Joe Norris Quiet Hunter

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Estimate:

CA$7,000 - CA$9,000

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CA$3,750

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Post-War Canadian Folk Art

ARTIST

Joseph Norris (1924-1996) spent most of his life in the small hamlet of Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. He began painting in 1972, after a major heart attack forced his early retirement from the fishing and construction trades. His works depicted life along the seacoast, with scenes of wildlife, nature and landscapes painted in bold, saturated colours. Norris' work included painted chairs, tables and chests in addition to his two-dimensional paintings. After his work was discovered in 1975 by Maine antique dealer Chris Huntington, Norris was able to live off of his income as an artist rather than disability allowance from the government. Work by Joseph Norris is found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Museum of History, and in many corporate and private art collections throughout North America.

Size

Stretcher: 24" x 29.75". Frame: 25.75" x 32" x 1.5".

Category

Folk Art

Description

Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia. 1980. Bright colours, including pink, are central to the art of Joe Norris (1925 - 1994). This lively autumn scene features a hunter dressed in red and brown garb standing in front of a white birch tree at the edge of a dark evergreen forest. Overhead and in the water, a lively gaggle of Canada geese seem to be unaware of the hunter's presence. Autumn-coloured grassland frames a bright blue bay and a rocky shoreline sweeps across the landscape below a pale blue sky. Signed lower right by the artist. The piece is mounted in a plain white wooden frame. Signed Lower right, "Joe Norris".

Condition

Very good.

Medium

Oil on canvas.

Provenance

From the James Ott Collection.

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