Marc-Aurèle DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ (1869–1937) Autumn Still Life Oil on...
Marc-Aurèle DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ (1869–1937)
Autumn Still Life
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
39 x 56 cm
Framed
(Minor signs of wear)
DESCRIPTION
Born in Arthabaska (now Victoriaville), Quebec, Suzor-Coté began his career in 1887 decorating churches under Joseph-Thomas Rousseau. He moved to Paris in 1891, enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Léon Bonnat’s studio, then studied under the landscape painter Henri Harpignies and attended the Julian and Colarossi private art academies. Between 1897 and 1907, he divided his time between Quebec and France, where he absorbed the Impressionist style.
A painter, pastel artist, and sculptor, he was one of the great interpreters of the Canadian winter landscape, the banks of the Nicolet River, and the rural figures of his region, rendered in a generous style with saturated colors. Beginning in 1911, sculpture took on an increasingly prominent role in his work. A member of the Canadian Art Club in 1913 and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1916, he suffered a stroke in 1927 and died in Daytona Beach in 1937. The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec holds more than 250 of his works.
Marc-Aurèle DE FOY SUZOR-COTÉ (1869–1937)
Autumn Still Life
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
39 x 56 cm
Framed
(Minor signs of wear)
DESCRIPTION
Born in Arthabaska (now Victoriaville), Quebec, Suzor-Coté began his career in 1887 decorating churches under Joseph-Thomas Rousseau. He moved to Paris in 1891, enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts in Léon Bonnat’s studio, then studied under the landscape painter Henri Harpignies and attended the Julian and Colarossi private art academies. Between 1897 and 1907, he divided his time between Quebec and France, where he absorbed the Impressionist style.
A painter, pastel artist, and sculptor, he was one of the great interpreters of the Canadian winter landscape, the banks of the Nicolet River, and the rural figures of his region, rendered in a generous style with saturated colors. Beginning in 1911, sculpture took on an increasingly prominent role in his work. A member of the Canadian Art Club in 1913 and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1916, he suffered a stroke in 1927 and died in Daytona Beach in 1937. The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec holds more than 250 of his works.
