Artwork by Marc Aurele Fortin Wanted for Purchase and Consignment

For over 30 years Mayberry Fine Art has quietly brokered sales for countless Canadian and International works of art from private collections.

We provide complete services to confidentially assist you with the sale of complete collections or single works of art.

What to expect when selling or consigning your artwork with Mayberry Fine Art

  • Use our Appraisal and Valuation form to send us details on the work(s) of art you may wish to sell. Some of the details we will need include.
    • Artist Name
    • Size (measurements)
    • Date
    • Signature
    • When and where aquired
    • Condition
    • Good quality photograph
  • After a fair market value has been agreed upon, we may need to examine the artwork for condition and authentication.
  • In the case of larger works or collections which may be awkward to transport, we will visit your location to view the works.
  • Crating and shipping is available when needed.
  • Purchase options include outright purchase or consignment sale.
  • Commission with regard to consignment sales is an agreed-upon percentage between Mayberry Fine Art and the seller. It is based on the value of the artwork. Commission on higher valued works can be as low as 5%.
  • Unless specifically expressed otherwise all values and prices discussed or published are in Canadian funds.

Click here to complete the valuation form.

Marc Aurele Fortin

RCA
1888 - 1970
 

fortinBorn in Sainte-Rose, Quebec in 1888. Died in Macamic, Quebec in 1970. Marc-Aurele Fortin RCA studied the rudiments of painting with Ludger Larose and Edmond Dyonnet from 1904 to 1908 when he left for Edmonton, Alberta to work in a bank from 1908 to 1910. Before returning to Montreal in 1912 he studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and made trips to New York and Boston. Fortin exhibited his work in Chicago in 1929 and the following year in Pretoria, South Africa. In 1935 he traveled to the south of France and northern Italy after which he exhibited regularly. Fortin, who was well known as a landscape painter, depicted various regions of Quebec with considerable originality by using new techniques. He stopped painting after becoming seriously ill in the late 1950s.