Hortense Gordon
HORTENSE GORDON "UNTITLED ABSTRACT" 1949
Hortense Gordon (1887-1961) was a pioneering Canadian modernist and an important early advocate of abstraction in Canada.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, she spent much of her career teaching art while developing an increasingly experimental painting practice. In 1953, she became a founding member of Painters Eleven, the influential group that helped establish abstract painting in English Canada.
Gordon was the first Canadian artist to study with the influential German-American painter Hans Hofmann, attending his school in Provincetown in 1946. His theories of colour, spatial tension, and "push and pull" had a lasting impact on Gordon's work. Combining elements of Cubism with expressive colour and geometric abstraction, she developed a distinctive visual language that anticipated the innovations of a younger generation of Canadian artists.
Painted in 1949, this untitled composition is an exuberant exploration of colour, shape, and spatial relationships. Interlocking geometric planes, curved forms, and rounded shapes seem to advance and recede across the canvas, creating a dynamic sense of movement.
Vivid blues, greens, reds, and yellows are juxtaposed against earthy browns and ochres, while the richly worked surface preserves the immediacy of the artist's hand. Both structured and spontaneous, the painting demonstrates Gordon's sophisticated command of abstraction.
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Untitled
Canada, 1949
Oil on canvas
Signed and dated, face
25.75"H 36.25" (work)
27.25"H 37.75"W (framed)
Overall good condition
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