Eric Riordon
(1906 - 1948) ARCA
Previously Sold Works
ERIC RIORDON
On the North River, Laurentians
oil on board
signed; titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
A Likely Spot, Rouge River
oil on board
signed lower left; inscribed “On the Rouge” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
Cottage in Winter
oil on canvas
signed lower right
12.25 x 16.25 ins ( 31.1 x 41.3 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
The Light of Evening, St. Marguerite Country
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the stretcher
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
Late Afternoon in the Laurentians
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
6 x 8 ins ( 15.2 x 20.3 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
Sunny Autumn, Laurentians
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
6 x 8 ins ( 15.2 x 20.3 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
Winter Road, Piedmont Country, P. Que
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the stretcher
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
The Last Sunbeams, Laurentians (North River)
oil on canvas, laid on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
Winter in the Laurentians
oil on canvas laid on board
signed lower right
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
ERIC RIORDON
Untitled (The Laurentians or St. Adele)
oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 26 in ( 50.8 x 66 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: June 25th 2024
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E. Riordon Biography
(1906 - 1948) ARCA
Born in St. Catharines in 1906, Eric Riordon grew up in Montreal where his family relocated two years after his birth. He was educated at Ashbury College in Ottawa, and McGill University in Montreal. After studying charcoal drawing for a year at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal, he traveled to Paris in 1932 where he trained at the Grand Chaumière and Academy Julian. On his return to Canada, he painted in the Laurentians where he had spent many summers of his youth at the Riordon family summer residence north of Mont Tremblant at Riordon Island on Lac Caché. During the thirties he became known for his fine paintings of the Laurentians.
Riordon held his first official solo show at the Continental Galleries in October of 1935. He was also recognized for his seascapes, which featured scenes from Brittany, France, and elsewhere in Europe, as well as North America. Riordon’s interest in the sea prompted him to join the R.C.N.V.R in 1940 where he completed a seven-month training course to become Lieutenant. At the end of the war he held the rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Naval Reserve.
During his time in the Navy, he took moments from his duties to paint a series of images that were later used for a publication about the Canadian Navy at war. Thirty-four of his miniature sea paintings portraying a typical trans-Atlantic convoy run during the Battle of the Atlantic were exhibited across Canada. Following his discharge from the Navy he built a house on a hilltop where he painted many of his Laurentian scenes. He was elected A.R.C.A. in 1946 and exhibited
with the Academy from 1937 until his death.
