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Lot #541

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Artist Roland Gissing
Title Steveville Park
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1963
Size 14 x 18 in. / 35.6 x 45.7 cm.
Frame Size 22.5 x 26.5 x 1.5 in.
Sold $800 Estimate $900 - $1,200

Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary


Biographical Information
Roland Gissing ~ [1895-1967] Canadian ASA
for biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at www.rolandgissing.com; see Roland Gissing, The People's Painter, by M.Foran, UofC Press, 1988 for many examples of the artist's work; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2 pg.278 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.12, Westbridge Pub., 2000; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.149 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.145; included in The Alberta Society of Artists: Sixty Years, by M.Joslin, E.A.G., 1992; Colgate, pg.184; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 55, pg. 369, 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

Historical Results for this Artist

Sold
CAD $800 - Paddle # 101101
Bidding History
Paddle #
Date
Amount
101101
11/3/2024 2:18:05 PM
CAD $800
6825
11/3/2024 2:08:21 PM
CAD $750
101101
11/3/2024 9:05:32 AM
CAD $700
100142
11/2/2024 10:14:02 AM
CAD $650
102580
11/2/2024 10:02:34 AM
CAD $600
100142
11/2/2024 10:00:36 AM
CAD $550
102580
10/24/2024 10:23:03 PM
CAD $500

Biographical Information
Roland Gissing ~ [1895-1967] Canadian ASA
for biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at www.rolandgissing.com; see Roland Gissing, The People's Painter, by M.Foran, UofC Press, 1988 for many examples of the artist's work; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2 pg.278 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.12, Westbridge Pub., 2000; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.149 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.145; included in The Alberta Society of Artists: Sixty Years, by M.Joslin, E.A.G., 1992; Colgate, pg.184; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; see Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 55, pg. 369, 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

Historical Results for this Artist

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