Mountain Landscape II

Painting

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The Union Club of British Columbia

Mountain Landscape II, n.d. Oil painting by Nesta Bowen Horne (1896-1987)

Mountain Landscape II, n.d. Oil painting by Nesta Bowen Horne (1896-1987)

Name/Title

Mountain Landscape II

Entry/Object ID

2014.09.04

Description

Painting This image depicts a mountain landscape, one of a series of three. It portrays a mountain vista boldly in rich colours of blue and green, with a centre rocky outcrop in grey and brown. The location is unknown. This rugged landscape is presented in dramatic colour and form - at the same time beautiful, remote and awe-inspiring, reflecting Bowen Horne's early training in France and motivated by the work of the famed Group of Seven, Canada’s first national art movement.

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on canvas board

Subject Place

Region

Cascades and Plateau

Continent

North America

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Nesta Maud Mary Bowen Horne (1896-1987)

Role

Painter

Date made

n.d.

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Born in Barbados, Nesta Maud Mary Bowen Horne was a well-known Vancouver artist. She studied at the National Academy of Design in New York City and the Académie Moderne in Paris. This French fine arts school was founded by “Cubists” Fernand Léger (1881-1955) and Amédée Ozenfant (1886-1966) in 1924. Later Bowen Horne completed further training in portrait painting in London, England. She came to Canada in 1929, settling in Vancouver, later moving to Vancouver Island. Bowen Horne exhibited her artwork in the B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery from 1934 to 1950, and was elected a member in 1942. She also exhibited with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts in their Annual Exhibitions from 1942 to 1954. Bowen Horne was considered a leading Vancouver artist. She painted landscapes, flowers and semi-abstract works, and specialized in portrait commissions. She died in Victoria at age 91.

Edition

Edition

Mountain Landscape

Edition Size

Series of three

Edition Number

II

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Location

Signed lower right: NESTA BOWEN HORNE

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Visible image

Height

27.9 cm

Width

30.5 cm

Acquisition

Notes

Detail unknown

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

By Nesta Bowen Horne: 2014.09.03 Mountain Landscape I 2014.09.04 Mountain Landscape II 2014.09.05 Mountain Landscape III 2017.04.04 Heron Chicks (Ardea herodias) (framed w 2017.03.04 and .05)

Web Links and URLs

Metropolitan Museum of Art - "Fernand Léger (1881–1955)" by Boate. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History Essays., Arthive Encyclopedia: "Purism - Order after Chaos" by Lozinskaya.