Wednesday 29 November 2023
Michael Forster, Canadian 1907-2002 - Untitled, 1979; acrylic on canvas, signed and dated on the...
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Michael Forster,
Canadian 1907-2002 -
Untitled, 1979;
acrylic on canvas, signed and dated on the reverse 'Michael Forster 1979', 91 x 112.3 cm
Note:
numbered 534a on the reverse
Forster’s early works from the 1940s are truly Surrealist in manner, which was interrupted when he was sent to London as one of Canada’s official war artists. After a move to Montreal in 1949, he turned to the Automatistes, a group of artists who ascribed to the theory proposed by Andre Breton, painting through free, unconscious gestures.
The works in the sale are a summation of his early Surrealist works and imagery from days at sea with the Royal Canadian Navy. He called these works ‘inner landscapes’ - both representational and coming from the subconscious.
Forster moved to Cornwall in the late 1970s where he remained until his death in 2002. His works have been exhibited internationally including the British Museum, Musee d’art Moderne, Paris, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the National Gallery, Washington, and Sao Paulo Museum, Brazil.
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