40 × 48 in
 in
 cm
$11,500
The captivating blend of abstract and representational elements in Robert Marchessault’s Brandenburg Shadows showcases the artist’s unmistakeable style. Dominated by a harmonious palette of sunset golds and umber silhouettes, the painting evokes a sense of tranquillity and natural beauty. The central focus, a tall tree with a broad canopy, draws the viewer’s eye up from the shadowed ground into the glowing sky.
The elements are rendered in a semi-abstract manner, blurring the line between the real and the imagined and creating a nearly dreamscape scene. The background’s warm ombre sets the darker features in a stark relief that remains soft and calming. The subtle gradations of colour suggest a landscape bathed in the soft light of either dawn or dusk. This artwork is a testament to Marchessault’s skill in blending different artistic approaches, creating a piece that is both visually striking and emotionally resonant.
| Medium | Painting |
| Signature | Signed |
| Frame | Framed |
| Condition | Excellent |
| Seller | Private |
| Location | Toronto, Canada |
| Provenance | Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal; Private Collection, Toronto |
Born in Montreal, Quebec in 1953, Marchessault’s artistic journey began after his family moved to the USA in 1954. Growing up in Philadelphia and Syracuse, NY, he later studied in Strasbourg, France, before returning to Montreal to complete his art studies at Concordia University, where he graduated with a BFA in 1978. It was here that he met his wife and fellow artist, Teresa Cullen. The couple moved to Toronto in 1980, establishing a studio and beginning a regular exhibition career with the Gadatsy Gallery in Yorkville, followed by a partnership with Bau-Xi Galleries from 1988.
Rising studio costs led them to relocate to a country studio in Grey County, and later to Oro-Medonte near Barrie. Marchessault’s artistic style evolved from representational to abstract, eventually merging these approaches. His work, represented by galleries in Canada and the US, is widely collected in both corporate and private collections. He continues to work and exhibit his art both nationally and internationally.
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Solo Exhibitions
​2024, Bau-Xi Galleries, Toronto (upcoming)
2023, Foster White Galleries, Seattle
2023, The Marshall Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2022, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2021, Foster White Galleries, Seattle
2020, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver and Toronto
2019, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2018, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2018, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2018, McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe NM
2018, Foster White Galleries, Seattle
2018, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2016, Foster White Galleries, Seattle
2016, Littlejohn Contemporary, Chelsea, NY
2016, McLarry Fine Art, (Featured Artist) Santa Fe NM
2015, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2015, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2014, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
2014, Foster White Galleries, Seattle
2013, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2013, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, ON
2013, Bau-Xi Galleries, Toronto
2012, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
2012, Gallerie DeBellefeille, Montreal
2011, McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2011, Tanner Hill Gallery, Chattanooga, TN
2010, Bau-Xi Galleries, Toronto
2010, Gallerie DeBellefeille, Montreal
2010, Tanner Hill Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2010, McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2009, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2009, Foster White Galleries, Seattle
2009, Bau-Xi Gallery, Vancouver
2008, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2008, Peter Robertson Gallery, Edmonton
2008, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
2007,Gallery 225, Santa Fe, NM
2007,Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2006, Foster White Galleries, Seattle, WA
2006, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
2006, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2005, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton
2005, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
2005, Gail harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2004, Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto
2003, Michael Gibson Gallery, London
2003, Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton
2003, Bau Xi, Vancouver
2003, Gail Harvey, Los Angeles
2002, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
2002, Gail Harvey, Los Angeles
2001, Bau Xi Gallery, Vancouver
2001, Gail Harvey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
Grants & Scholarships
2000, Canada Council, Travel Grant
​Catalogues for sale
Marchessault exhibition catalogues may be purchased as print on demand from BLURB.
http://www.blurb.ca/search/site_search?search=marchessault
Education
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1978 – BFA Concordia University
1997 – MA University of Toronto
Selected Collections
Bank of Montreal
Power Corp, Montreal QC
Sprott Asset Management, Toronto
BCE Inc.
