Suzanne Duquet ( Quebec, 1916-2000 ) - Group 1941
This canvas is one of Duquet’s rare surviving works. It depicts the artist at her easel surrounded by her sisters in a confined domestic setting, The arrangement of their poses confers a fierce intensity on the scene, with the artist seemingly at pains to suggest her own distinct identity at centre stage. Duquet paints her own working hands enlarged and roughened, while her sister’ hands appear as raptor-like claws, spiked with blood-red nails.
Suzanne Duquet ( Quebec, 1916-2000 ) - Group 1941
This canvas is one of Duquet’s rare surviving works. It depicts the artist at her easel surrounded by her sisters in a confined domestic setting, The arrangement of their poses confers a fierce intensity on the scene, with the artist seemingly at pains to suggest her own distinct identity at centre stage. Duquet paints her own working hands enlarged and roughened, while her sister’ hands appear as raptor-like claws, spiked with blood-red nails.