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Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title The Race, Thunder Bay
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1915
Size 14 x 9.75 in. / 35.6 x 24.8 cm.
Frame Size 22 x 18 x 2 in.
Sold $6,000 Estimate $4,000 - $6,000

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled on plaque; framed; handling marks on frame noted

Provenance
Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary


Biographical Information
Frederick Arthur Verner ~ [1836-1928] Canadian OSA, RCA
Born in 1836, Frederick A. Verner traveled to England in 1856 to study art at the South Kensington School of Art. While in England he served for the British army. Upon his return to Canada in 1862 he opened a studio in Toronto. During his time spent in Canada he painted many fine portrais of native people as well as native scenes and landscapes. Although Paul Kane was much older, they became close friends in the artist's later uears and it is thought by some that Verner replace Kane as Canada's most accoplished artist at the time. Verner was well exhibited throughout his life; showing with the RCA from its founding in 1880 until 1927, and with the OSA until 1911. He also exhibited with the Art Association of Montreal from 1872 to 1922. Verner even exhibited his scenes of Canada with Buffalo Bill's show in London. See The Last Buffalo, by J.Murray, Pagurian Press, 1984 as well as N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg. 324; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.494; biography in Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, by J. Russell Harper, pg.316, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1970; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.83, Westbridge Pub., 2003; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.412 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.386; Westbridge,Vol.4, pg.83

Historical Results for this Artist

Sold
CAD $6,000 - Paddle # 102388
Bidding History
Paddle #
Date
Amount
102388
11/3/2024 10:45:36 AM
CAD $6,000
102957
11/3/2024 10:45:36 AM
CAD $5,500
102388
11/3/2024 10:45:36 AM
CAD $5,000
102957
11/3/2024 10:13:47 AM
CAD $4,750
102388
11/3/2024 12:32:31 AM
CAD $4,500
101860
11/2/2024 10:09:18 PM
CAD $4,250
102957
11/2/2024 10:05:20 PM
CAD $4,000
101860
11/2/2024 10:05:20 PM
CAD $3,750
102957
11/2/2024 10:04:51 PM
CAD $3,500
101860
11/2/2024 10:04:51 PM
CAD $3,250
102957
10/22/2024 4:49:53 PM
CAD $3,000

Biographical Information
Frederick Arthur Verner ~ [1836-1928] Canadian OSA, RCA
Born in 1836, Frederick A. Verner traveled to England in 1856 to study art at the South Kensington School of Art. While in England he served for the British army. Upon his return to Canada in 1862 he opened a studio in Toronto. During his time spent in Canada he painted many fine portrais of native people as well as native scenes and landscapes. Although Paul Kane was much older, they became close friends in the artist's later uears and it is thought by some that Verner replace Kane as Canada's most accoplished artist at the time. Verner was well exhibited throughout his life; showing with the RCA from its founding in 1880 until 1927, and with the OSA until 1911. He also exhibited with the Art Association of Montreal from 1872 to 1922. Verner even exhibited his scenes of Canada with Buffalo Bill's show in London. See The Last Buffalo, by J.Murray, Pagurian Press, 1984 as well as N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg. 324; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.494; biography in Early Painters and Engravers in Canada, by J. Russell Harper, pg.316, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 1970; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.83, Westbridge Pub., 2003; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.412 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.386; Westbridge,Vol.4, pg.83

Historical Results for this Artist

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