Loggers in Quebec [Bûcherons, Québec]

Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté

Date de naissance 1869
Lieu de naissance Arthabaska, Quebec
Date du décès 1937
Lieu du décès Daytona Beach, Florida

Do you find comfort in the outdoors? French Canadian painter, sculptor, and decorator Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté certainly used nature as his source of inspiration. Born in Arthabaska (Que.) in 1869, Suzor-Coté studied in Europe and later set up a studio in Montreal, where he depicted a wide range of topics in his impressionistic style. Landscapes and genre scenes of Quebec life, like this canvas depicting loggers in a Quebec forest, remain among his best-known works.

Technique huile sur panneau
DATE v.1915
DIMENSIONS 26,7cm x 21cm x 0,6cm
Numéro d'acquisition 2013.05.47
Détails Collection de la Galerie d’art d’Ottawa: Collection d’art Miriam et Hudson Sargeant, don de Miriam Sargeant, 2013.
Description du catalogue
A painting of two loggers sawing a tree trunk into logs with a crosscut saw in the center of a forest scene in Quebec.

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