Henri Leopold Masson
(1907 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Portrait Study
ink and wash
signed and inscribed “To Paul Duval, a friend and real critic”; unframed
24.75 x 19 ins ( 62.9 x 48.3 cms ) ( sheet )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
St-Felicité, Gaspésie
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1978 on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Landscape; Ice Skaters; Six Girls at the Lake
three lithographs
-”Landscape” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
-”Ice Skaters” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
-”Six Girls at the Lake” (lithograph, signed lower right and numbered 88/100 lower left)
14.25 x 21.5 ins ( 36.2 x 54.6 cms ) ( each sheet - sight )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
The Pool, April
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1952 lower right; titled on the reverse
18 x 22 ins ( 45.7 x 55.9 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Anse Pleureuse
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1971 on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Country Dance
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on exhibition label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Paysage Vert, Masham
watercolour
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
13 x 19.5 ins ( 33 x 49.5 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Shoreline Landscape with Figure Walking
oil on board
signed lower left
17.5 x 21.5 ins ( 44.5 x 54.6 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
The Violin Player
pastel on paper
signed lower right
12.25 x 7.25 ins ( 31.1 x 18.4 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Mother and Child
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated 1990 on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Autumn Rain, Hull, Que.
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Winter Landscape
oil on canvas
signed lower right
15 x 18 ins ( 38.1 x 45.7 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Port au Persil
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Anse au Griffon
watercolour
signed lower left; titled lower right; signed, titled and dated 1978 on the reverse
8.25 x 13.25 ins ( 21 x 33.7 cms ) ( sight )
HENRI LEOPOLD MASSON
Les Moines
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
17.75 x 11.5 ins ( 45.1 x 29.2 cms )
Henri Masson Biography
(1907 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Henri Leopold Masson, Canadian, (OSA, CGP, GSPWC)was born in Namur, Belgium in 1907. He came to Canada with his family in 1921 and settled in Ottawa. He was employed as a silver engraver for several years as a young man and became a master engraver at the age of 25. Visiting the National Gallery of Canada around this time he discovered the work of the Group of Seven. Inspired by their style and use of colour he was inspired to try painting himself. He studied for a time at the Ottawa Art Association, but was mainly self taught. Two years later, in 1934, he was already emerging as a painter of importance. By 1945 he could devote most of his time to painting and exhibited extensively with good success. He painted genre scenes in the Hull area and landscape in the Gatineau Valley. He also painted on trips to Europe and the United States. He exhibited at the Robertson Galleries and Wallack Galleries in the 1960’s and 70’s. A significant collection of his work is housed in the National Gallery of Canada. He died in 1996.
