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Lot #2365

Artist: Miyuki Tanobe ~ [b.1939] Japanese/Canadian

#2365 ~ Tanobe - Le depart pour les sucres  #112/125
Lot #2365

Artist: Miyuki Tanobe ~ [b.1939] Japanese/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 #2366, Lot #2367, Lot #2368

Artist: Antonio [Tony] Tascona ~ [1926-2006] Canadian MSA, RCA

#2366 ~ Tascona - Moon Dust  #18/45
#2367 ~ Tascona - The Connection  #3/40
#2368 ~ Tascona - Untitled - Geometric in Pastel  #12/18
Lot #2366, Lot #2367, Lot #2368

Artist: Antonio [Tony] Tascona ~ [1926-2006] Canadian MSA, RCA

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

see
Dess[e]ins II / Drawing[s] II, by J.LeVeille, Les Editions du Ble, 2001;
Tony Tascona: Resonance, by P.Bovey and J.Patten, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2001

biography and another examples in
A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.439;
Manitoba Society of Artists by J.Stoppler, pg.519, the Manitoba Society of Artists, 2003;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.54, Westbridge Pub., 2003;
Manitoba Visual Artists Index 1983, ed.T.Lysenko, pg.65, Canadian Artists Representation Manitoba, 1983

exhibition list in
R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.396;
M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.370

Lot #2369, Lot #2370, Lot #2371

Artist: Mady Thiel-Kopstein ~ [20/21st century] Canadian

#2369 ~ Thiel-Kopstein - Untitled - Hedgers
#2370 ~ Thiel-Kopstein - Untitled - Raven
#2371 ~ Thiel-Kopstein - Untitled - The Lover Boy
Lot #2369, Lot #2370, Lot #2371

Artist: Mady Thiel-Kopstein ~ [20/21st century] Canadian

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see gallery website at bluerockgallery.ca

Lot #2372

Artist: Mary L. Thomson ~ [20/21st century]

#2372 ~ Thomson - Untitled - Swirling Bits
Lot #2372

Artist: Mary L. Thomson ~ [20/21st century]

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Lot #2373, Lot #2374

Artist: Mildred Valley Thornton ~ [1890-1967] Canadian

#2373 ~ Thornton - Untitled - Looking Down the Lane
#2374 ~ Thornton - Untitled - View Through the Trees
Lot #2373, Lot #2374

Artist: Mildred Valley Thornton ~ [1890-1967] Canadian

Reference: see
Mildred Valley Thornton, 1890-1967, by Butler Galleries and Westbridge Fine Arts;
The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton, by Sheryl Salloum; Mother Tongue Publishing Limited, Salt Spring Island, 2011

biography and other examples in
Biographical Dict. of Saskatchewan Artists - Women, by M.Newman, pg.252;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.63, Westbridge Pub., 2003;
British Columbia Women Artists 1885-1985, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.

exhibition list in M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.375

Lot #2375, Lot #2376, Lot #2377

Artist: Don Toney ~ [b.1954] Canadian

#2375 ~ Toney - Ghost of the Tundra  #17/40
#2376 ~ Toney - Big Horns on the Rimrock  #2/70
#2377 ~ Toney - Take Five  #16/70
Lot #2375, Lot #2376, Lot #2377

Artist: Don Toney ~ [b.1954] Canadian

Reference: Don Toney grew up on a cattle ranch in the foothills near Pincher Creek, Alberta. After majoring in fine arts at the University of Lethbridge for two years he apprenticed briefly with sculptor Leon Levesque. He set up his own foundry in 1979 and has worked as a full-time artist since.

for more biographical information and examples of work see Webster Galleries; see also a 2021 article at Lethbridge Herald

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 #2378

Artist: H. William Townsend ~ [1940-2017] Canadian

#2378 ~ Townsend - River Near Radium Hot Springs
Lot #2378

Artist: H. William Townsend ~ [1940-2017] Canadian

Reference: biography and another example in Carmana, Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest, pg.150, by Western Canada Wilderness Committee, 1989; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.69, Westbridge Pub., 2003; 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 #2379, Lot #2380

Artist: Brian Travers-Smith ~ [b.1931] Canadian CSPWC

#2379 ~ Travers-Smith - Picking Up Crew
#2380 ~ Travers-Smith - Waiting Gulls
Lot #2379, Lot #2380

Artist: Brian Travers-Smith ~ [b.1931] Canadian CSPWC

Reference: biography in Art in Victoria 1960-1986, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.; Permanent Collection, Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, by C.Graham, A.G.G.V., 1964

Lot #2381

Artist: Marjorie Turnbull ~ [20th century] Canadian

#2381 ~ Turnbull - Athabasca River Valley
Lot #2381

Artist: Marjorie Turnbull ~ [20th century] 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 #2382

