Montreal Harbour — Daily Hue for June 24, 2026
Adrien Hébert · 1924 · Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Hidden color: Pale Bright Gold (#eede7d)
About this puzzle
Adrien Hébert was a Canadian painter celebrated for capturing the rapid modernization of Montreal during the early 20th century. While many Canadian artists of his era focused on untouched wilderness landscapes, Hébert turned his attention to the city's bustling waterfront. A member of the Beaver Hall Group, he was fascinated by cranes, ships, grain elevators, and factories, seeing them as symbols of a changing world and the energy of modern life.
Painted in 1924, Montreal Harbour marks the beginning of Hébert's lifelong fascination with the Port of Montreal. Smoke rises above busy docks as ships and industrial structures fill the skyline, capturing the city's emergence as one of North America's most important commercial ports. Rather than romanticizing the landscape, Hébert celebrates the movement and industry that defined Montreal in the early 20th century.
A fun detail is that Hébert painted the harbour so often that he became known as "the painter of the Port of Montreal." He returned to the waterfront throughout his career, documenting its changing appearance across the seasons and decades. Today, his harbour scenes serve as both works of art and visual records of a city transformed by commerce, technology, and modern industry.