Yvonne McKague Housser Toronto 1897-1996 - Silver Mine, Cobalt 1930
Early on, Mckague Housser recognized the rapidly industrializing North as a worthwhile subject for art. In 1917, while passing through Cobalt, Ontario, she was fascinated by the boom town’s architectural forms and later returned to paint them. The small painting is a sketch for the larger, finished work, whichdepeicts a trio of workers with their miners’ lamps in an eerie half light. By 1930 production in Cobalt was in sharp decline. The workers were likely projections of the artist’s imagination, as she portrayed an heroic picture of industry in Canada’s north.
Yvonne McKague Housser Toronto 1897-1996 - Silver Mine, Cobalt 1930
Early on, Mckague Housser recognized the rapidly industrializing North as a worthwhile subject for art. In 1917, while passing through Cobalt, Ontario, she was fascinated by the boom town’s architectural forms and later returned to paint them. The small painting is a sketch for the larger, finished work, whichdepeicts a trio of workers with their miners’ lamps in an eerie half light. By 1930 production in Cobalt was in sharp decline. The workers were likely projections of the artist’s imagination, as she portrayed an heroic picture of industry in Canada’s north.