CADSold:

Waddington'sToronto, ON, CASeptember 17, 2020

Item Overview

Description

MARC-AURÈLE FORTIN, R.C.A.
VIEUX PONT, 1948

casein on plywood panel
signed; dated 1948 to certificate from Jean-Pierre Bonneville on the reverse
30.25 ins x 41 ins; 76.8 cms x 104.1 cms

Provenance:
Dominion Corinth Galleries Ltd., Ottawa
Atelier 85 Galerie d'Art, Sainte-Adèle, Quebec
Private Collection, Quebec

Hubert Robert’s The Ponte Salario (1775), currently held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, is the inspiration for this painting by Marc-Aurèle Fortin. Robert was so influenced by the Romantic ruins of 18th century artist Giambattista Piranesi that he soon became known as “Robert of the Ruins,” and would use the motif of artfully decaying structures throughout his career. Robert’s painting is modelled after an ancient road bridge that was situated three kilometers outside of Rome and straddled the Aniene, a tributary to the Tiber river.

Fortin borrows quite liberally from Robert’s original, in both the overall composition and the tiny anecdotal details. Both painters show a pair of washerwomen hanging a large sheet to dry under the bridge while two of their colleagues kneel at the water’s edge. Fortin dispenses with the softness of the original, instead viewing the subject through a bold and modern lens. It is, in a way, an homage to an homage: Robert eulogizes the grandeur of Rome while Fortin eulogizes Romanticism.

Estimate: $50,000–70,000

Dimensions

30.25 ins x 41 ins; 76.8 cms x 104.1 cms

Artist or Maker

Marc-Aurèle Fortin

Medium

casein on plywood panel

Provenance

Dominion Corinth Galleries Ltd., Ottawa Atelier 85 Galerie d'Art, Sainte-Adèle, Quebec Private Collection, Quebec

Notes

Hubert Robert’s The Ponte Salario (1775), currently held in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, is the inspiration for this painting by Marc-Aurèle Fortin. Robert was so influenced by the Romantic ruins of 18th century artist Giambattista Piranesi that he soon became known as “Robert of the Ruins,” and would use the motif of artfully decaying structures throughout his career. Robert’s painting is modelled after an ancient road bridge that was situated three kilometers outside of Rome and straddled the Aniene, a tributary to the Tiber river. Fortin borrows quite liberally from Robert’s original, in both the overall composition and the tiny anecdotal details. Both painters show a pair of washerwomen hanging a large sheet to dry under the bridge while two of their colleagues kneel at the water’s edge. Fortin dispenses with the softness of the original, instead viewing the subject through a bold and modern lens. It is, in a way, an homage to an homage: Robert eulogizes the grandeur of Rome while Fortin eulogizes Romanticism.

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Auction Details

Canadian Fine Art

Waddington's

September 17, 2020, 07:00 PM EST

275 King Street E 2nd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5A 1K2, CA

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