Ottawa Valley in Winter [La vallée de l'Outaouais en hiver]

Graham Norwell

Date de naissance 1901
Lieu de naissance Edinburgh, Scotland
Date du décès 1967
Lieu du décès Sainte-Agathe, Quebec

What is your favourite thing about winter? Do you enjoy the snow and the crisp cold air? In this work on paper, Scottish-born Canadian artist Graham Norwell captures the beauty of a winter day in the Ottawa Valley. Overlooking a bright blue body of water, the rocky scene is painted with simplified forms and conveys a strong sense of atmosphere, a hallmark of the artist’s style. Norwell, who studied under Arthur Lismer at the Ontario College of Art before moving to Ottawa in the early 1920s, often painted en plein air and is widely known for his wintery landscape scenes.

Technique Aquarelle et mine de plomb sur papier texturé
DATE v. 1924
DIMENSIONS 46.7cm x 33.7cm
Numéro d'acquisition FAC 1041
Détails Collection Firestone d’art canadien, Galerie d’art d’Ottawa Don de la Fondation du patrimoine ontarien à la ville d’Ottawa
Description du catalogue
A winter landscape. A snow-covered, rocky land resides in the foreground, topped with evergreens and bare tree branches. A body of blue water sits in the mid-ground, surrounded by rounded, snow-covered hills. The sky is a gradient of blue to yellow as it approaches the horizon.

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