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Heffel’s Fall Fine Art Auction held November 24, 2005 at Toronto’s Park Hyatt Hotel is the highest fine art auction in Canadian History! The 242 lots auctioned sold for a record of $12.4 million, beating the previous Canadian fine art auction sales record of $8.49 million, set by Heffel in their 2004 fall auction. The big seller of the night was a major oil on canvas by Maurice Cullen – “The Bird Shop, St. Lawrence Street”, bringing in a $1.495 million ($1.3 million hammer plus a 15% buyers premium).
Maurice Cullen’s influence on later Canadian landscape art was profound. His significance to his peers was expressed by such important artists as A.Y. Jackson, who said “He influenced us (The Group of Seven) more than Morrice did”, and Clarence Gagnon stated that Cullen was “far ahead of his time in our country”. Arthur Lismer credited Cullen with teaching him how to paint snow. Cullen was one of the earliest artists to bring an impressionist palette and technique to the Canadian landscape. He worked in pastel throughout his life and was known for his mastery of this medium. To view Cullen’s images available through Northland Art Company
(NAC), and read his biography, browse our Gallery by Artist. |
