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Publisher Discovering ANTIQUES 10 pierre-auguste renoir
Editor 18 shows & auctions Jan Mather
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May - June 2015 • 9 PART I Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Impressionist French Painter A multi-part feature by Catharina VanTooren, Dealer, Calgary, AB
10 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Years ago I bought a large needlepoint picture A few years after the Revolution of 1848 the family depicting a scene from a famous painting by Renoir, was forced from their home and found a place in the Rue entitled Luncheon of the Boating Party or Boatmen’s des Gravilliers. Renoir was thirteen by then and it became Luncheon. I loved the playfulness and colours displayed; essential for him to start an apprenticeship. Something in it had something magical for me. From that time on I the artistic world would be favourable, as Renoir had shown started to look more intensely into the life and works of an early interest in drawing. He was as young as six when Renoir. I even stumbled upon a biography (© 1962) of he stole his father’s tailor’s chalk and drew on the floor of Renoir, written by his son Jean (1894-1979), and began to their apartment. His mother, Marguerite, had recognized study some of Renoir’s works more closely. Needless to say, I his budding talent, “Auguste will do something some day,” became hooked on this French impressionist painter. I hope she had said. Renoir also had a beautiful light baritone you will enjoy the following feature on the Life of Pierre- voice, and eventually joined the celebrated boys choir of Auguste Renoir. the Church of Saint-Eustache. The choirmaster, who later Renoir was born in Limoges, France on February 25, befriended Renoir, was the then unknown young composer 1841, as the son of Leonard, a tailor, and the grandson of Charles Gounod (now well-known for his composition of Ave Francois, a local shoemaker. Leonard married Marguerite Maria). Gounod saw an opera career in the future for Renoir, Merlet in 1828 and settled in Limoges where they raised with very good pay indeed, but the latter decided to follow his their family. Pierre-Auguste was the fourth child surviving artistic passion and became a porcelain decorator instead. childhood. After the death of Francois in 1845 the family In his employer’s workshop on the Rue Vielle-du-Temple moved to Paris, to a tiny apartment close to the Tuileries he decorated wares in the style of Sévres and Limoges; Palace, which was later destroyed by fire (1871). His vases with garlands, arabesques, shepherdesses, Imperial upbringing was simple and strict, but also heart-loving. As Eagles, and profiles of Marie-Antoinette. Soon he advanced a typical youngster he played with neighbourhood friends, to designing his own creations. His employer saw potential teased the Guards at the Palace and even played under the in this very young apprentice. Renoir made good enough windows of the Queen’s quarters (Queen Marie-Amelie of money to buy his parents a better house. He was also eager France), where candy was thrown down to them to please to learn all about the manufacturing side of porcelain; from stay quiet. He helped his father in his workshop and his moulding and shaping to firing. With the introduction of mother with kitchen duties. It is here that the basis of what mechanical applications and less demand for hand-painted became Renoir’s philosophy was formed, which explains his porcelain, Renoir moved on. After an acquaintance asked character, and by extension his art: The chief function of a him to re-decorate his establishment walls with murals, human being is to live; his first duty is to have respect for life. which he did very successfully, he enrolled at Atelier Gleyre at the École des Beaux-Arts, to enhance his technique and concentrate on anatomical drawing. Claude Monet (1840-1926) and Alfred Sisley (1840- 1899) were among his fellow students. After sessions a small group of aspiring painters would gather for a drink in a local establishment, where heavy discussions would evolve. Among them was Bazille (1841-1870), who had met Edouard Manet (1832-1883) personally and who was intrigued by Manet’s new approach (he is considered the father of Impressionism*). It did not take long for the others to become interested. Sisley, Continued on Page 12 * A look at Impressionism appeared in an article I wrote about Vincent van Gogh, in the Discovering ANTIQUES Sept/Oct 2013 issue. May - June 2015 • 11 He produced many paintings because he was surrounded by subjects and models, such as servant girls, maids, cabaret girls, even family members like his brother Edmond, who sat for him quite regularly. He was never without inspiration either. Anything in daily life was worth painting, was his