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Cornelius David Krieghoff (1815-1872), INDIANS MAKING CAMP IN SNOW, 1855, oil on canvas, 11.75 x 17.
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CORNELIUS DAVID KRIEGHOFF (1815-1872), CANADIAN
INDIANS MAKING CAMP IN SNOW, 1855
oil on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed "Quebec"
11.75 x 17.5 in — 29.5 x 44.5 cm
Provenance:
The Cooling Galleries Ltd., London/Toronto, ON;
Estate of Private Collector, Hamilton, ON;
Sotheby's Canada in association with Ritchies, Toronto, ON, 22 Nov 2004, lot 4, as Indian Camp in Winter;
Collection of Sir Christopher and Lady Ondaatje
Note:
Krieghoff and his audience were fascinated by the First Nations population of Canada. Some 450 of his paintings—about one-third of his known oeuvre—centre around this subject. Krieghoff’s interest in the First Nations only grew the longer he lived in Canada. Accordingly, it formed a major part of his output during his stay in Quebec. Dennis Reid notes that, in contrast to Montreal First Nations pictures (please see lot 22, Caughnawaga Indians at Camp), what we see in the Quebec First Nations pictures are “the figures growing ever smaller and less closely observed in an increasingly important landscape.” (1) Gone is Krieghoff’s appetite for closely observed ethnographic details. Instead, the artist uses the human figure as a way to better situate the viewer more fully into the context of the landscape.
Another great difference between the Montreal and Quebec scenes, per Reid, is that “these are the Natives Krieghoff knew.” (2) By this point, Krieghoff had travelled into the bush and had met actual First Nations people. Interestingly, with increased contact came an increasingly romantic view on Krieghoff’s part. Unlike the old adage that familiarity breeds contempt, Krieghoff felt the opposite. He considered the First Nations to be a vital people, deeply connected to the Canadian landscape which had long fascinated him. In a scene such as Indians Making Camp in the Snow, Reid suggests that for Krieghoff, this idealistic view was best communicated through a sumptuous landscape, and that the romance of these pink wintery skies stands in as a love letter to a world he found equal parts inaccessible and irresistible.
(1) Dennis Reid, Krieghoff: Images of Canada, (Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999), 83.
(2) Reid, 83.
Estimate: $60,000—80,000
INDIANS MAKING CAMP IN SNOW, 1855
oil on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed "Quebec"
11.75 x 17.5 in — 29.5 x 44.5 cm
Provenance:
The Cooling Galleries Ltd., London/Toronto, ON;
Estate of Private Collector, Hamilton, ON;
Sotheby's Canada in association with Ritchies, Toronto, ON, 22 Nov 2004, lot 4, as Indian Camp in Winter;
Collection of Sir Christopher and Lady Ondaatje
Note:
Krieghoff and his audience were fascinated by the First Nations population of Canada. Some 450 of his paintings—about one-third of his known oeuvre—centre around this subject. Krieghoff’s interest in the First Nations only grew the longer he lived in Canada. Accordingly, it formed a major part of his output during his stay in Quebec. Dennis Reid notes that, in contrast to Montreal First Nations pictures (please see lot 22, Caughnawaga Indians at Camp), what we see in the Quebec First Nations pictures are “the figures growing ever smaller and less closely observed in an increasingly important landscape.” (1) Gone is Krieghoff’s appetite for closely observed ethnographic details. Instead, the artist uses the human figure as a way to better situate the viewer more fully into the context of the landscape.
Another great difference between the Montreal and Quebec scenes, per Reid, is that “these are the Natives Krieghoff knew.” (2) By this point, Krieghoff had travelled into the bush and had met actual First Nations people. Interestingly, with increased contact came an increasingly romantic view on Krieghoff’s part. Unlike the old adage that familiarity breeds contempt, Krieghoff felt the opposite. He considered the First Nations to be a vital people, deeply connected to the Canadian landscape which had long fascinated him. In a scene such as Indians Making Camp in the Snow, Reid suggests that for Krieghoff, this idealistic view was best communicated through a sumptuous landscape, and that the romance of these pink wintery skies stands in as a love letter to a world he found equal parts inaccessible and irresistible.
(1) Dennis Reid, Krieghoff: Images of Canada, (Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999), 83.
