Artist Frederick Horsman Varley
Title Waterfall - Northern Stream
Media oil on wood panel
Dated
ca. 1914
Size 8.5 x 10.5 in. / 21.6 x 26.7 cm.
Frame Size 16.25 x 15.5 x 1.5 in.
Sold $47,500
Estimate $15,000 - $20,000
Notes
Varley Inventory #325 stamp verso; bears inscription 'Algoma Waterfall' verso; framed; minor surface dirt noted
Reference
according to the family, Varley never went to Algoma so it is not known who inscribed the back of this piece; the updated title came from them
Provenance
Kensington Fine Art Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Biographical Information
Frederick Horsman Varley ~ [1881-1969] Canadian CGP, OSA, RCA
see F.H. Varley Paintings 1915-1954, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1954; Frederick Horsman Varley, by various, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1974; F.H. Varley, A Centennial Exhibition, by C.Varley, Edmonton Art Gallery, 1981; Varley, by P.Varley, Key Porter Books, 1983; F.H. Varley, Portraits Into Light, by K.Atanassova, Dundurn Press, 2007; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.319; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.486; R.C.A.A., pg.411 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.385; Westbridge,Vol.4, pg.81; The Group of Seven in Western Canada, by C.Mastin, pg.64-71