philosophy. It was hard, often impossible to sell his work unfortunately. He often gave his creations away. Then a breakthrough came when one of his paintings, Dancing Esmeralda (1863), was accepted at the Salon. The group had moved, for a while, to lodgings in an area close to Fontainebleau (Marlotte) where they agreed, among each other, never to paint other than directly from nature. Monet’s phrase, “to ensnare the light and throw it directly on the canvas” became a reality. Just before the French-Prussian War of 1870 (in which Bazille tragically died) he befriended Paul Cézanne (1839- 1906), a friendship that, despite their differences, lasted their entire lives. Cézanne liked painting still-lifes. “Women models frighten me,” he said, in contrast to Renoir who created many nudes and loved the spectacle of daily life, as he called it. Renoir had learned to let himself be influenced by others, yet remained fundamentally himself. After the War of 1870 Renoir became a well-known guest at social events and was Child with a Stick acquainted with the upper-middle class Charpentier family. He found this family “not only pleasant to know but also Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, and Bazille, among others, became delightful to paint” which he did frequently. members of the self-proclaimed intransigents. They were After a very negative and critical article appeared in the first to condemn the following of the Great Masters, who Le Figaro, the group decided to hold an exhibition of their pursued only one golden rule: apply a painting technique own. It was an absolute failure! “The only thing we got out that encompasses an accurate reflection of the subject. of it was the label Impressionism, a name I loathe,” said As with most artists, Renoir’s early career was based on Renoir afterwards. The reason was, in all innocence, a influences from these great painters such as Goya and little painting by Monet. He had called his canvas of a misty Delacroix, but soon he and his school friends developed their landscape in a winter sun Impression: Sunrise. A writer, who own ideas and preferred to follow their own chosen path. The covered the exhibition for a satirical magazine referred to group of students insisted on learning directly from nature all exhibitors as ‘Impressionists’, and the name stuck. They (the Impressionists’ mandate). Manet was already following did not sell one painting and even their commissions for this principle, but still used the old masters’ technique. The traditional portraits (which they needed to pay for their intransigents were to bring Manet’s doctrine to a new level. essential living expenses) decreased significantly, as no one They continued their sittings with old Maitre Gleyre, as they wanted to be associated with these harshly criticized artists. found that the study of drawing is crucial; a necessary basis In the meantime Renoir continued doing what he loved so for any form of painting. Monet and Renoir shared lodgings much; the desire to paint, after all, was in his blood! Many and scraped together a few sou here and there to pay for the canvasses were given away by him in lieu of food or services. basics: a studio, a model and coal for the stove. The coal was He was not a materialistic man. Earthly possessions meant a real necessity as the skin of a shivering nude model was not nothing to him. He lived with the bare minimum. As long as appealing to a painter’s keen eye! According to his son Jean, there was money for his painting supplies, he was content. this period was one of the happiest times in Renoir’s life. Continued on Page 14
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May - June 2015 • 13 Boatmen’s Luncheon He found inspiration all around him, especially to posing for him. Starting in 1881 it took him three years after he moved to the Montmartre area. The Moulin de la and many studies and sketches for the final painting of Galette became an interesting subject with people from the the Boatman’s Luncheon to materialize. The lady on the neighbourhood more than willing to pose. Many a young foreground with the little dog is Aline Charigot, who had girl, with the mother’s permission, sat for Renoir, making posed for Renoir on numerous occasions before and who the parent very proud. Renoir painted many canvasses at later was to become his wife. the same time, switching from one subject to the other, When their courtship slowly proceeded, the young letting it rest, thus renewing stimulation. To his surprise lovers spent a lot of time on the banks of the Seine or on and with great gratitude he had found an ally and protector the island of Chatou. When posing for him, Aline left Renoir in art dealer Paul Duran-Ruel, who had supported Renoir in awe; he often just looked at her, without even doing from the onset. At his exhibition in