Marylin Dennis, Toronto
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Deloitte LLP
Dentons Canada LLP
Ernst & Young LLP
Esso Resources Canada Ltd.
Frankin Templeton Investments Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company
Imperial Oil Limited
Invesco Canada Ltd.
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
Minto Group Inc.
Nissan Canada Inc.
OMERS
Postmedia Network Inc.
RBC Dominion Securities Inc.
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
The Canada Life Assurance Company
The Granite Club, Toronto
The Royal Bank of Canada
Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc.
TransAlta Corporation
Xerox Canada Ltd.
The Omni Hotel, Dallas TX
Other Collections
​McGill University
Canada Council, Art Bank
Hart House, University of Toronto
University of Montreal
CBC Toronto
Mclaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON
The Irving Collection, Halifax
Power Corp, Montreal
Urbancon
Royal Victoria Hospital, Barrie, ON
Child Development Institute
SDVA, Georgian College, Canada
Frazer Miller Casgrai
Lannick Associates
Logix Solutions
Parkland Corp, Montreal
The Financial Post
Princess Margaret Hospital
McLean Hunter
Morgan Bay Capital Toronto
London Drugs
B&R Club of Toronto
Deloite Haskins & Sels
Fraser, Milner, Casgrain – Ottawa
Big Street Films – Los Angeles
Great Circle Solar Management – Toronto
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery
Superior Propane
Hewlett Packard
Brucebo Foundation, Sweden
Dept. of Foreign Affairs Canada
Bell Canada
Whistler Resorts
Barometer Capital Management
Trimark Funds Inc.
Random Access Multimedia – Toronto
KSSS Holdings, Vancouver
Ascona Management Inc.
Esso Resources
Sun Life
Lee Co.
Canada Packers
Granit Club, Toronto
Ontario Medical Association
General Electric, Canada
MDS Laboratories
Dean Witter, New York
Ward Beck
Hotel Inter-Continental
Marathon Realty Co. Ltd.
OMERS
Attorney General, WA State
Descon
Rothchilds
20th Century Fox
Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery
Templeton Management
Gerling Global Life Ins. Co.
Windrush Corp.
LYV Steel, Cleveland
Canada Life Assurance Co.
Catalysis Group
Adalstein Brown
TRCF Productions
Lee, Bukrhart & Liu Architects, Santa Monica
Big Firm II Productions Ltd
The Summit Maritime Corporation of Montreal
RBC Financial Group
Integrated Captial, Los Angles, CA
+ 100s of private collections
Selected Group Exhibitions
​2023, ART TORONTO, booth C45 Bau-Xi Galleries
2023, Three Person Show, Wallace Galleries, Calgary
2023, Elements: Water, Foster White Galleries, Seattle WA
2021, ART TORONTO, Bau-Xi, Galeries de Bellefeuille booths
2021, Grand Opening Exhibition, Marshall Fine Art, Atlanta
2020, Foster/White, Seattle, Elements – Earth
2020, The Tree of Life, Marshall Galleries, Scottsdale AZ
2020, Summer Soltice, Wallace Galleries, Calgary, AB
2020, ART CARES, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
2020, A Thousand Words, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta GA
2020, Leap of Faith, Be Contemporary Gallery, Stroud, ON
2020, 20 Artists – New Work, Foster White Galleries, Seattle
2019, New Works, Wallace Galleries, Calgary, AB
2019, Footprints in Time, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, ON, Curated by Katharine Lochnan, Senior Curator Emeritus, Art Gallery of Ontario, and Artist Louise Moore
2019, Art Toronto, Booth C15 Bau Xi Galleries Toronto
2018, ART Miami, Booth AM232, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami FL
2018, Deeper Shade of Blue, Bau-Xi Galleries, Vancouver
2018, Method, Bau-Xi Galleries, Toronto
2018, Resolution, Foster White Galleries, Seattle, WA
2017, Clouds, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2017, 30 Years, Wallace Galleries, Calgary, AB
2017, Group Exhibition at Littlejohn Contemporary NY
2017, ARTEXPO NY, at Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, booth 177
2016, The Brain Project, Toronto, installation at High Park Pavillion, & Yorkdale Mall
2016, From Forest, Sea and Sky, Bau-Xi Galleries Vancouver BC, Nov.
