Artist Arthur Lismer
Title Storm Clouds
Media oil on canvas
Dated
1926
Size 25 x 34 in. / 63.5 x 86.4 cm.
Frame Size 33.25 x 42.25 x 1.5 in.
Estimate $15,000 - $20,000
Notes
signed and dated lower left; framed; some cracking and paint loss noted; possibly relined
Reference
ex-collection of the McMichael Canadian Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario; illustrated in The McMichael Conservation Collection of Art published by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, 1967; book included with lot
Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Biographical Information
Arthur Lismer ~ [1885-1969] Canadian CSPWC, OSA, RCA
see
Arthur Lismer Paintings 1913-1949, by S.Key, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1950;
September Gale, a Study of Arthur Lismer, by J.McLeish, Dent and Sons, 1955;
Bright Land - A Warm Look at Arthur Lismer, by L.Darroch, Merritt Pub., 1981;
Arthur Lismer Nova Scotia, 1916-1919, by G.Kelly, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1983;
Canadian Jungle: the Later Works of Arthur Lismer, by D.Reid, A.G.O., 1985
biography and other examples in
A New Angle on Canadian Art, by I.Thom, McMichael Canadian Collection, 1985;
N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.172; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.244;
Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 6, pg.694;
The Group of Seven in Western Canada, by C.Mastin, pg.44
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]