(2) Reid, 83.
Estimate: $60,000—80,000
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CORNELIUS DAVID KRIEGHOFF (1815-1872), CANADIAN
INDIANS MAKING CAMP IN SNOW, 1855
oil on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed "Quebec"
11.75 x 17.5 in — 29.5 x 44.5 cm
Provenance:
The Cooling Galleries Ltd., London/Toronto, ON;
Estate of Private Collector, Hamilton, ON;
Sotheby's Canada in association with Ritchies, Toronto, ON, 22 Nov 2004, lot 4, as Indian Camp in Winter;
Collection of Sir Christopher and Lady Ondaatje
Note:
Krieghoff and his audience were fascinated by the First Nations population of Canada. Some 450 of his paintings—about one-third of his known oeuvre—centre around this subject. Krieghoff’s interest in the First Nations only grew the longer he lived in Canada. Accordingly, it formed a major part of his output during his stay in Quebec. Dennis Reid notes that, in contrast to Montreal First Nations pictures (please see lot 22, Caughnawaga Indians at Camp), what we see in the Quebec First Nations pictures are “the figures growing ever smaller and less closely observed in an increasingly important landscape.” (1) Gone is Krieghoff’s appetite for closely observed ethnographic details. Instead, the artist uses the human figure as a way to better situate the viewer more fully into the context of the landscape.
Another great difference between the Montreal and Quebec scenes, per Reid, is that “these are the Natives Krieghoff knew.” (2) By this point, Krieghoff had travelled into the bush and had met actual First Nations people. Interestingly, with increased contact came an increasingly romantic view on Krieghoff’s part. Unlike the old adage that familiarity breeds contempt, Krieghoff felt the opposite. He considered the First Nations to be a vital people, deeply connected to the Canadian landscape which had long fascinated him. In a scene such as Indians Making Camp in the Snow, Reid suggests that for Krieghoff, this idealistic view was best communicated through a sumptuous landscape, and that the romance of these pink wintery skies stands in as a love letter to a world he found equal parts inaccessible and irresistible.
(1) Dennis Reid, Krieghoff: Images of Canada, (Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999), 83.
(2) Reid, 83.
Estimate: $60,000—80,000
INDIANS MAKING CAMP IN SNOW, 1855
oil on canvas
signed, dated and inscribed "Quebec"
11.75 x 17.5 in — 29.5 x 44.5 cm
Provenance:
The Cooling Galleries Ltd., London/Toronto, ON;
Estate of Private Collector, Hamilton, ON;
Sotheby's Canada in association with Ritchies, Toronto, ON, 22 Nov 2004, lot 4, as Indian Camp in Winter;
Collection of Sir Christopher and Lady Ondaatje
Note:
Krieghoff and his audience were fascinated by the First Nations population of Canada. Some 450 of his paintings—about one-third of his known oeuvre—centre around this subject. Krieghoff’s interest in the First Nations only grew the longer he lived in Canada. Accordingly, it formed a major part of his output during his stay in Quebec. Dennis Reid notes that, in contrast to Montreal First Nations pictures (please see lot 22, Caughnawaga Indians at Camp), what we see in the Quebec First Nations pictures are “the figures growing ever smaller and less closely observed in an increasingly important landscape.” (1) Gone is Krieghoff’s appetite for closely observed ethnographic details. Instead, the artist uses the human figure as a way to better situate the viewer more fully into the context of the landscape.
Another great difference between the Montreal and Quebec scenes, per Reid, is that “these are the Natives Krieghoff knew.” (2) By this point, Krieghoff had travelled into the bush and had met actual First Nations people. Interestingly, with increased contact came an increasingly romantic view on Krieghoff’s part. Unlike the old adage that familiarity breeds contempt, Krieghoff felt the opposite. He considered the First Nations to be a vital people, deeply connected to the Canadian landscape which had long fascinated him. In a scene such as Indians Making Camp in the Snow, Reid suggests that for Krieghoff, this idealistic view was best communicated through a sumptuous landscape, and that the romance of these pink wintery skies stands in as a love letter to a world he found equal parts inaccessible and irresistible.
(1) Dennis Reid, Krieghoff: Images of Canada, (Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 1999), 83.
(2) Reid, 83.
Estimate: $60,000—80,000
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