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Gatineau

Henri Masson

BIRTH YEAR 1907
BIRTH PLACE Namur, Belgium
DEATH YEAR 1996
DEATH PLACE Ottawa, Ontario
MEDIUM Oil on panel
DATE 1934
DIMENSIONS 30.8cm x 24.8cm x 0.3cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 0943
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Loose brushstrokes in greens, browns, blues depict a landscape with various trees, a grassy foreground and a thin strip of river across the middle ground. There is a large tree on the left in the foreground that extends out of the top of the frame of the picture and has large leafy branches with green foliage hanging over the scene. One tree at the centre of the image has bright golden foliage. The river is painted in a saturated hue of blue and there are trees lining the far shore. A blue sky with white clouds is painted in the background.

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