Artist: John Davenall Turner ~ [1900-1980] Canadian ASA

#2382 ~ Turner - Graveyard, West of Entrance Alta.
Lot #2382

Artist: John Davenall Turner ~ [1900-1980] Canadian ASA

Reference: see Sunfield Painter, The Reminiscences of John Davenall Turner, by J.Turner, University of Alberta Press, 1982 and The Artful Codger, by J.Turner, Whyte Foundation, Banff, 1978; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.56, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.30, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.74, Westbridge Pub., 2003

Lot #2383

Artist: Halfred A. Tygesen ~ [1890-1951] Canadian

#2383 ~ Tygesen - Old Street in Dinan France
Lot #2383

Artist: Halfred A. Tygesen ~ [1890-1951] 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]

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Lot #2384

Artist: Willie Underhill ~ Canadian

#2384 ~ Underhill - Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club #18 - Par 5, 548 Yards
Lot #2384

Artist: Willie Underhill ~ Canadian

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Lot #2385

Artist: Elsie Underwood ~ Canadian

#2385 ~ Underwood - Untitled - Line Through the Plains
Lot #2385

Artist: Elsie Underwood ~ 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]

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Lot #2386

Artist: Armand Frederick Vallee ~ [1921-2009] Canadian

#2386 ~ Vallee - Victoria House Barn
Lot #2386

Artist: Armand Frederick Vallee ~ [1921-2009] Canadian

Reference: see Armand F. Vallee by Elinor Ewert, published by The Artym Gallery, 2011; The Art of Armand Frederick Vallee, by A.Vallee; biographies in Guide Vallee, III Edition, by F.Vallee, pg.1065, pub. Le Guide Vallee, 1992 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.79, Westbridge Pub., 2003; 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 #2387

Artist: Dirk van Wyk ~ [b.1944] Canadian ASA

#2387 ~ van Wyk - I Can Hear the Buddha Sing
Lot #2387

Artist: Dirk van Wyk ~ [b.1944] Canadian ASA

Reference: biography and another example in Artists of Alberta, by S.Baker, pg.39, University of Alberta Press, 1980; included in Alberta Society of Artists - the First Twenty Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.64, University of Calgary Press, 2000; listed in Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artist's Files, by C.Campbell, pg.701, NGC, 1999

Lot #2388

Artist: Sydney S. Vick ~

#2388 ~ Vick - Untitled - Ride Through Trouble
Lot #2388

Artist: Sydney S. Vick ~

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Lot #2389

Artist: Robert [Buzz] Eveleigh Walker ~ [1926-2011] Canadian

#2389 ~ Walker - Log Transport
Lot #2389

Artist: Robert [Buzz] Eveleigh Walker ~ [1926-2011] 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

Lot #2390

Artist: Joan Ward-Harris ~ [20th century] Canadian

#2390 ~ Ward-Harris - Untitled - Dandelions
Lot #2390

Artist: Joan Ward-Harris ~ [20th century] 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

Lot #2391

Artist: D. Watt ~

#2391 ~ Watt - House [Interior] No.3  #St.9. A.P. 12/20
Lot #2391

Artist: D. Watt ~

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Lot #2392

Artist: Charles Jones Way ~ [1835-1919] Canadian SCA, RCA

#2392 ~ Way - Menaggio
Lot #2392

Artist: Charles Jones Way ~ [1835-1919] Canadian SCA, RCA

Reference: see N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.419; E.P.E.C., by R.Harper, pg.324; charter member of the R.C.A.; Robson, pg.94; Colgate, pg.34; see biographies in Dict. Of Victorian Painters, by C.Wood, pg.186, Antique Collector's Club, 1971 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.96, Westbridge Pub., 2003; exhibition lists in M.M.F.A., pg.394 and R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.422; 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 #2393, Lot #2394

Artist: Gustav Oswald Weisman ~ [1926-2000] Canadian

#2393 ~ Weisman - Untitled - Mine Head
#2394 ~ Weisman - Sunset Near Timmins
Lot #2393, Lot #2394

Artist: Gustav Oswald Weisman ~ [1926-2000] 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

Lot #2395

Artist: Lorraine Whellams ~ Canadian

#2395 ~ Whellams - Golden Harvest
Lot #2395

Artist: Lorraine Whellams ~ Canadian

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Lot #2396, Lot #2397

Artist: Frank Whipple ~ [20th century] American

#2396 ~ Whipple - Untitled - A Good Red
#2397 ~ Whipple - Untitled - Aliens, Moons, Balloons and Nuns
Lot #2396, Lot #2397

Artist: Frank Whipple ~ [20th century] American

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at frankwhipplenunprints.com; listed on www.artprice.com

