Berthe Des Clayes
(1877 - 1968)
Previously Sold Works
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Horse and Sleigh
pastel
signed lower right
7 x 10.5 ins ( 17.8 x 26.7 cms ) ( sight )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Fishing Fleet, Étaples
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse and to a gallery label
7.25 x 9.25 ins ( 18.4 x 23.5 cms )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
European Landscape
pastel on paper
signed lower left
9.5 x 11.5 ins ( 24.1 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Silver Birches by the River
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the stretcher
14.25 x 18 ins ( 36.2 x 45.7 cms )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Untitled, Farm in Winter
pastel
signed lower left
6.5 x 4.75 ins ( 16.5 x 12.1 cms ) ( sight )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Fisherman’s Cottage, Nova Scotia
pastel
titled on the reverse of the frame
9.5 x 7.5 ins ( 24.1 x 19.1 cms ) ( sight )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Farm in Autumn
pastel
signed lower right
6.75 x 7.75 ins ( 17.1 x 19.7 cms ) ( sight )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
After the Snowfall
pastel
signed lower left; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
9.5 x 7.5 ins ( 24.1 x 19.1 cms ) ( sight )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Untitled, Country Scene
pastel on paper
signed lower left
5.75 x 7.25 ins ( 14.6 x 18.4 cms ) ( sight )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Old House St. Sauveur
oil on board
signed lower right and titled on the framing plaque
11 x 14 ins ( 27.9 x 35.6 cms )
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Autumn, Eastern Township
pastel
signed lower left; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
6.75 x 6.5 in ( 17.1 x 16.5 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $450.00
Sale date: September 24th 2024
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Fishing (Eastern Townships)
pastel
signed lower left; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
9.5 x 11 in ( 24.1 x 27.9 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: September 24th 2024
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Winter Sunset
pastel
signed lower left; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
13.5 x 13.5 in ( 34.3 x 34.3 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Untitled, Stream in Winter
watercolour
signed lower left
8 x 11 in ( 20.3 x 27.9 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: May 13th 2025
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Berthe Des Clayes Biography
(1877 - 1968)
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1877, Berthe Des Clayes studied at the Bushey School of Art in England. She later attended the Academie Julian, in Paris. She returned to Britain and lived for a short time in London before moving to Canada with her sister, Gertrude, in 1912. Their younger sister, Alice, also an artist, joined them two years later. They settled in Montreal, setting up a studio in Beaver Hall Square, a favourite haunt for artists and architects. Berthe travelled around England and France after the First World War. Throughout her life, she divided her time between England and Montreal and died in Devon, England in 1968.
Berthe Des Clayes was primarily a landscape painter, working in oils, watercolour and chalk pastels. Her style was impressionistic and she was a two-time winner of the Jessie Dow Prize. She participated in the Spring Exhibitions of the Montreal Museum of Fine Art and with the Royal Canadian Academy.
