Artist Orestes [Rick] de Grandmaison
Title Evening Storm [Calgary]
Media oil on wood board
Size 23 x 30.25 in. / 58.4 x 76.8 cm.
Frame Size 29.25 x 36.25 x 1 in.
Notes
signed lower left; signed, titled and inscribed verso; framed
Reference
during the earthquake of 2015 in Nepal, the Sonrisa Children's Home in Kathmandu suffered critical structural damage. A fundraising campaign was created to assist with a new residence and was completed. The children are well cared for and independent - they have built their own garden and raise chickens. Each year a small group of Nepali and international supporters donate to the running of Sonrisa. All of the proceeds from the sale of this painting will to to this children's home.)
Provenance
proceeds going to Sonrisa Children's Home, Nepal; private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Orestes [Rick] de Grandmaison ~ [1932-1985] Canadian
see Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.122; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.20, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2, pg.306 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.87, Westbridge Pub., 1999; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 60, pg. 292, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website