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 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | Original art work: Jean Dallaire, "L'Annonciation", 1954 Private Collection. Religious themes have often been the source of artistic inspiration. The Annunciation, or Ave Maria, and the Nativity are perhaps the themes most frequently dealt with in Christian painting, and Canadian painting is no exception to this tradition. Religious painting filled a pressing need for church decoration in the seventeenth century. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, painters moved away from religious themes, and in the twentieth century their works were enlivened by various fashionable styles. But the Christmas theme still returns with freshness and spontaneity, as we can see from these paintings. Jean Dallaire produced his first painting of the Annunciation in 1936 and returned to this theme throughout his career. This painting, produced in 1954, is remarkable for its freshness and technique. |
| Face value | 32 Canadian cents |
| Catalog code (Michel) | CA 939 |
| Catalog code (Scott) | CA 1040 |
| Catalog code | Yvert et Tellier CA 899 Stanley Gibbons CA 1137 |
| Series | Christmas |
| Stamp colour | multicolor |
| Stamp use | Commemorative stamp |
| Print run | 114,270,000 |
| Issue date | 02/11/1984 |
| Designer | Tom Yakobina & Jean Morin |
| Paper type | two fluorescent bands (GT2) |
| Print technique | Offset lithography |
| Printed by | Ashton-Potter Limited |
| Perforation | 13.5 |
| Height | 22.00 mm |
| Width | 26.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
