Brandenburg Series Preoccupied - Heffel

HEFFEL FINE ART AUCTION HOUSE 82PROVENANCE:Private Collection, British ColumbiaLITERATURE:David Burnett and Marilyn Schiff,Contemporary Canadian Art, 1983,page 53Hodgson’s work has been featured inmore than 20 museum exhibitions,including the Art Gallery of Ontario,Calgary’s Glenbow Museum, the Galeried’arts contemporains de Montréal, theNational Gallery of Canada and theCanadian War Museum in Ottawa. Hiswork is characterized by a radical andindependent response to New YorkAbstract Expressionism within thecontext of Painters Eleven, a group ofCanadian abstract painters based inToronto in the 1950s. With no single lineas a focus, there is an energeticdirectness to his work. The colourfulpalette and composition of Interior StillLife are unrestrained and chaotic butmeld successfully to produce a dynamiccomposition. What drew the public toHodgson was the spontaneous gesturalquality of his paintings. As Burnettwrites, it was “this raw energy whichmade a special mark in the exhibitions ofPainters Eleven and reviews frequentlymade special mention of Hodgson.” Thiswork carries the vitality of the best workof Hodgson, who was the youngestmember of the Painters Eleven group.ESTIMATE: $10,000 ~ 15,00066 THOMAS SHERLOCK HODGSONCGP CSPWC OSA RCA 1924 ~ 2006Interior Still Lifeoil on canvas, signed and dated 1961and on verso signed, titled, dated andinscribed M3/61 and 43 St. Olaves Rd.39 1/4 x 28 3/4 in, 99.7 x 73 cm66