Marc-Aurèle Fortin, At Baie Saint-Paul - 17 cents 1981 - Canadian stamp
Specifications
- Quantity: 17 950 000
- Issue date: May 22, 1981
- Printer: Ashton-Potter Limited
- Scott: #887
Description
Marc-Aurèle Fortin was born in Ste-Rose, Quebec, in 1888. His artistic tendencies displeased his family, but Fortin persevered. He studied art in Montreal and eventually scraped together enough money to study abroad by working at the Montreal Post Office and at an Edmonton bank. Upon his return he specialized in the landscape of the St. Lawrence Valley. He used watercolours because they were easy to carry on his bicycle. Fortin believed that "Canadian artists should take their inspiration from the countryside and progress towards a national art... We should excel in landscapes, exactly as the French do". He died in 1970. The stamp shows a landscape painted by Fortin in 1937, titled "At Baie Saint-Paul". The painting is in the collection of the Musée du Québec. Pierre Fontaine prepared the type format for the Fortin stamp.
Canada. Post Office Department. [Postage Stamp Press Release], 1981.
Creators
Based on a painting by Marc-Aurèle Fortin
Designed by Pierre Fontaine
Original art
Marc-Aurèle Fortin, "À la Baie Saint-Paul", 1937
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, Quebec
Note
The values on this page are in Canadian dollars (CAD).