New York in 1885, one stroke of his brush. On the other hand, Aline, who Duran-Ruel sold several of Renoir’s work, among them the claimed to be uneducated with regard to painting, just loved Boatmen’s Luncheon. watching him put brush to canvas. She wanted children The creation of the Boatmen’s Luncheon (this (she was nineteen years old), but Renoir (then forty) was painting can be seen in the Philipps Memorial Gallery in apprehensive, since he could not provide for and support a New York) has a story of its own, which I would like to share family. It eventually drove them apart, but they remained with you. The now world-famous canvas was one of many good friends. During this time and after years of struggling Renoir created at the Grenouillere Restaurant on the island he began to have doubts about Impressionism, and after of Chatou, only about a twenty minute train ride from Paris. the lovers break-up Renoir decided to travel to Spain and It was a perfect hide-away spot for young lovers. A local Italy to see for himself the work of the great masters like entrepreneur named Fournaise converted a small house Velazquez and Titian. on the island into a restaurant called Grenouillere, which translates as shallow riverbed where frogs live. The French However, his heart kept speaking to him; he felt his love their medley of classes without distinction, so actresses, life without Aline was incomplete. Upon his return to Paris society women and women of easy virtue all patronized the he and Aline re-united, started a family and remained Fournaise restaurant and boating club. A little frivolity and together the rest of their lives. a lot of fun were to be found on Chatou. For Renoir, being Please pick up a copy of the next issue of Discovering the easy-going and well-liked man he was, it meant an Antiques (July/August 2015 edition) for the conclusion of the ample supply of subjects from people who had no objection article on The Life of Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
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May - June 2015 • 19 THE WORLD AND THE WAY IT WOULD BE IF EVERYTHING WAS
PINK! by Fred Hauck, Collector, Redcliff, AB
veryone has a favourite colour. and 1950’s Country Music singers wore colourful For me it used to be orange scarves. This always stuck with me. One trip and blue. However, it seems to the local dollar store found me looking at that over the past few years scarves. They were all very colourful, the pink thatE has changed. Pink is definitely the scarves especially struck me, and the price was favourite colour of a friend of mine, Melissa. right! I started to wear the more colourful of the two I used to dislike that colour; it always seemed pink ones I had purchased (I admit it took me a while to be a “girl’s” colour – at least that was what I thought. to build up enough confidence to go out in public wearing Sometimes a person will do odd things to impress someone. it) and have looked for pink scarves ever since. I progressed In my case, it started with pink scarves from the dollar store. to pink western shirts, of which I now have seven, either in For many years now I have worn scarves around my neck, pink or with pink stripes. Due to breast cancer awareness partly to keep warm in the fall and winter, and partly (and and special Calgary Stampede slogans like “Tough enough this is the real reason) all the old “B” Western cowboys like to wear pink,” pink shirts for men have become more Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers and most of the 1940’s acceptable and the shirts are more plentiful. I even found
20 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com a Gene Autry comic from 1949 with Gene astride his horse Champion on the cover wearing a pink and yellow shirt. In this article I shall endeavor to talk about Pink collectables. If a colour can be associated with a decade, it would be the 1950’s and the colour pink. Elvis bought a pink Cadillac for his mother in the mid-1950’s and pink 1959 Cadillacs show up in the odd movie. I also remember several years ago at an appliance repair shop a man came in to pick up a fridge he had had repaired. The man behind the counter told him it was the only pink one in the back. In those days, you could get stoves to match. I have actually been looking for pink collectables for several years now. Some of the items I have found include various types of pink doll house furniture from the 1950’s, pink toy Cadillac cars and a lot of miscellaneous pink pottery. For many years I have been collecting old toys. Pressed steel toys from the 1940’s - 1950’s produced by the Canadian Lincoln Toy Co. have always been favourites. The truck styles didn’t change much and I had some duplicates, so I thought I would change it up a bit, impress one particular Gene Autry with a pink/yellow patterned