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Lot 115
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Robert Wakeham Pilot 1898 - 1968

Estimate
40,000 - 50,000 CAD
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Description

  • Robert Wakeham Pilot
  • The Maples, Quebec from Levis
  • signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 56 by 71.5 cm.
  • 22 by 28 in.

Provenance

Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal

Private Collection, New York

Literature

Paul Duval, Canadian Impressionism, Toronto, 1990, p. 138

Catalogue Note

In the grand tradition of Impressionism, Robert Wakeham Pilot was concerned with painting everyday scenes, and strove to render the effects of light and weather on mood and landscape.  To this end, he preferred to sketch and paint en plein air, allowing nature to affect his works directly.  While he painted various views of Canada and Europe, Quebec was the most frequently recurring location throughout his career. 

In this image of Quebec City, Pilot painted the change of season with a vivid exuberance that captured the spirit of the city that inspired so many of his images.  As Paul Duval aptly noted: "No one, not even his step-father, the Impressionist Maurice Cullen, evoked the character of Quebec City with more affection or persuasion."