Ozias Leduc

Mauve Twilight

Artist

Ozias Leduc
Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, 1864 – Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, 1955

Title

Mauve Twilight

Date

1921

Materials

Oil on paper mounted on canvas

Dimensions

92.4 x 76.8 cm

Credits

Purchase, gift of Mrs. Samuel Bronfman in honour of the 70th birthday of her husband, inv. 1961.1320

Collection

Quebec and Canadian Art

Between 1913 and 1921, setting aside allusions to the world of art to represent elements visible in nature, Ozias Leduc executed nine frankly Symbolist landscapes, three of which are exhibited here. All are bathed in a strange light, suggesting the interaction and merging of these elements. Art can only be the path that leads to beauty by way of intimate acquaintance with nature’s mysteries and the effort to unveil them.