Berthe DES CLAYES (1877 - 1968) A.R.C.A.

Untitled, sunny mountain landscape, pastel and gouache on paper, 13 x 15 5/8 inches, signed lower right. Berthe Des Clayes was born in Aberdeen. She lived in England from 1906-1912; and immigrated to Montreal in 1912. Des Clayes illustrated the books "Here and There in Montreal" and the "Island of Montreal" (1931) by Charles W. Stokes, and "Acadia" (Nova Scotia) by the Dominion Atlantic Railway. She showed with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1912 to 1947). Her work is held in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the University of Calgary, the University of British Columbia and Library and Archives Canada.