Artworks for Sale
Country Dance, 1940 (circa)
Oil on canvas
18 x 21 in
45.7 x 53.3 cm
45.7 x 53.3 cm
This painting is presently on view at our Toronto gallery
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Provenance
Kastel Gallery, Westmount, QC
Gerard Gorce Fine Arts Inc., Montreal
Galerie Bernard Desroches, Montreal
Private collection, Montreal
Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal
Private collection, Toronto
Exhibitions
Montreal, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Important Canadian Art, 29 June 2012.
Literature
Country Dance is an important composition, an outstanding example of Masson’s greatest legacy in Canadian art.
“He now counts among the leading painters of French-Speaking Canada, with a compelling story all his own to tell”, Marius Barbeau wrote about Masson in 1945. Much of his story is about “le quotidien”, the daily life of his people. Certainly his experiences of music and dance, from the barn to the concert hall, and with the pageantry of the church, from his earliest days among the Christian Brothers in Ottawa, were integral to his upbringing and described by him with originality.
Emphasizing the significance of Masson’s painting, it was at Douglas Duncan’s Picture Loan Society in Toronto where Masson had his first exhibition. Douglas Duncan was a connoisseur of the art of his day who also had Paul-Emile Borduas first Toronto exhibition and is legendary for his promotion of David Milne.
Henri Masson had a large presence, a big man with a bold voice, uninhibited in expressing his opinions. He was active with and on behalf of artists including musicians, composers and filmmakers. The Conference of Art in Canada held in Kingston and the Federation of Canadian Artists were initiatives in which he participated.
Masson was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colours, Canadian Society of Graphic Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists. In 1955, Masson received an LL.D. from Assumption College in Windsor, Ontario. The Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, our original family art gallery, hosted several one man exhibitions by Henri Masson.
“He now counts among the leading painters of French-Speaking Canada, with a compelling story all his own to tell”, Marius Barbeau wrote about Masson in 1945. Much of his story is about “le quotidien”, the daily life of his people. Certainly his experiences of music and dance, from the barn to the concert hall, and with the pageantry of the church, from his earliest days among the Christian Brothers in Ottawa, were integral to his upbringing and described by him with originality.
Emphasizing the significance of Masson’s painting, it was at Douglas Duncan’s Picture Loan Society in Toronto where Masson had his first exhibition. Douglas Duncan was a connoisseur of the art of his day who also had Paul-Emile Borduas first Toronto exhibition and is legendary for his promotion of David Milne.
Henri Masson had a large presence, a big man with a bold voice, uninhibited in expressing his opinions. He was active with and on behalf of artists including musicians, composers and filmmakers. The Conference of Art in Canada held in Kingston and the Federation of Canadian Artists were initiatives in which he participated.
Masson was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colours, Canadian Society of Graphic Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists. In 1955, Masson received an LL.D. from Assumption College in Windsor, Ontario. The Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, our original family art gallery, hosted several one man exhibitions by Henri Masson.
