André Charles Biéler’s La Laine des Moutons (1979) is a woodblock on paper (8.5 × 9.5 in), signed in the bottom right and protected under museum glass. 

André Charles Biéler (1896–1989) was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, and moved to Canada with his family around 1908. He studied painting and drawing in Montreal, then continued his training in New York and at the Académie Ranson in Paris. Biéler worked across multiple media, including painting, printmaking, and illustration, and is known for portraying rural life, human activity, and landscapes with clarity, order, and understated elegance. He was also a committed educator, teaching at Queen’s University in Kingston from 1936 to 1963 and helping establish the Agnes Etherington Art Centre. Biéler was a leader in Canadian art organizations, including serving as the first president of the Federation of Canadian Artists, and received numerous honors for his contributions, including the Order of Canada.

Bieler’s handling suggests a printmaker’s sensibility: areas of colour appear layered and gently textured, with clear edges and minimal modelling.