shirt on the cover of a person and confuse the rest. I took a Lincoln dump truck 1949 comic book. and, with a can of light pink spray paint gotten from the local hardware, painted the truck pink! It turned out very One “pink” toy that may surprise some is a Lionel toy well and the person who inspired me was impressed as well. train set. Produced from 1957 – 1958, it is known as the “Pink People do occasionally ask if that is the original colour! Lady Set.” The engine and tender were pink and the cars were all pastel colours. Lionel geared this set to girls but girls didn’t buy them so the unsold sets were recalled, repainted with black engines and resold to boys. The original pink sets are rare and are worth well over $1,000 each. Alberta Pottery in Redcliff, Alberta did produce pink bean pots and mixing bowls in the 1930’s. Medalta Pottery in Medicine Hat, Alberta produced pink ashtrays, vases and planters shaped like animals in the 1950’s or earlier. In my collection I have a pink elephant planter. Another Medicine Hat pottery, Hycroft (1950’s – 1980’s) used a lot of pastel colours. Pink was used on their cowboy hat ashtray, coffee mugs, plates and water pitchers. Hycroft pieces are still plentiful, other local pottery pieces, not as much. Over the years I have found quite a few pink pottery items. Another familiar 1950’s pink item is the pink flamingo. I found several, over the years, most just ornamental, some just salt and pepper shakers. And, the one usually remembered the most is the plastic pink flamingo that was stuck in the front lawn. Pink doll furniture Continued on Page 22
May - June 2015 • 21 “Exclusive Pastel Train Set For Girls” from a 1957 Lionel catalog. Time to talk about clocks. Canadian-made Westcox telephone. When she found one that a Lethbridge dealer alarm clocks produced some in pink and my collection had, the price was too rich for her budget. When I found boasts three of them. And in keeping with the time theme, out about this, I made a deal for it and gave it to her on I have found a few pocket watches from the 1890’s – 1900’s her birthday, as a surprise. The telephone is a 1970’s rotary with pink dials (faces). These are my favourites of all my dial and had a sticker on it from a mortuary. I have also watches. One is an old English sterling silver key-wind. acquired a new push button pink telephone and found The others are all American-made. In a previous issue another 1970’s rotary phone for me. These are commonly I explained the discovery and purchase of one of these referred to a “Princess” phones and command a lot more watches at Where One Earth…did you get that? Antique money than the normal black phones. Mall in Airdrie, AB. Fancy dials, especially pink ones are And finally for the golfers, pink balls and tees are very hard to find. I have seen a few others but they were plentiful, and although brightly coloured, they are just as priced beyond my budget. easy to lose as the traditional white balls. I also thought that Country Music should be Okay, so everything is not pink, yet; but slowly pink mentioned. My all-time favourite singer is Wilf Carter. is showing up on more and more items that, years ago, In the late 1960’s Wilf had a suit custom-made in pink. we would have been shocked to find in pink. Wilf wore it on the cover of the album “Way Out There.” The photograph for the album cover was taken at the Wilf Carter album cover, bottom left insert shows his custom-made pink suit Calgary Stampede. This suit was recently on display at the hanging in the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame as part of the Wilf Carter display. Hank Snow also has a display at the Country Music Hall of Fame. Hank had his suits made by Nudie the Rodeo Tailor in California. The owner, Nudie Cohn, once commented that Hank Snow was the only person he knew of that could wear a pink suit with butterflies on it and pull it off. Included in Hank’s wardrobe were a few suits with rhinestones on them. He felt that when on stage it is all about the flash and Hank Snow typified this. In more recent years the colour pink has shown up on tools at the local hardware store gearing them to women; and at car shows pink hot rods and pink 1950’s cars always stand out. A friend always talked about owning a pink
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Wha n Following up on the article in the last issue, Small Town Treasures, I came across this. A large abstract painting was purchased for $9.99 from a Goodwill store in the United States by an amateur painter who wanted to re-use the canvas. The original artist had signed the back of the painting and after researching it further, discovered that Ilya Bolotowsky was a listed artist. Sotheby’s later auctioned the piece for over $34,000. A recommendation – research items you buy which have little known history.
