St. Malo, France, which entered Canada very recently, was also first purchased at a PAFA Annual Exhibition, that of 1902, by George A. Hearn, a New York merchant prince whose art collection was widely known. In 1906 he gave over 50 paintings to the Metropolitan Museum, and in 1908 self-published...

James Wilson Morrice (1865-1924). En pleine mer, 1903-04. Oil on canvas. 15 x 23 in (38.1 x 58.4 cm). SOLD. - “Whistler’s dead - Let’s get drunk”, said Morrice, as he burst into Edmond Dyonnet’s studio in Montreal, on a July day in 1903 (as told to D.W. Buchanan, who...

Brittany, at the end of the 19th century, had become a mecca for tourists attracted by its beaches; painters soon followed, attracted by the old city, its inhabitants, and...the beaches. Morrice visited Saint-Malo during his first summer in France, in 1890, and he returned many times after, especially between 1899...

The title could be Impression, Dufferin Terrace, a fleeting moment captured at sunset. The Terrace, Québec City's outdoor salon, overlooks the basse-ville and the St. Lawrence river, with Lévis across, and Ile d'Orléans to the left. Morrice... Read more.

Morrice spent his whole working life in Paris, travelling endlessly to find new subjects. Hundreds of drawings and small sketches on wooden panels tell us what he saw, but not how he got there....Read more.

Read more about this re-discovered and exceptional James Wilson Morrice 'pochade', sold by Alan Klinkhoff Gallery. Description by Lucie Dorais, author of the James Wilson Morrice Catallgue Raisonne.

Paris , Venice, Brittany, then exotic places in North Africa or the West Indies: these were “painting places”, what we expect to see. Often a town, big or small, but never far from the water; so such a simple, pure landscape is rather rare, except for the early years of...

Read about an extremely rare Morrice painting of Montreal, sold by Alan Klinkhoff Gallery. Text by Lucie Dorais, author of the James Wilson Morrice Catalogue Raisonne.

Scholar Lucie Dorais reflects on a James Wilson Morrice not seen since it was sold by the executors of the artist's Estate, and now sold by Alan Klinkhoff Gallery.

James Wilson Morrice was born in Montreal, lived in Paris and travelled half the world, but each time he crossed the Atlantic he found time to visit Québec City and nearby Côte-de-Beaupré. Most of his Canadian subjects are winter scenes, since he usually came home for Christmas. Only one important...

This lovely painting of a stone house at dusk is really a mood... The house is grey but its staircase is pink! We first read the turquoise background as the sky, until we notice, in the upper right, just a whisper of a sailboat: we are far, far above the...

To see a Morrice canvas of Canadian subject matter on the market is a rare occurrence; when you add the fact that it was exhibited at the Paris Salon de la Société Nationale, it becomes an event. The artist’s Québec works account for less than seven percent of his total...

Rare, early 'salon' painting is one of the best by iconic Canadian artist It has become a rare event to find a major Morrice canvas on the market, especially an early ‘Salon’ painting. La Place Chateaubriand, Saint-Malo is, with the even larger La Communiante (MNBAQ), among the best works by...

This sketch by James Wilson Morrice, a real jewel, however is not directly related to any known drawing or canvas. Although hard to date exactly, it is very typical of the kind of 'Etudes' that he showed in Paris after 1905. Since it is signed there is a strong likelihood...

James Wilson Morrice loved to paint the beaches of the world. Before 1900, they were mostly backdrops for human activity: gathering oysters or kelp, drying sheets; more rarely for bathers or people at leisure. It is true that beach resorts were still a recent phenomenon, whose development paralleled that of...

This lovely little pochade of Dufferin Terrace painted in late June 1910 is both a quintessential James Wilson Morrice and an extremely rare summer Quebec subject by him. Although he spent all his professional life in Paris, Morrice often joined his family in Montreal for Christmas. However, soon after the...

Morrice loved to paint the beaches of the world. Before 1900, he used these beaches mostly as backdrops for various human activities: gathering oysters or kelp, drying sheets; more rarely for bathers specifically or people at leisure.