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DOLF ST. LOUIS OIL PAINTING

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DOLF ST. LOUIS OIL PAINTING
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OIL CANVAS MEASURES 8X10. FRAME MEAUSRES 15.5X17.5. FOUND THIS WRITE UP WHILE GOING THROUGH SOME OF MRS. A. CLARKS BELONGINGS, IT WILL COME WITH THIS PICTURE:

DOLF ST. LOUIS, A HISTORIC PAINTER.

TO CANVASSES OF PAINTS, DOLF ST. LOUIS, ARE GREATLY APPRECIATED IN ALL CORNERS OF THE WORLD, AS MUCH IN EUROPE AS IN HTE U.S. BECAUSE THEY ARE A REPRESENTATION OF CANADIAN CULTURE.

NATIVE OF MONTREAL, DOLF SPENT A GREAT PART OF HIS LIFE IN EASTERN QUEBEC, NORTH OF THE PROVINCE ADN DOWN AT THE TIP OF THE ST. LAWRENCE. BY THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, HE WAS GIVING SXPOSITIONS AT POINTE AU PIC, WHERE HE WORKED UNDER THE WATCHFUL EYE OF FAMOUS PATRICK MORGAN. DOLF STUDIED IN CLASSIC COLLAGES WHERE HE DEVELOPPED A PROFOUND TASTE FOR ART AND HISTORY.
DURING HIS STAY IN THE NAVY, HE PAINTED A FEW TABLEAUX OF SOME MERIT. AFTER HIS DISCHARGE, HE WENT TO WORK FOR BOMAC STUDIOS IN TORONTO AS A DESIGNER-ILLUSTRATOR.
FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS NOW, DOLF STRICTLY PAINTS HISTORIC SCENES OF OLD QUEBEC, OLD MONTREAL, PERCI AND MONT TREMBLANT. HIS WORKS WERE THE OBJECTS OF QUITE A FEW EXPOSITIONS AND TELEVISED INTERVIEWS. WE OFTEN SAY THAT IN HIS WORKS WE FIND A BIT OF CORNELIUS KREIGHOF AND MARC AURELE FORTIN.
ST. LOUIS, THE PAINTER HAS HIW OWN TECHNIQUE, IT'S THAT OF AN IMPRESSIONIST. HIS RUSTS AND GREYS CORESPOND WITH WITH HIS HISTORIC SUBJECTS. HIS CANVASSES ARE NOW LOOKED FOR BY COLLECTORS. THOSE OWNING A ST. LOUIS APPRECIATE THEM TO THE POINT OF NOT WANTING TO PART WITH THEM.