signed in the screen
Note: Gauthier worked in the art department of Sampson-Matthews for 37 years and was well respected as both an artist and designer; he was a friend and regular sketching partner of A. J. Casson. This single contribution to the Sampson-Matthews collection appeared in the second catalogue “100 Canadian Paintings”. The scope of the program had by now expanded, bringing Canadian art into many public spaces (including schools, hospitals, libraries, military buildings etc.). A full-page reproduction of this work is illustrated on p. 174 of “Art for War and Peace” (Sigvaldason & Steedman; 2015).