Gertrude DES CLAYES (1879 - 1949) R.C.A.

Untitled, under the blossom tree, pastel on paper, 15 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, signed lower right. Born in Aberdeen. Des Clayes studied in Paris and received the French Salon Medal (1909). She moved to Montreal in 1912, and was elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1914. Gertrude Des Clayes moved back to London, England in 1936, and passed away in 1949. Her artwork is in the Musée des beaux-Arts de Québec, National Gallery of Canada and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.