Artist Harry Mitsuo Kiyooka
Title Venice
Media oil on canvas board
Dated
1993
Size 8 x 10 in. / 20.3 x 25.4 cm.
Frame Size 11.25 x 13.25 x 1.25 in.
Sold $1,600
Estimate $2,000 - $4,000
Notes
signed and dated verso; framed
Reference
Retail Value: $4,000
Provenance
generously donated by Katie Ohe; proceeds will be donated to the Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre and Sculpture Park in Springbank, Alberta. KOAC is a contemporary art centre founded by artists Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe where visitors can visit an impressive collection of outdoor sculptures while enjoying the sanctuary of the natural environment. For more information or to donate directly, visit koartscentre.org
Biographical Information
Harry Mitsuo Kiyooka ~ [1928-2022] Canadian ASA, RCA
Kiyooka was one of the founders of Kiyooka Ohe Art Centre and Sculpture Park in Springbank, Alberta. KOAC is a contemporary art centre founded by Harry with Katie Ohe where visitors can view an impressive collection of outdoor sculptures while enjoying the sanctuary of the natural environment. For extensive biographical information and examples of the artist's work see koartscentre.org
see Harry Kiyooka Paintings and Drawings 1953-1978 by Ron Moppett, published by Alberta College of Art, 1978; A Parallax: Roy Kiyooka - Harry Kiyooka published by Herringer Kiss Gallery, 2014; included in The Shell Canada Collection, by Basil Shammas, pg. 27, published by Shell Oil, 1977; Artists of Alberta, by Suzanne Devonshire Baker, pg. 90, published by University of Alberta Press, 1980; Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by Bente Roed Cochran, pg. 91-93, 1989; biography in MacDonald, Vol. 3, pg. 649 and Westbridge, Vol. 2, pg. 96; included in the University of Calgary Millenium Portfolio, 1999, as a faculty member; 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 app.pch.gc.ca/application/aac-aic/description-about.app?lang=en