Charlevoix Landscape
Marc-Aurèle Fortin therefore advocates the national art of the French-Canadian terroir. Like his predecessors such as Suzor-Coté and Clarence Gagnon, Fortin painted the habitat rather than the inhabitant. He wanted to paint rurality beyond the Quebec climate. Moreover, Marc-Aurèle Fortin affirmed this: "So I invented green trees. I said: There is something other than snow in the province of Quebec."1
Fortin's nature was that of the countryside and agricultural activity. According to Fortin, the national identity passed through this rather than through the wild nature of the great virgin spaces. For an artist who clings to this vision of nationalism and its traditions.
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Charlevoix Landscape
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Gallery
Cosner Art Gallery Ritz - Carlton Montreal
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Medium
Watercolor
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Time
Canadian landscape painter
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Dimensions
61 x 73,6 cm | 24'' x 29''
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Dimensions with frame
76,2 x 93,9 cm | 30'' x 37''
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Signed
Signed lower left
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Charlevoix Landscape
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Sans titre, c.1960
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Untitled (HL Montreal) , c.1925
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Untitled (Landscape), c.1925
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Untitled (Port de Montréal), c.1925
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Couleurs d'automne
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Untitled
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Cascade, c.1934
Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888 - 1970)
Hochelaga, c.1933