WHYTE'S IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM

159 IMPORTANT IRISH & INTERNATIONAL ART MONDAY 22 MARCH 2021 AT 6PM 116 Maurice Galbraith Cullen (Canadian, 1866-1934) WINTER LANDSCAPE oil on canvas signed lower left 12.75 by 16in. (32.4 by 40.6cm) Frame Dimensions: 21 by 24in. (53.3 by 61cm) Surface dirt visible. Otherwise very good condition. Maurice Galbraith Cullen was born on June 6, 1866, in St. John’s, Newfoundland. He travelled to Paris at the age of 22 to study painting at the École des Beaux-Arts and at the Académie Julian. While in Paris, he was influenced by the Impressionists, especially Claude Monet. In 1910, he married Barbara Merchant Pilot, a widow whose son, his stepson, grew up to be the artist Robert Wakeham Pilot. In the same year, he was invited to be a member of the progressive Canadian Art Club. Beginning in January 1918, Cullen served with Canadian forces in the First WorldWar. He came to the attention of Lord Beaverbrook, who arranged for him to be commissioned as one of the Canadian official war artists along with Frederick Varley, J.W. Beatty and C. W. Simpson. Cullen died March 28, 1934, at Chambly, Québec. €5,000-€7,000 (£4,310-£6,030 approx.) Click here for more images and to bid on this lot116