GERTRUDE ELEANOR SPURR CUTTS (CANADIAN/BRITISH, 1858–1941)
OIL ON CANVAS BOARD, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT
A LYRICAL LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY PASTORAL LANDSCAPE BY CELEBRATED CANADIAN LANDSCAPE ARTIST GERTRUDE E. SPURR CUTTS. EXECUTED PRIOR TO HER 1909 MARRIAGE DURING THE PERIOD SHE SIGNED SOLELY UNDER HER MAIDEN NAME, THE SCENE CAPTURES A SUN-DAPPIED OPEN FIELD ANCHORED BY A ROBUST, WEATHERED OAK TREE
7 X 9.75 IN AT SIGHT
14.5 X 17.5 IN FRAMED
GERTRUDE ELEANOR SPURR CUTTS WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED LANDSCAPE PAINTER, WATERCOLOURIST, AND RESTORER. BORN IN SCARBOROUGH, ENGLAND, SHE STUDIED AT THE LAMBETH SCHOOL OF ART IN LONDON BEFORE EMIGRATING TO CANADA IN 1890, ESTABLISHING A PROMINENT STUDIO IN TORONTO. SHE EXHIBITED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE ROYAL CANADIAN ACADEMY OF ARTS, THE ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS, AND AT THE 1904 WORLD’S FAIR IN ST. LOUIS. HER WORK IS HIGHLY REGARDED FOR ITS LYRICAL, ATMOSPHERIC FINISH, BLENDING TRADITIONAL BRITISH PASTORAL SENTIMENTS WITH THE LIGHT AND RUGGED CHARACTER OF THE CANADIAN LANDSCAPE.
G. E. SPURR CUTTS “PASTORAL LANDSCAPE”
GERTRUDE ELEANOR SPURR CUTTS (CANADIAN/BRITISH, 1858–1941) OIL ON CANVAS BOARD, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT A LYRICAL LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY PASTORAL LANDSCAPE BY CELEBRATED CANADIAN LANDSCAPE ARTIST GERTRUDE E. SPURR CUTTS. EXECUTED PRIOR TO HER 1909 MARRIAGE DURING THE PERIOD SHE SIGNED SOLELY UNDER HER MAIDEN NAME, THE SCENE CAPTURES A SUN-DAPPIED OPEN FIELD…