Arthur Lismer
Cathedral Mountain
Artist
Arthur Lismer
Sheffield, England, 1885 – Montreal 1969
Title
Cathedral Mountain
Date
1928
Materials
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
122 x 142.5 cm
Credits
Purchase, A. Sidney Dawes Fund, inv. 1959.1219
Collection
Quebec and Canadian Art
Fascinated by the geomorphology of the Canadian landscape, Arthur Lismer developed a concept of pictorial space similar to that in Cézanne's paintings. Painted in the studio from sketches made from nature during a summer visit to the area around Lake Moraine and Lake O’Hara in the Rocky Mountains, Cathedral Mountain shows this influence in its arrangement of planes, irregular volumes and distinct outlines.
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