Canadian Art

The 1930's were a period of transition in the arts - the artist begins to pay more attention to what's going on inside the work, and begins moving away from nationhood and geographically specific art to a more international art scene. In comes Avant-garde.
Aesthetic emotions and significant form become the talk of the proverbial town. Fauvist styles and sentiments had a strong impact on the art of the time.

"And Max, the kind of all wild things, 

was lonely and wanted to be where someone loved him best of all" 

- Maurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things Are

While the fauvist brush stroke may not be continued through the style of the times, the sentiment persists. 

LL Fitzgerald "Pritchard's Fence" 1928

Fitzgerald moves away from the reclusive nature of the group of seven and instead includes scenes of homes and life in his images. However, there are almost entirely abandoned - lonely and cold.  Snow banks waiting to be plaid in and swings waiting to be swung. 

Eerie perfectness. 

Empty habituated landscape. 

Juxtaposition of natural fluidity against geometric houses.