Lot #2340

Artist: Carl White ~ [b.1969] Canadian

#2340 ~ White - Casablanca
Lot #2340

Artist: Carl White ~ [b.1969] Canadian

Reference: see Carl White, Patricia Robertson, Artichoke, Vol.16, No.1, 2004; 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 #2398

Artist: Jack Marlowe Wise ~ [1928-1996] Canadian RCA

#2398 ~ Wise - Wind Flower
Lot #2398

Artist: Jack Marlowe Wise ~ [1928-1996] Canadian RCA

Reference: see Jack Wise: A Decade of Work, by G.Snider, A.G.G.V. 1977 and Carmanah by Western Canadian Wilderness Committee, pg.162 for biography and other examples of the artist's work; also see Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.111, Westbridge Pub., 2003; included in Vancouver: Art and Artist 1931-1983, by L.Rombout, pg.429, V.A.G., 1983; a major retrospective of the artist's work was held at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 1999; 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 #2399

Artist: Mathew Wong ~ [20/21st century] Chinese/Canadian

#2399 ~ Wong - Big Sky Country
Lot #2399

Artist: Mathew Wong ~ [20/21st century] Chinese/Canadian

Reference: for more biographical information and examples of work see artist's gallery website at stephenloweartgallery.ca

Lot #2400, Lot #2401, Lot #2402, Lot #2403

Artist: Karl E. Wood ~ [1944-1990] Canadian

#2400 ~ Wood - September Days [Bar Cee Ranch, Cochrane]
#2401 ~ Wood - Touch of Spring
#2402 ~ Wood - Crowfoot Glacier
#2403 ~ Wood - The Old Lodge [Canmore, Alberta]
Lot #2400, Lot #2401, Lot #2402, Lot #2403

Artist: Karl E. Wood ~ [1944-1990] Canadian

Reference: Wood was born in Winnipeg and began his artistic career in Vancouver in 1964. He moved to the Ghost River region near Cochrane, Alberta about 1984. His artistic practise was devoted to the mountain landscapes and flora and fauna of western Canada and he often painted on location in the backcountry. Karl Wood's father, Robert E. Wood, was an artist and his son, Robert Wood, is also a painter.

for more biographical information and examples of work see Karl Wood and Koyman Galleries;

biography and another examples in
Contemporary Western Artists, by P.Samuels, pg.586, Bonanza Books, 1982;
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.113, Westbridge Pub., 2003

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 #2404, Lot #2405, Lot #2406

Artist: Robert Edward Wood ~ [b.1971] Canadian

#2404 ~ Wood - Cautious Cub
#2405 ~ Wood - Spring Forest [Above Barrier Lake, Kananaskis]
#2406 ~ Wood - Untitled - Little Red River Valley
Lot #2404, Lot #2405, Lot #2406

Artist: Robert Edward Wood ~ [b.1971] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website www.robertewood.ca

represented by Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary; grandson of Robert E. Wood and son of Karl E. Wood

Lot #2407

Artist: M. Worsley ~ [20th century] Canadian

#2407 ~ Worsley - Mixed Bouquet
Lot #2407

Artist: M. Worsley ~ [20th century] Canadian

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Lot #2408

Artist: Debra Yelva ~ [20th century] Canadian

#2408 ~ Yelva - Little Boxes  #9/25  E.P.
Lot #2408

Artist: Debra Yelva ~ [20th century] Canadian

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Lot #2409

Artist: Toshi Yoshida ~ [1911-1995] Japanese

#2409 ~ Yoshida - Heirinji, Temple Bell
Lot #2409

Artist: Toshi Yoshida ~ [1911-1995] Japanese

Reference: Toshi Yoshida comes from a distinguished Japanese artistic family - his father was Hiroshi Yoshida, a prominent printmaker; see Modern Japanese Prints, An Art Reborn, by O.Statler, pg.168

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Lot #2410, Lot #2411, Lot #2412, Lot #2413

Artist: Vilem Zach ~ [b.1946] Canadian

#2410 ~ Zach - Untitled - Portrait of a Woman in Traditional Clothing
#2411 ~ Zach - A. Bigswan
#2412 ~ Zach - Alex Scalplock - Blackfoot
#2413 ~ Zach - Untitled - Boy with a Buffalo Hat
Lot #2410, Lot #2411, Lot #2412, Lot #2413

Artist: Vilem Zach ~ [b.1946] Canadian

Reference: see Silent Stories, by Vilem Zach, 2000; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by Anthony R. Westbridge, Vol. 4, pg. 122, Westbridge Publishing, 2003; 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; exhibited at Gainsborough Galleries and others; artist's website at www.vilemzach.com

Lot #2414

Artist: Judith Zinkan ~ [20th century] Canadian

#2414 ~ Zinkan - Target, Pears and Snow
Lot #2414

Artist: Judith Zinkan ~ [20th century] Canadian

Reference: represented by Collector's Gallery, Calgary; 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

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