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Lot #401, Lot #402

Artist: Audrey Mabee ~ [b.1939] Canadian

#401 ~ Mabee - Inanna [Sumerian Goddess of Love] Spreads Her Wings
#402 ~ Mabee - Red Boots
Lot #401, Lot #402

Artist: Audrey Mabee ~ [b.1939] Canadian

Reference: 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]

Lot #404

Artist: William MacDonnell ~ [b.1943] Canadian

#404 ~ MacDonnell - Constantinople 28 May 1453
Lot #404

Artist: William MacDonnell ~ [b.1943] Canadian

Reference: see A Conspiracy of Angels / The Romance of Ruins, by Leslie Dawn; Publisher: Stride Gallery, Calgary, 1988; Dort? Ja, ebendort, by L.Dawn, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, 1994; 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

Lot #405

Artist: Geoff MacKay ~ Canadian

#405 ~ MacKay - Untitled - Road to Dehli
Lot #405

Artist: Geoff MacKay ~ Canadian

Reference: represented by Masters Gallery, Calgary

Lot #406

Artist: Sheila Maki ~ [b.1932] Canadian

#406 ~ Maki - Untitled - Orange and Green Abstraction
Lot #406

Artist: Sheila Maki ~ [b.1932] Canadian

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.10, Westbridge Pub., 2001; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al,

Lot #407, Lot #408

Artist: Charles Malinsky ~ [b.1956] Canadian

#407 ~ Malinsky - Conscience
#408 ~ Malinsky - Untitled - Figure in Mask
Lot #407, Lot #408

Artist: Charles Malinsky ~ [b.1956] Canadian

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at charlesmalinsky.com

Lot #409

Artist: Thomas Mower Martin ~ [1838-1934] Canadian OSA, RCA

#409 ~ Martin - Canadian Rockies
Lot #409

Artist: Thomas Mower Martin ~ [1838-1934] Canadian OSA, RCA

Reference: Mower Martin was a founding member of the Ontario Society of Artists [OSA] and a charter member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts [RCA].

see The Father of Canadian Art, Thomas Mower Martin, by T.Graeme, T and T Enertprises, Sidney, 2009;

biography and other examples in N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.208; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.299; R.O.M. Canadian Watercolours, by M.Allodi; biographies in E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.217; MacDonald, Vol.4, pg.1113 Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.16, Westbridge Pub.; Canadian Landscape Painters, by A.Robson, pg.42, Ryerson Press, 1932 Canadian Art: Its Origin and Development, by W.Colgate, pg.24

exhibition lists in
R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.271;
M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.255

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]

Lot #410, Lot #411

Artist: Doris Jean McCarthy ~ [1910-2010] Canadian CSPWC, OSA, RCA

#410 ~ McCarthy - Cloud Hung, West Coast
#411 ~ McCarthy - Loaded for Camp, Broughton Island
Lot #410, Lot #411

Artist: Doris Jean McCarthy ~ [1910-2010] Canadian CSPWC, OSA, RCA

Reference: see Doris McCarthy Feast of Incarnation Paintings 1929-1989, by W.Moore, the Gallery/Stratford, 1991; Celebrating Life, the Art of Doris McCarthy, by W.Moore, McMichael Collection, 1999; biography and other examples in A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.264; MacDonald,Vol.4, pg. 952; Westbridge,Vol.3, pg.21; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., pg.249 and M.M.F.A., pg.234 by E.McMann; A Fool in Paradise, 1990 and The Good Wine, by D.McCarthy, MacFarlane Walter and Ross, 1991 for autobiography; McCarthy was the first woman President of the Ontario Society of Artists and has received many awards and honours; see the website at www.dorismccarthy.com; 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

Lot #412, Lot #413

Artist: Robert F.M. McInnis ~ [b.1942] Canadian

#412 ~ McInnis - Untitled - Standing Tall
#413 ~ McInnis - Model Sitting
Lot #412, Lot #413

Artist: Robert F.M. McInnis ~ [b.1942] Canadian

Reference: see Art Attitude: The Random Thoughts of RFM McInnis by Robert McInnis, 2021

biography and other examples in
A is Alberta: A Centennial Alphabet Ken Tingley, Simple Truth Publications, 2005;
Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.106;
Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.4, addendum;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.24, Westbridge Pub., 2001

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]

Lot #414

Artist: John McKee ~ [b.1941] Canadian

#414 ~ McKee - Alpine Peak and Mtn Lake #2
Lot #414

Artist: John McKee ~ [b.1941] Canadian

Reference: another example in Spaces and Places: Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.26; 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

Lot #415

Artist: Isabel McLaughlin ~ [1903-2002] Canadian

#415 ~ McLaughlin - Cobalt Mining
Lot #415

Artist: Isabel McLaughlin ~ [1903-2002] Canadian

Reference: see Isabel McLaughlin: Recollections, by J.Murray, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1983; 4 Women Who Painted in the 1930s and 1940s, by A.Boutilier, Carleton University Art Gallery, 1999; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg. 26, Westbridge Pub., 2001; 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

Lot #416

Artist: Katerina Mertikas ~ [b.1957] Canadian

#416 ~ Mertikas - Apples Are Good For You
Lot #416

Artist: Katerina Mertikas ~ [b.1957] Canadian

Reference: Born in Tripoli, Greece, self-taught artist Mertikas and her family immigrated to Canada in 1960. Her first show was in Ville Saint Laurent in 1989. Her work has been selected by UNICEF and the Canadian Lung Association for cards, stamps, and calendars to help raise funds for their charities and she is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at katerinamertikas.com and chaseartgallery.com/collections/mertikas-katerina;

biography and another example in
Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.799, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.32, Westbridge Pub., 2001;

