Vintage Postage Stamp Collage Art Franciscaines Missionaries Quebec BOYS & BOAT

Description: A 12" x 15", this is an unusually large, beautifully executed postage-stamp collage and watercolor by Franciscaines Missionaries de Marie artists. (See background info below.). Dating from the late 1930's, it depicts a classic scene of two boys at water's edge, with sailboat and seagulls nearby. One of the stamps says "1937." Signed "FMM Quebec" in lower left corner and stamped on back "Franciscaines Missionnaires de Marie." The frame features a vintage art deco design of carved wood finished in a golden bronze color. Background from Lyle Elder, writing about FMM: "They were artists. They made collages by cutting and shaping postage stamps of different colors and applying them on painted backgrounds to form often delightful little pictures. The artists were part of a group of Missionaries working at the House of the Franciscaine Missionaries on the Grande Allee in Quebec City. There were some made and signed by the artist who made them but most were simply marked: ‘Souvenir’ Quebec’ in pen. They were usually quite small; even miniature, and always well framed under glass. The images made were of Quebec Houses in winter, landscapes and delightful birds. Sold as souvenirs, they were fund raisers for work in foreign missionaries. I am including them here because they were artists, and they were untrained; though they became very skillful through the years. And also because so many people have questioned me about them. (And many do collect them as well.)"

Price: 99 USD

Location: Asheville, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-10-01T03:16:02.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10 USD