May - June 2015 • 23 STORE FEATURE Classic European Antiques …Have you been there, or just driven by?
To judge if worth a browse by just looking at the storefront is a huge mistake! Even if you go inside the door into the narrow front counter area, noticing the smaller room to the right, you have only just seen “the tip of the iceberg,” barely, of this antique shop.
Continued on Page 24 24 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com The first visit to Classic European Antiques, located at 2008 at 13314 – 126 Avenue (northeast corner of Yellowhead Trail and St. Albert Trail) in Edmonton, AB, will be a total surprise. Anneke, and her husband, Hank purchased another antique business, including inventory and location, in Spruce Grove (west of Edmonton) and that was where Classic European had its origins. Within a short time, it became apparent to them that having an Edmonton location was necessary in order to increase collector traffic. The Spruce Grove shop could not be classified as small, but by comparison, the current location is several times larger at 7,000 square feet. Instead of the open display concept found in Spruce Grove, there are now 10 separate areas set up as rooms and decorated in period design. For example, a settee and chairs, with tables, oil lamps, clocks and pictures on the wall could have been a living room right out of a mid- to late 1800’s home. Another ‘area’ has a roll top desk, leather swivel chair, and appropriate period collectables imitating an office or den; or a dining room table, chairs, etc.
Walking further into the shop, the question surfaces mushroomed into a business. It is Anneke’s wish to share about when will the shop come to an end? And, surprise her passion and has therefore set up Classic European - it doesn’t end on the main floor, but continues upstairs Antiques so that when guests step through the door they with more rooms full of all sorts of antiques and vintage leave “today” behind and enter “yesterday” complete with items, including a “kitchen” room with things of all ages. the furnishings, lighting, time pieces, gramophones and The first browse through this shop is fun, interesting and lots more found back in the day. almost seems like a walk through the never-ending antique shop! It may take a couple of visits to see everything and/ 85% of the inventory at Classic European Antiques or find that treasure you have been wanting to add to your originates in Europe. Anneke, who is Dutch by birth, collection. arranges for at least two containers of treasures to be shipped annually. Her buying trips also allow her to To Anneke, as an owner of Classic European Antiques, visit family, a real bonus! As a matter of fact, the next the antique store began as a hobby, a retirement project, shipment is due to arrive mid-May 2015. and as anyone who loves antiques can fully understand, it Another source of inventory for the shop is the United States. From there, Anneke hunts down lawyers’ stacking bookcases with bevelled glass, hallstands, desks, bronze statues and more. During the summer months on any given Sunday don’t be surprised to find a “street yard sale” happening in front of the shop, complete with barbequed hotdogs and pop. Since first initiating these events, more vendors have caught the fever and participate. What a deal – a one- stop lunch, and treasure hunt! If you are redecorating, a collector looking for an addition to your collection, or just want to escape the real world for an hour or two, consider Classic European Antiques as your destination.
