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.

Simone-Mary Bouchard

1912 - 1945
 
Born in 1912, at Baie-St-Paul, Quebec, Simon-Mary Bouchard, one of a family of 14 children. She began her artistic career creating and selling hooked rugs to tourists. She soon expanded her art repetoire to include painting. Although she had no formal art training, her works displayed considerable talent. She became a member of the Contemporary Arts Society and exhibited her paintings with them. Her oil paintings depicted genre scenes of her community.

The Boston, Mass. collector, Patrick Morgan, discovered her work on a summer vacation in Murray Bay. Other collectors also eagerly sought her work. Her work was included in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts' Spring Exhibition in 1945, the year of her death. In a 1965 Maclean's article, Dorothey Eber described S.Mary Bouchard as follows, "She painted with a lyrical quality that puts her work in a class by itself...She's Quebec's greatest primitve." When she died at the age of 32, her younger sisters, Marie-Cécile and Edith, continued the painting tradition, with success. Six works by Simone-Mary Bouchard are represented in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Ref:
A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Vol.1, by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks, Ottawa, Revised and expanded, 1997