Laurier Street Circa 1960 Montreal Memories Vintage Store Fronts Apartments Family Life Canadian Art
by Carole Spandau
Title
Laurier Street Circa 1960 Montreal Memories Vintage Store Fronts Apartments Family Life Canadian Art
Artist
Carole Spandau
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
When approached by the client to paint this important commission, I accepted the task with great anticpation because I was born on this street just a few doors down. The family required a re-creation of the entire block of Laurier street as it was in the 1960's. I started by revisiting the street and discovering a trendy and upscale neighborhood with none of the mom and pop small shops of the 50's and 60's. The family was a wonderful source of information recalling all of the stores that existed on their block. The challenge for the me was to fit all the stores onto a canvas, imagine them as they would have been in the 1960's, decorate the store fronts and windows with the appropriate merchandise and populate the scene with human activity.
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August 1st, 2016
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