Paul-Vanier Beaulieu

Lot # 055 Paul Vanier Beaulieu RCA 1910 - 1996 Canadian Sans titre oil on canvas signed and dated 1963 31 3/4 x 39 1/4 in 80.6 x 99.7cm Provenance: A Prominent Montreal Family Estate Paul Beaulieu owned a studio in Montparnasse, Paris and was living there, surrounded by the creative ferment of the Parisian art scene, when the Nazis invaded in the city in 1940. Along with Jean-Philippe Dallaire, Beaulieu was arrested and interned at the St-Denis camp just outside the city. At the end of the war he was released, briefly returning to Canada, where he secured Dr. Max Stern of the Dominion Gallery as his dealer, and thus was able to send works created in France back to Canada. He then reclaimed his original Paris studio, working there until 1973. Beaulieu's work reflects the influence of Expressionist painters Georges Rouault and Bernard Buffet. His non-objective abstracts are revered for their richness of colour and boldness of form. Sans titre is a perfect example of this, being composed of a number of hot, deeply saturated colours set against a layered, neutral, yet fully alive ground. Evocatively figural, this work has a fine tactile surface and a pleasing sense of balance.

Lot # 201 Paul Vanier Beaulieu RCA 1910 - 1996 Canadian Nature morte oil on canvas signed and dated 1951 13 x 16 in 33 x 40.6cm Provenance: Private Collection, Montreal Estimate: $3,000 ~ $5,000 CAD Final bid: $3,250 CAD Preview at: Heffel Gallery Montreal

Lot # 202 Paul Vanier Beaulieu RCA 1910 - 1996 Canadian Paysage aux oliviers oil on canvas signed 8 5/8 x 10 5/8 in 21.9 x 27cm Provenance: Private Collection, France Please note: this work is unframed. Estimate: $2,000 ~ $3,000 CAD Preview at: Heffel Gallery Montreal

Lot # 101 Paul Vanier Beaulieu RCA 1910 - 1996 Canadian Nature morte watercolour on paper on card signed and dated 1964 14 1/2 x 21 3/8 in 36.8 x 54.3cm Provenance: Private Estate, Montreal Lots 101 - 112 in this sale are the property of a prominentMontreal Estate Collection. Estimate: $1,200 ~ $1,500 CAD Preview at: Heffel Gallery Montreal

LOT 112 PAUL VANIER BEAULIEU 1910 - 1996 SANS TITRE signed and dated lower right p.v. beaulieu, '64; titled anddated 1964 on a label on the reverse oil on canvas 7,000—10,000 CAD measurements 59.7 by 119.4 cm. alternate measurements 23 ½ by 47 in. Galerie Camille Hébert, Montreal Private Collection, Toronto Camille Hébert Gallery, Montreal, 1965