prior to World War I he began to paint, in a thicker style, winter Canadian scenes influenced by the Impressionists and particularly by Maurice Cullen, whom he met in 1897. Some of his works during his Caribbean period are considered his best and are painted in a loose style influenced by Post-Impressionism and suggest artists such as Matisse. He is noted for his sense of observation and ability to distill the essence of what he saw in his work, often in "pochades", little sketches. "The artist with the delicate eye", Matisse called him in 1925. Prow of a Gondola, Venice, 1897 National Gallery of Canada Return from School, 1901 Quai des Grands-Augustins, 1903. The National Gallery of Canada The Ferry, Quebec, 1906. NGC Blanche Baume, 1912. NGC House in Santiago, 1915 Tate Gallery Village Street, West Indies, 1919. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Recognition and legacy In 1958, works by Morrice along with those of Jacques de Tonnancour, Anne Kahane and Jack Nichols represented Canada at the Venice Biennale. The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts is one of the two main repositories of his work along with the National Gallery of Canada. Montrealers David Rousseau Morrice (1903-1978) and F. Eleanore Morrice (1901-1981) willed to the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts many works of art they had collected during their lives, published as A Montreal Collection: Gift From Eleanore and David Morrice and exhibited at the Museum in 1983. Several significant gifts have enhanced the National Gallery's collection, enhanced by major publications such as Charles C. Hill's Morrice A Gift to the Nation The G. Blair Laing Collection (1992). In 2016, Ash K. Prakash gave the National Gallery a major collection of Morrice, which the National Gallery exhibited as James Wilson Morrice: The A.K. Prakash Collection in Trust to the Nation (2017) and travelled nationally (2018-2019). References Further reading Ash K. Prakash: Impressionism in Canada. A Journey of Rediscovery. Pref. Guy Wildenstein, introd. William H Gerdts. Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt, Stuttgart 2014, 2. Aufl. 2015 (illustr. book, with expl. One chapter on James Wilson Morrice. Figure Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré from 1897 on the publishers page) External links Web site by Morrice specialist Lucie Dorais Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online A large gallery of paintings by Morrice on the National Gallery of Canada's website. 1865 births 1924 deaths Académie Julian alumni Artists from Montreal Canadian male painters Canadian landscape painters Members of the