Artworks for Sale
In Les Éboulements, Co. Charlevoix, P.Q., 1938-40
Oil on panel
8 3/8 x 10 3/8 in
21.3 x 26.5 cm
This work is included in the Frederick B. Taylor Inventory of Alan Klinkhoff Gallery
21.3 x 26.5 cm
This work is included in the Frederick B. Taylor Inventory of Alan Klinkhoff Gallery
This painting is presently on view at our Toronto gallery
$4,000
Inscriptions
signed and inscribed, ‘FREDERICK B. TAYLOR / 3633 OXENDEN AVE. / MONTREAL’ (verso, frame); titled and dated, ‘IN LES EBOULEMENTS, / CO. CHARLEVOIX. P.Q. / AUGUST 1940’ (verso, centre); inscribed, ‘prepared april 1938 / Face: 2 thin coats / in opposite directions. / W. & N. Foundation W. / This side 1. C. W. shellac / Added, June 1940 / Face, 1. C. R’s W.E.U / Back, 2nd. C. W. S.’ (verso, lower right)Provenance
Private collection, Montreal
The Charlevoix area was a lure for Fred Taylor from his earliest painting days with Jori Smith and Jean Palardy, and Jean-Paul Lemieux , among others. When Taylor travelled there in August of 1940, the region was still without the influences the proliferation of radio and, later, television would introduce. Noting his training as both an architect and as an artist, Taylor organizes the composition with a strong sense of perspective and rhythm: fences and rooftops step diagonally upward, culminating at the church of Saint-François-d’Assise with its rose window, a symbol of the faith which guided the community. Taylor painted this in part as a documentary of a way of life, a keen observation, not out of any sense of nostalgia.
Although much has changed in Les Éboulements, much has stayed the same since Taylor painted there 85 years ago. The winding dirt road has been replaced but the paved one still leads upward past a group of houses, hugging tightly to the roadway toward the church façade. Artists and tourists alike book at the Les Éboulements’ Auberge de Nos Aïeux which advertises La Plus Belle Vue de Charlevoix.
Although much has changed in Les Éboulements, much has stayed the same since Taylor painted there 85 years ago. The winding dirt road has been replaced but the paved one still leads upward past a group of houses, hugging tightly to the roadway toward the church façade. Artists and tourists alike book at the Les Éboulements’ Auberge de Nos Aïeux which advertises La Plus Belle Vue de Charlevoix.
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