2016, Director’s Selection, Litlejohn Contemporary, New York
2016, Art Toronto, Toronto International Art Fair, (Bau-Xi Booth & Gallerie de Bellefeuille Booth)
2016, Littlejohn Contemporary, (Gallery A), January, at Chelsea NY & Februrary at New Canaan CT
2016, Landscapes, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2016, Mason Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2016, ART Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, FL, (Gallerie de Bellefeuille Booth)
2015, Art Plam Beach, West Palm Beach, FL, (Gallerie de Bellefeuille Booth)
2014, Art Toronto, Toronto International Art Fair, (Bau-Xi Booth & Gallerie de Bellefeuille Booth)
2014, Hunter Kirkland Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. various group shows
2013, Art Toronto, Toronto International Art Fair, (Bau-Xi Booth & Gallerie de Bellefeuille Booth)
2013, Texas Contemporary Art Fair, Oct 10-13, Tanner Hill Gallery booth.
2013, ART 13 LONDON, UK, Rebecca Hossack Galleries booth.
2013, AAF, Affrordable Art Fairs, UK & USA, Rebecca Hossack Galleries booth.
2013, artMRKT 2013, San Francisco, CA, Tanner Hill Gallery booth.
2012, Found in Translation: Highlights from the Permanent Collection, McLaren Art Centre, Barrie, ON, curated by Jennifer Withrow.
2012, Toronto International Art Fair, (Bau-Xi Booth & Gallerie de Bellefeuille Booth)
2011, Dallas Art Fair, TX (Tanner Hill Galleries Booth)
2011, Robert Marchessault – featured artist Nov-Dec, Tanner Hill Galleries, Chattanooga, TN
2011, Houston Art Fair, TX (Tanner Hill Galleries Booth)
2011, Art Chicago, (Tanner Hill Galleries Booth)
2011, Stewart Galleries, Boise, ID
2011, Tanner Hill Galleries, Chattanooga, TN
2011, Visons from the East, Cumberland Galleries, Nashville, TN
2010, Toronto International Art Fair, Canada (Bau-Xi Galleries & De Bellefeuille Booths)
2010, Unite with Art, Maynard’s Auction House, Vancouver, BC
2009, Arboreal, Durham Public Art Gallery, Durham, ON
2009, Art With Heart, Casey House, Toronto
2009, Nature, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2008, Big Canvas, Wallace Galleries, Calgary Alberta
2008, Art with Heart, Casey House, Toronto
2007, Art 2007, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2007, Art With Heart, Casey House, Toronto
2007, The Art of Nature, (in conjunction with the Green Living Show) Ap. 27-29, Exhibition Place, Toronto
2007, Josef Bernhard & Robert Marchessault, 2 Person Show, Gail Harvey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006,, Art 2006, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2006, Toronto International Art Fair
2005, Re-presenting Representation VII, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York
2005, Art Chicago 2005, Chicago, IL
2005, Art 2005, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2004, Art 2004, Gallerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal
2004, Toronto International Art Fair
2003, Toronto International Art Fair
2003, PASTA Group Exhibition, Palm Springs CA, Merrill Lynch Buiulding.
2003, The Artist Voice in Landscape – Group Show at McLarry Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM,
Else Chapman, Donna Clair, Joyce Dant, Linda Glover Gooch, Peter Hagen, Robert Marchessault
2002, Toronto International Art Fair
2001, Social Consciousness in Canadian Art, J.M. Barnicke Art Gallery , U of Toronto
2001, Inspiration From A Desert: Three Painters In The Mojave, Jane Culp * Robert Marchessault * Terry Millikan
Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA Sept 1 – Nov 11
2001, A Room With A View, Michael Gibson, London, ON
2001, Toronto International Art Fair
2000, Faculty Exhibition – Georgian College, Helen and Arch Brown Centre for the Arts,
2000, 2000 Bugs, Bau Xi Gallery, Toronto
Source: https://www.robertmarchessault.ca/bio
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