Maurice Cullen (artist)
Maurice Cullen | |
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Born | Maurice Galbraith Cullen 6 June 1866 |
Died | 28 March 1934 Chambly, Quebec, Canada | (aged 67)
Nationality | Canadian |
Education | Montreal, Conseil des Arts et Manufactures (sculpture); Montreal, with sculptor Louis-Philippe Hébert, 1880s; Paris, École des Beaux Arts, with Élie Delaunay, 1889–1892, turned from sculpture to painting; Paris, with Alfred Philippe Roll |
Known for | Painter, teacher at Art Association of Montreal (1911) |
Movement | Impressionism |
Spouse(s) | Barbara Merchant Pilot (married 1910) |
Awards | Associate, Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1895; Associate, Royal Canadian Academy, 1899; member, R.C.A., 1907 |
Maurice Cullen RCA (June 6, 1866 – March 28, 1934) was a Canadian Impressionist landscape artist best known for his paintings of snow and for his ice harvest scenes where horse-drawn sleighs travel across the frozen waters of Quebec.
Life and work[]
Cullen was born on June 6, 1866, in St. John's, Newfoundland.[1] In 1870 his family moved to Montreal, Quebec. He travelled to Paris at the age of 22 to study painting at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Académie Julian.[2] While in Paris, he was influenced by the Impressionists, especially Claude Monet. In 1910, he married Barbara Merchant Pilot, a widow whose son, his stepson, grew up to be the artist Robert Wakeham Pilot. In the same year, he was invited to be a member of the progressive Canadian Art Club.[3]
Beginning in January 1918, Cullen served with Canadian forces in the First World War. He came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as one of the Canadian official war artists along with Frederick Varley, J.W. Beatty and C. W. Simpson.[4]
Cullen died March 28, 1934, at Chambly, Québec.[1]
Exhibitions[]
William Robinson Watson (1887–1973) in Montreal, of Watson Art Gallery, represented Cullen and published a book on him in 1931.[5] An exhibition, Legacies of Impressionism in Canada: Three Exhibitions, was held from January 31 to April 19, 2009 at the Vancouver Art Gallery. In 2019, the National Gallery of Canada show, Canada and Impressionism: New Horizons, opened in Munich.
Selected works[]
The Mill Stream (ca 1905), National Gallery of Canada.
Customs Port, Venice (1897), National Gallery of Canada
Rising Tide, Le Pouldu, Bretagne (1901), Musée des beaux-arts du Québec
Snowfall, Lac Tremblant (1922) Private Collection
Ice Breaking, L'Assomption, (ca 1914), National Gallery of Canada
Ile d'Orleans landscape, Musée de la civilisation, Quebec
No Man's Land (Douai plain, France) (1920), Canadian War Museum
Honours[]
- First Canadian to be elected associate member of Société nationale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, 1895[6]
- Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, elected full member 1907[7]
- Bronze medal, Canadian exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, Missouri, 1904[6]
- Awarded Jessie Dow Prize, Art Association of Montreal, 1911, 1913[6]
- Elected first vice-president of Arts Club, Montreal (founded at his studio), 1912[6]
- He was declared a Canadian Person of National Historic Significance in 1944.[8]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Cybermuse, Maurice Cullen, bio notes Archived 2007-08-16 at archive.today
- ^ "klinkhoff.ca". Archived from the original on 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2016-10-03.
- ^ "Robert Pilot". Heffel.com. Archived from the original on 2 September 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ Davis, Ann. (1992). The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920–1940, p. 30., p. 30, at Google Books
- ^ "Watson Art Galleries fonds: Finding Aid". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Cullen, Maurice. "Collection". www.gallery.ca. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Members since 1880". Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Archived from the original on 26 May 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ "Maurice Galbraith Cullen National Historic Person". Parks Canada. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
Bibliography[]
- Antoniou, Sylvia (1982). Maurice Cullen: 1866-1934. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre. ISBN 0889113696. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- Bruce, Tobi; Cable, Patrick Shaw (2011). The French Connection: Canadian Painters at the Paris Salons 1880-1900. Hamilton, Ontario: Art Gallery of Hamilton. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- Davis, Ann (1992). The Logic of Ecstasy: Canadian Mystical Painting, 1920–1940. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9780802059161; ISBN 9780802068613; OCLC 26256269
- Lowrey, Carol, Visions of Light and Air: Canadian Impressionism, 1885–1920, Americas Society, 1996.
- Prakash, A.K. (2015). Impressionism in Canada: A Journey of Rediscovery. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers. pp. 266–295. ISBN 978-3-89790-427-9.
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