tPAUL PEEL We are pleased to offer two paintings by Peel in this auction (also see lot 19). Peel spent the spring and summer of 1881 in Pont-Aven, Brittany, a village which attracted tourists and painters alike due to the enduring traditional culture of the inhabitants as well as its picturesque vistas. Peel sent four paintings made during this sojourn back to his father in Canada, which would be exhibited in the second annual exhibition of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. French influences infused Peel’s work, notably in his choice of subject matter: rural peasants, children and nudes. Here, the subject is a charming scene of a child playing with a toy ship on his stoop. In a town bisected by the Aven River, a boy playing with a boat on dry land suggests that he is patiently waiting for a friend, or perhaps reliving the day’s adventures.
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Canadian Fine Art Auction