| Title: |
Storming of The Ice Palace |
| Artist: |
Julien, Henri Octave (Quebec City, 1852 - Montreal, 1908) |
| Date: |
1885 |
| Medium: |
Original Lithograph with Colour Tint Stone |
| Publisher: |
Montreal Daily Star, Montreal, Canada |
| Printer: |
Burland Lithographic Co., Montreal |
| Source: |
Montreal Daily Star |
| Note: |
Henri Octave Julien: Henri Julien earned
the distinction of being the first Canadian artist to secure a strong
international reputation. Almost completely self-taught, his drawing
abilities and skills stood head and shoulders above his Canadian contemporaries.
Julien first apprenticed as a lithographer in Montreal in 1869. His first
illustrative works were commissioned by the Canadian Illustrated News
in 1874 and were drawing of life in the Canadian West. Other commissions
quickly followed, including designs published by Harper's, in the United
States, and Le Monde Illustre, in France. Julien began to work for the
Montreal Daily Star in the mid 1880's and in 1888 accepted that publisher's
offer as Head of their Art Department, with the provision that all his
art would be published in the Star. Hence, with the aid of Julien, the
Montreal Star became a major publisher of Canadian prints. |
| |
The art of Henri Octave Julien is famous on two fronts. Firstly,
he became Canada's most famous satirical artist and caricaturist. His
1890's attacks upon Sir Wilfred Laurier and his cabinet, depicted as,
"the By-Town Coons" remain a cornerstone in satirical art to this day.
Secondly, Julien's more serious studies of nineteenth century Montreal
and French Canadian life are without equal. He is the great draftsman
of nineteenth century Quebec. This original lithograph depicts a night
scene during the storming of the ice palace for the famous Montreal Winter Carnival of 1885 as
the crowd watches a magical display of fireworks over the castle. The outer margins of this image
depicts various winter sporting events. |
| |
The Montreal Daily Star (founded in 1867) became a major
publisher of original Canadian prints with the rapid rise of the Montreal
Winter Carnival. Beginning in 1883, it was Canada's first large winter
celebration and predated Quebec City's Carnival by eleven years. Highly
competitive sporting events took place throughout the city. The Winter
Carnival became a hugely successful event. The Montreal Star and competing
publishers thus hired Canada's greatest artists to commemorate the activities.
One need only mention that three of the major artists covering the Carnival
at the time were Henri Julien, William Raphael and Robert Harris. Their
original lithographs in this field stand as an important historical and
artistic document of nineteenth century Canada. |
| Size: |
20 1/2 X 14 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate,
height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
| |
Matted with 100% Archival Materials |
| Condition: |
Printed on nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins
as published in Montreal in 1885. Centre crease, as always. This is a
strongly printed impression and in fine condition throughout. |
| Price: |
Sold - The price is no longer available. |
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