Lot 62: Pierre Gauvreau 1922 - Canadian mixed media on

Pierre Gauvreau 1922 - Canadian mixed media on canvas La fleur ignifère II 20 x 16 inches 50.8 x 40.6 centimeters signed and dated 2004 and on verso signed, titled and dated Provenance:Collection of the Artist Pierre Gauvreau was one of the artists at the heart of the events which unfolded in the Montreal scene in abstract painting, having been a member of the Contemporary Art Society in 1939 with artists such as Paul-Émile Borduas. He exhibited with the Automatist painters and was a signatory to the famous 1948 manifesto Refus global, an important document in the history of Canadian modernist painting. Later, Gauvreau was an active member of the Non-Figurative Artists of Montreal and was known for his biomorphic shapes floating on variegated backgrounds.