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Tillenius has spent his whole working life drawing and painting the wildlife of North America. He has spent years travelling with the Indian and Inuit people of the Canadian north. He lost his right arm in an accident in 1936, which did not mean the end of his artistic career … he learnt to paint with his left. He says ‘Art that is to endure must always derive its strength from nature; that is, the artist must have a profound understanding of, and a feeling for, the elemental sources of things, the rhythms of life that are not affected by passing fashions. In my paintings of animals and wilderness, I strive to convey what I feel about these things, to portray a wilderness world intelligible to any human being who is exhilarated by a mountain sunrise, who sees with pleasure a rabbit track across a snowy field, or who simply enjoys being outdoors.
Title
By a Quiet River
Date
1986
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 89.2 x W 120.3 cm
Accession number
L1988.130
Acquisition method
on loan from Penny Morris
Work type
Painting
Inscription description
SignedClarence Tillenius 1986