In Village in Winter, Quebec, 1928, Robert Pilot, Canadian, 1898–1967, depicts a quiet rural village in winter using lead pencil on paper. A house in the forefront sits along a snow-covered, winding village road, which leads the eye toward smaller houses further down the road. The composition is framed by tall, bare winter trees, with smaller scraggly trees and bushes scattered throughout, emphasizing the simplicity and stillness of a rural Quebec winter.

Robert Wakeham Pilot studied at the École des beaux-arts de Montréal and later at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he was exposed to classical techniques and European approaches to landscape and figure drawing. His disciplined training informed both his sketching and finished paintings, which often depicted Quebec villages, winter landscapes, and rural life with clarity and careful observation.

Pilot was an influential figure in Canadian art, mentoring younger artists through his exhibitions and workshops, and shaping the development of Quebec and Ontario landscape painting. Artists such as Adrien Hébert and Jean Paul Lemieux were inspired by his approach to village and winter scenes. He exhibited widely with institutions including the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Art Association of Montreal. This lead pencil on paper measures 9 x 13 inches, is protected by museum glass, and is signed and dated bottom right.