LOT 48 MARCELLE FERRON, R.C.A.
ABSTRACTION, oil on paper, laid down on canvas, signed and dated ‘65
39 1/2" x 29"; 98.8 cm x 72.5 cm
Auction Estimate: $25000 / $35000
Provenance:
Galerie Arts & Culture, Ottawa.
Private Collection, Ottawa.
Paul-Emile Borduas, who became her mentor, taught Ferron the basics of “Automatiste” painting and, in 1948, she was one of the youngest signatories of the Refus global manifesto. Towards 1953, as the Automatiste group disintegrated, Ferron left for France and did not return to Quebec until 1966.
“Even though, in France, where Marcelle Ferron has lived for the last ten years, her painting belongs to the Paris School, she still maintains her own touch, recalling her native country with its vast size and harsh climate, where her spirit of independence and her passionate temperament were formed.” (Herta Wescher, Vie des Arts 43, 1966).
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