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Eric RiordonAutumn Day on the Mulet River, Que., 19481906-1948Oil on canvas board12 x 16 in
30.5 x 40.6 cmSoldFurther images
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signed, 'Eric Riordon' (lower right); titled, signed, and dated, 'Autumn Day on the Mulet River, Que./ Eric Riordon / Dec 1948' (verso centre)Provenance
Private collection, Nova ScotiaHaving matured as an artist while in the Navy during World War II, Eric Riordon enjoyed only three years of production at the height of his ability. Following his discharge from the Navy he built a house on a hilltop in the Laurentians where he painted many of his finest paintings, such as Morning Sunlight, Laurentians.
Returning to Montreal after the war, he painted in the Laurentians where he had spent many summers of his youth at the Riordon family cottage north of Mont Tremblant at Lac Caché. During the thirties, he became known for his fine Laurentian landscapes. He held his first official solo show at the Continental Galleries in October, 1935. He also became known for his seascapes, beach, harbour and river scenes - having found his subjects in Brittany, France and elsewhere in Europe as well as in North America along the St. Lawrence, in Gaspésie, Nova Scotia, Maine and elsewhere in the United States.
Riordon was elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1946 and died only two years later in 1948 at the young age of 42.
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