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]

Lot #417

Artist: Father Henry Metzger ~ [1877-1949] Canadian

#417 ~ Metzger - Stoic Figure in Feather Headdress
Lot #417

Artist: Father Henry Metzger ~ [1877-1949] Canadian

Reference: biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.4, by C.MacDonald, pg.1197; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.32; Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by M.Newman, pg.176, Fifth House Pub., 1994; another example in Saskatchewan: Art and Artists, by N.Dillow, pg.39, MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1971

Lot #418, Lot #419

Artist: Jean Lapointe Mihalcheon ~ [1929-2022] Canadian

#418 ~ Mihalcheon - Untitled - Woman with Veil and Necklace
#419 ~ Mihalcheon - Untitled - Man with Hat and Moustache
Lot #418, Lot #419

Artist: Jean Lapointe Mihalcheon ~ [1929-2022] Canadian

Reference: 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; "In the late 1960s, Jean LaPointe Mihalcheon initiated a series of large stylized female ceramic busts. Not intended to be actual portraits Mihalcheon’s theme of womanhood could be seen in the larger context of the women’s movement;" Made in Calgary, Glenbow Museum, 2016 p.44

Lot #420, Lot #421, Lot #422

Artist: Janet Mitchell ~ [1912-1998] Canadian ASA, CSPWC, RCA

#420 ~ Mitchell - Sound of Spring
#421 ~ Mitchell - Childhood
#422 ~ Mitchell - Untitled - Houses and Flowers
Lot #420, Lot #421, Lot #422

Artist: Janet Mitchell ~ [1912-1998] Canadian ASA, CSPWC, RCA

Reference: see
Janet Mitchell, Life and Art, by P.Armstrong, Hyperion Press, 1990;
Janet Mitchell, a Retrospective Exhibition, by A.Oko, Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1977

biography and other examples in
N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.219;
Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.4, pg.1240;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.37, Westbridge Pub., 2001;
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, ed. J.Heller, pg.384, Garland Pub., 1995;
Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.23, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955

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]

Lot #424

Artist: Ronald [Ron] Benjamin Moppett ~ [b.1945] Canadian RCA

#424 ~ Moppett - Eight Days a Week: Vase
Lot #424

Artist: Ronald [Ron] Benjamin Moppett ~ [b.1945] Canadian RCA

Reference: see Ron Moppett, by Lorne Falk, Walter Phillips Gallery, 1982; Ron Moppett: Painting Nature with a Mirror, 1974-1989, no author, Mackenzie Art Gallery, no date; 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; represented by Trepanier Baer Gallery, Calgary and others

Lot #425

Artist: Antoine Leon Morel-Fatio ~ [1810-1871] French

#425 ~ Morel-Fatio - Untitled - Tidewreck
Lot #425

Artist: Antoine Leon Morel-Fatio ~ [1810-1871] French

Reference: listed on www.artprice.com

Lot #426

Artist: Willard Morin ~ [20th century] North American

#426 ~ Morin - Wapiti  #9/30
Lot #426

Artist: Willard Morin ~ [20th century] North American

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Lot #427

Artist: Thomas Edwin Mostyn ~ [1864-1930] English

#427 ~ Mostyn - The Garden of Dreams
Lot #427

Artist: Thomas Edwin Mostyn ~ [1864-1930] English

Reference:

Lot #428, Lot #429

Artist: Wynona Croft Mulcaster ~ [1915-2016] Canadian

#428 ~ Mulcaster - Still Water
#429 ~ Mulcaster - Boys in Winter
Lot #428, Lot #429

Artist: Wynona Croft Mulcaster ~ [1915-2016] Canadian

Reference: biography and other examples in
Mountains and the Sky, by L.Render, pub. Glenbow-Alberta Institute, 1974;
Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.4, pg.1332;
Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Women, by M.Newman, pg.172;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.3, pg.47, Westbridge Pub., 2001

exhibition list in M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.277

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Lot #430

Artist: Jack Nichols ~ [1921-2009] Canadian CGP, CSGA, OSA, RCA

#430 ~ Nichols - Micha [Ballet Dancers]
Lot #430

Artist: Jack Nichols ~ [1921-2009] Canadian CGP, CSGA, OSA, RCA

Reference: biography and other examples in A.G.O., by the A.G.O. pg.333; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., pg.304 and M.M.F.A., pg.283 by E.McMann; biography in Dict. of Canadian Artists - Vol.5, by C.MacDonald, pg.1376; biography in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 7, pg.707; 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

Lot #431

Artist: Marion Florence Nicoll ~ [1909-1985] Canadian ASA, RCA

#431 ~ Nicoll - Northern People  #10/10
Lot #431

Artist: Marion Florence Nicoll ~ [1909-1985] Canadian ASA, RCA

Reference: see
Marion Nicoll, A Retrospective 1959-1979, by Edmonton Art Gallery, 1975;
Marion Nicoll R.C.A., by J. Brooks Joyner, published by Masters Gallery, 1979;
Marion Nicoll, Art and Influences, by Christopher E. Jackson, published by Glenbow Museum, 1986;
Marion Nicoll: Silence and Alchemy, by Ann Davis and Elizabeth Herbert, published by University of Calgary Press, 2013;

biography and other examples in
Founders of the Alberta College of Art, by Valerie Greenfield, pg. 94, 1986;
Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by Bente Roed Cochran, pg. 110-112, 1989;
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century, edited by Jules Heller and Nancy G. Heller, pg. 406-407, Garland Publishing, 1995;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by Anthony R. Westbridge, Vol. 3, pg. 54, Westbridge Publishing, 2001;
Dictionary of Canadian Artists, by Colin MacDonald, Vol. 5, pg. 1383;

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]

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