Autumn in Charlevoix, 1923 (circa)
Oil on panel
6 x 9 in
15.2 x 22.9 cm
15.2 x 22.9 cm
This painting is presently on view at our Montreal gallery
$45,000
Inscriptions
titled and dated by Lucile Rodier Gagnon on her inventory label, ‘Automne dans Charlevoix. (vers 1923)’ and numbered ‘149’ (verso)Provenance
Estate of the artist, Lucile Rodier Gagnon Inventory No. 149, as Automne dans Charlevoix
Dominion Gallery, Montreal, as The Old Mill
The Collection of Mitzi and Mel Dobrin
Autumn in Charlevoix conveys the painterly intimacy of a village in the radiance of a Charlevoix autumn. This is a tribute to one of the most picturesque areas of Quebec and one monumentalised by the paintings of Clarence Gagnon.
Suggesting a crispness in the autumn air, Gagnon composed a cluster of houses—simple rural dwellings with dark roofs and whitewashed walls—nestled into a hillside dancing in golds, ochres, and russets of late fall. Slender birches, their leaves turning brilliant yellow, rise through the composition and frame the scene with a vertical rhythm. Below, a lively cascade of white water tumbles over dark rocks, its cool tones offsetting the warmth of the surrounding foliage.
Suggesting a crispness in the autumn air, Gagnon composed a cluster of houses—simple rural dwellings with dark roofs and whitewashed walls—nestled into a hillside dancing in golds, ochres, and russets of late fall. Slender birches, their leaves turning brilliant yellow, rise through the composition and frame the scene with a vertical rhythm. Below, a lively cascade of white water tumbles over dark rocks, its cool tones offsetting the warmth of the surrounding foliage.
