Artist Arthur Lismer
Title Untitled - Trees, Rocks and Water
Media oil on wood board
Dated
1950
Size 12 x 15.5 in. / 30.5 x 39.4 cm.
Frame Size 21.75 x 25.75 x 1.5 in.
Estimate $20,000 - $30,000
Notes
signed lower centre and dated 'July 21 ...' lower left; signed and dated verso; framed; some minor surface dirt noted
Reference
'On Exhibit July-August-September, 1965' North York Public Library, Ontario, label attached verso
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]