Saturday, April 12, 2025

The Gesture

 I start today with two paintings by F.H. Varley of the Group of Seven, both portraits of the same woman, with the same name, painted a year apart. Vera is the mutual title, with the work from 1929 at left and the follow up from 1930 at right.


Girl With Plant is a 1933 painting by Will Ogilvie.


Two paintings hang together. Self Portrait is a circa 1929 painting by Lilias Torrance Newton. 


This is her 1942 painting Portrait Of Frances Loring.


Gordon Davies painted Gesture and Elizabeth in 1936, depicting a fellow artist.


This is Gesture, by Elizabeth Wyn Wood.


Adrien Hebert painted Montreal Harbour, circa 1927-30.


We close out today with Tadoussac, a 1935 painting by Charles Comfort. A few years after painting this, Comfort was a commissioned war artist, embedded with Canadian forces fighting to free Europe.

24 comments:

  1. The styles of portraits are unique

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  2. They alll look very lifelike and well done.

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  3. Beautiful portraits and I love the sculpture. Have a great weekend.

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  4. ...the "Girl With Plant" is my favorite

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  5. Wonderful portraits, William. They look so 1930s.

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  6. The portraits are beautiful.

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  7. Liked the harbour scene the best.

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  8. Lovely portraits. The Charles Comfort painting made me look twice as I first saw the land out in the sea as in the sky.

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  9. Unique styles of portrait paintings ~ and others ~ beautiful sculpture too ~

    Wishing you good health, laughter and love in your days,
    A ShutterBug Explores ~ clm
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  10. Some wonderful portraits, the sculpture is really beautiful.

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