George Lorne Holland Bouchard
(1913 - 1978) RCA
Previously Sold Works
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Lanse A Brilliant P. Que
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Spring Pond, Country of Two Mountains, Prov. of Quebec
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated “March 25th, 1966” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Ikaluit Village, Baffin Island, 1969
oil on canvas
signed lower right; also signed, titled and dated 1969 on the reverse
24 x 40 ins ( 61 x 101.6 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
October, Provincial Park, St. Urbain District
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
11.75 x 17.75 ins ( 29.8 x 45.1 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Edge of a Field in Spring
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated April 27, 1971 on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Mackenzie Range, N.W.T.
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “August 1962” on the reverse
5.5 x 9.25 ins ( 14 x 23.5 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Spring, Point St. Peters, Gaspé Coast
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “April 1961” on the reverse
16 x 24 ins ( 40.6 x 61 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Manoir de Charlesville - Boischatel, P.Q. (Beaupre Coast)
oil on masonite
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “April 19th, 1970” on the reverse
20 x 30 ins ( 50.8 x 76.2 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Levis Ferry in Winter
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12 x 15.75 ins ( 30.5 x 40 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Field in Spring
oil on board
signed lower right
14 x 26 ins ( 35.6 x 66 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Wet Evening, St. Jean, Isle of Orleans
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “May 1948” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Late Afternoon, Baie St. Paul
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated “April 1956” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
Above Baie St. Paul
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
GEORGE LORNE HOLLAND BOUCHARD
The Eckaloo Going Upstream - Mackenzie River (Near Fort Simpson) N.W.T
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated “August 1962” and inscribed “10 Min. Sketch” and “About 10 or 10:30 pm” on the reverse
5.5 x 9.5 ins ( 14 x 24.1 cms )
Lorne Bouchard Biography
(1913 - 1978) RCA
Born in Montreal, he studied at the Barnes School of Art. He was encouraged by Clarence Gagnon to paint the Quebec landscape. His talent was recognized by both Gagnon and Maurice Cullen, who were influential in his early artistic development. At the age of 16 he exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. For 11 years he worked as a label designer at the Dennison Company and then was an illustrator for the firms Rapid Grip and Batten Limited and Bomac Limited.
He applied his paint with a palette knife and brushes and continually searched for faster drying mediums for outdoor painting. Working quickly, he caught the effect of sunlight and atmosphere and finished his pictures in one sitting. In other work, he painted with watercolour, charcoal, casein, polymer, resins, tempera and felt tipped pen and ink which he applied directly to the paper.
During his early career he earned his living as a commercial designer, while continuing to paint in his free time. In 1952 he turned to free-lance illustration work. Weekend Magazine, Issue No. 1, 1963, recorded his trip in a 60’ river boat from Great Slave Lake to the Arctic Ocean in August of 1962 with his wife and Mr. and Mrs. David Molson. The dunnage included 300 pounds of his sketching equipment. Good weather made the trip very successful and the sun didn’t set until 11 o’clock in the evening, allowing him many hours of painting. A few of these paintings appeared also in that issue.
Among his commissions were magazine covers as well as large paintings for the board rooms of corporations such as Seagrams and Nordair. He was much infuenced by the landscape of Northern Quebec, which he first visited in 1928. Generally drawn to wild and isolated regions around the country, such places served as inspiration for his landscape painting. He was a location painter, working quickly to capture the atmospheric effects of light. His style can be described as a combination of realism and impressionism. He was a member of the Montreal Art Association and the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists. He died in Montreal at the age of 65.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume I: A-F", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1977