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May - June 2015 • 27 It Is All About Pork by Susan Holme Manyluk, HolmeHus Antiques & The Farm with The Good Food, Red Deer, AB At least for 2015 it is! It is also about events and unique opportunities to sample superb foods presented in an unfamiliar way. So surprise us! On June 18th, brought to you by City Palate, at the Endless appetizers – paired with superb Pinots - incomparable Hotel Arts, Calgary the 5th Annual Pig and plus great silent auction selections, displays of vintage Pinot Festival will pit fourteen chef teams against each porkers, live music, fabulous mingling and the excitement other. While this is always a very polite competition; of declaring the winner of the Devine Swine Trophy, will every participant will have spent weeks perfecting their be what ticket holders will be privileged to enjoy. Find it porcine masterpieces, perusing traditional pork dishes, at www.pigandpinotcalgary.eventbrite.ca. We will be there reinventing classic presentations of bacon, butts and bellies; with bells on and forks in hand, primed to taste every single sourcing ancient recipes for jowls and joints, trotters and masterpiece created from our happy pigs. Come join the fun tongues. This will be the whole, appetizing, succulent, and support Meals on Wheels. internationally-inspired exposition of Alberta-raised, Another ‘piggety’ place to enjoy good eating this heritage-bred, free-range, farrow-to-finish old-fashioned summer, is of course, Ellis Bird Farm. Teahouse operators PORK. Those fourteen teams will turn 1600 pounds of Blake and Pavla are back for their third season, and have prime pork from The Farm with The Good Food into lined up the usual outstanding assortment of lunch and succulent delights for about 400 lucky attendees. teatime delights. Their pork and spring vegetable soup is
28 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com light and lively, the charcuterie offerings are VERY nice digital and traditional resources makes a visit an historical (I recommend the house pâté) and something promising and environmental adventure for all ages. involving ground pork is being planned as well. Again our HolmeHus Antiques is thrilled to be able to expand home-raised Large English Black X Tamworth, well-exercised quite a bit in the larger gift shop, offering more classic bird and expertly slaughtered pigs, will star in some of it. and Alberta wildlife collectables. An outstanding eight- Another food-inspired happening planned for Ellis place-setting Shelley dinner set decorated with swallows, in this year is a selection of hands-on workshops. Learn the shades of rose and magenta will grace the custom-painted secrets of creating smoked and cured sausage, hams and pie-safe decorated by artist Donna Stackhouse, featuring some familiar Alberta birds. Figurines, pictures, textiles, bacon. A build-your-own cider press workshop will let you carvings and glass objets d’art are all available for purchase turn those windfalls into the sweetest autumn wine you ever in the new shop. tasted. Pie-making and pickling days will teach both the “basics” and some clever tricks that will make participants Check out what the cleverly suspended farm ladder more adept at these old-fashioned skills. Reach them at displays; enjoy inexpensive jewellery and great scarves with [email protected]. motifs from nature. Also featured will be vintage wares from Alberta potters like Susanne Balslov-Kulak, Verna Allison, And while on the subject of the old-fashioned, Peter Price and others. These, and other outstanding Alberta the vintage or the antique – do be sure to visit Ellis Bird artists, have worked in many mediums to create some Farm this summer. A fabulous new – but well-integrated – fine collectable, decorative art. They are still available for visitors’ centre is set to open. Ample use of farm artifacts purchase in the secondary marketplace, and will be featured and weathered barn-wood found on-site, for furnishings in the Bird Farm gift shop. If you buy local – whether food or and display pieces; an outstanding collection of really old, art – you won’t go wrong. Have a great summer enjoying our beautifully preserved taxidermy examples; and lots of Alberta, this year of our 110th birthday!
May - June 2015 • 29 Prairie Creek Antique Mall A new antique mall has opened in Rocky!
We have a large eclectic array of antiques, collectibles, STORE HOURS shabby chic, Canadiana and furniture. This is one Tues - Sat . 11:00am - 5:30pm antique mall you won't want to miss! Watch for our Closed on Statutory Holidays pictures of items for sale on 'Kijiji Red Deer'. Contact Lilian Stomp for details. 4839 - 49 Street 403-845-9979 | [email protected] Rocky Mountain House, AB
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30 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Grandma’s Antiques
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32 • www.DiscoveringANTIQUES.com Pieces of the Past Antiques Inc. Where fine antique furniture meets modern home décor.
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with fine British, European and Canadian furniture. Monday − Saturday 10am − 6pm Sunday & Holidays 12pm − 5pm 6569 Gateway Boulevard Edmonton, AB (behind Truck Out tters) Mahogany Chaise Lounge British c. 1910 780.989.2522 72” (W) x 23” (D) x 28” (H) $1,800.00. TLC05-112 www.piecesofthepastfurniture.com
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