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REN� RICHARD CANADIAN RIVER LANDSCAPE

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

REN� RICHARD (CANADIAN, 1895�1982) OIL ON MASONITE, SIGNED "R. RICHARD" LOWER RIGHT, WITH WALLACK GALLERIES (OTTAWA) LABEL TO FRAME VERSO PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA; WALLACK GALLERIES, OTTAWA 16 X 20 IN 25.5 X 29.5 IN FRAMED REN� RICHARD (1895�1982) WAS A RENOWNED CANADIAN LANDSCAPE PAINTER AND TRAPPER WHO IMMIGRATED FROM SWITZERLAND IN 1909. ENCOURAGED BY…

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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REN� RICHARD (CANADIAN, 1895�1982)
OIL ON MASONITE, SIGNED "R. RICHARD" LOWER RIGHT, WITH WALLACK GALLERIES (OTTAWA) LABEL TO FRAME VERSO
PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, OTTAWA; WALLACK GALLERIES, OTTAWA
16 X 20 IN
25.5 X 29.5 IN FRAMED
REN� RICHARD (1895�1982) WAS A RENOWNED CANADIAN LANDSCAPE PAINTER AND TRAPPER WHO IMMIGRATED FROM SWITZERLAND IN 1909. ENCOURAGED BY CLARENCE GAGNON, RICHARD TRAINED IN PARIS BEFORE SETTLING IN BAIE-SAINT-PAUL, QUEBEC. REVERED FOR HIS RUGGED, VISCERAL DEPICTIONS OF THE CANADIAN WILDERNESS AND CHARLEVOIX TOPOGRAPHY, HE WAS APPOINTED AN OFFICER OF THE ORDER OF CANADA, WITH HIS ARTWORK PRESERVED IN MAJOR NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS INCLUDING THE MUS�E NATIONAL DES BEAUX-ARTS DU QU�BEC.