ANTHONY FLOWER Title unknown (Scene with Cart and Two Horse), 1809
watercolour on paper
29.6 x 42.5 cm
Purchased with funds provided by the Harrison McCain Foundation.
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery
EDITH BOUCHARD La journee terminée, 1952
oil on canvas; pressed paperboard
69.9 x 88.3 cm
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery
What
we see
Look at both paintings. Name some of the things you see in these
landscapes.
How we feel
Can you picture yourself in these paintings? What would you
be doing?
What we think
Consider the colours used in these paintings. How would you
describe the difference between the colours from watercolour
paint and oil paint?
How it was made
Think about the time period when these paintings were created.
Are they very different? Does it surprise you that Edith Bouchard
painted her artwork nearly 150 years after Anthony Flower?
Why?
About the artist:
Edith Bouchard (b.1924) self-taught artist had two sisters
and they all painted. The artist decided to paint this work
when she saw the horse unharnessed at the end of the day.
This work is of her hometown of St. Antoine at Baie St. Paul,
Quebec. Bouchard gave-up painting to become a nun.
