Artist Nicholas J. Bott
Title Flowers
Media oil on wood panel
Dated
1973
Size 10 x 8 in. / 25.4 x 20.3 cm.
Frame Size 19 x 17 x 1.5 in.
Sold $1,100
Estimate $700 - $900
Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated verso; framed; some handling marks on frame noted
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Biographical Information
Nicholas J. Bott ~ [1941-2021] Canadian
Nicholas was born in Holland and at the age of seventeen moved to Canada and settled in Smithers, where he fell in love with the scenic beauty of the British Columbia landscape. He spent many days on remote mountain slopes, some locations accessible only by helicopter.
For more biographical information and examples see artist's website at Nicholas Bott and Madrona Gallery; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.38, Westbridge Pub., 1999; 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 at Artists in Canada; represented by Madrona Gallery, Victoria