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Lot #2340, Lot #2341

Artist: John Benjamin [J.B.] Taylor ~ [1917-1970] Canadian ASA

#2340 ~ Taylor - Untitled - Big Sky
#2341 ~ Taylor - Hill Town, Tuscany
Lot #2340, Lot #2341

Artist: John Benjamin [J.B.] Taylor ~ [1917-1970] Canadian ASA

Reference: see From Abstraction to Realism: The Art of J.B. Taylor, by Adriana A. Davies, University of Calgary Press, 2014; Spaces and Places - Eight Decades of Landscape Painting in Alberta, by J.Ironside, pg.34 for biography and another example of the artist's work in the collection of the A.F.A.; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.55, Westbridge Pub., 2003; R.C.A.A. pg.339 and M.M.F.A. pg.371 by E.McMann for exhibition list

Lot #2342

Artist: June Thomsen ~ [b.1959] Canadian

#2342 ~ Thomsen - Three Sisters  #6/43
Lot #2342

Artist: June Thomsen ~ [b.1959] Canadian

Reference: exhibited at Image 54 Gallery, Calgary

Lot #2343

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

#2343 ~ Thomson - Untitled - Black Swoops
Lot #2343

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

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Lot #2344, Lot #2345, Lot #2346

Artist: Don Toney ~ [b.1954] Canadian

#2344 ~ Toney - Fresh Powder Fever  #4/30
#2345 ~ Toney - When Bear was Bad  #1/35
#2346 ~ Toney - Come Along Little Dogie  #23/50
Lot #2344, Lot #2345, Lot #2346

Artist: Don Toney ~ [b.1954] Canadian

Reference: The sculptor 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, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada

Lot #2347, Lot #2348

Artist: Harold Barling Town ~ [1924-1990] Canadian RCA

#2347 ~ Town - Untitled - Abstract Beach Shapes  #9/200
#2348 ~ Town - Untitled - Abstract Stencil Shapes  #79/99
Lot #2347, Lot #2348

Artist: Harold Barling Town ~ [1924-1990] Canadian RCA

Reference: see Harold Town - The First Exhibition of New Work, 1969-1973., by K. Woods, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 1973; Poets and Other People, Drawings by Harold Town, by K.Saltmarche, Art Gallery of Windsor, 1980; Town, by D.Burnett, A.G.O., 1986; Silent Stars - Sound Stars - Film Stars, by Harold Town, McClelland and Stewart, 1971; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg. 316; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.463; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg. 405 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg. 378

Lot #2349, Lot #2350

Artist: Christine Turnauer ~ [b.1946] Austrian/Canadian

#2349 ~ Turnauer - Untitled - Mr. Jackson [Kensington]
#2350 ~ Turnauer - Young Identical Twins
Lot #2349, Lot #2350

Artist: Christine Turnauer ~ [b.1946] Austrian/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 at Artists in Canada

Lot #2351, Lot #2352

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

#2351 ~ Turner - Beaver House
#2352 ~ Turner - Cloud Reflections, Bear Lake
Lot #2351, Lot #2352

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

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Lot #2353

Artist: Florence Gertrude Vale ~ [1909-2003] Canadian

#2353 ~ Vale - Untitled - A Little Birdy Told Me
Lot #2353

Artist: Florence Gertrude Vale ~ [1909-2003] Canadian

Reference: see The Art of Florence Vale, by J.Murray, Art Gallery of Peel, 2010; Memories, Dreams and Reflections: The Work of Florence Vale, by N.Luckyj, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1980; biography at Dict. of Canadian Artists, by A.Newlands and J.Parker, Vol.9, online only; 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; wife of Albert Franck and co-owner of Franck Gallery, Toronto in the early 1950's

Lot #2354

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

#2354 ~ Vallee - Untitled - Cold Steps
Lot #2354

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 #2355

Artist: Jake Vandenbrink ~ [20/21st century] Canadian

#2355 ~ Vandenbrink - Peace in the Valley
Lot #2355

Artist: Jake Vandenbrink ~ [20/21st century] Canadian

Reference: CHIN; Mountain Galleries; https://jake-vandenbrink.pixels.com/

Lot #2356

Artist: Sylvain Voyer ~ [b.1939] Canadian

#2356 ~ Voyer - Fog Necklace, Maligne Lake
Lot #2356

Artist: Sylvain Voyer ~ [b.1939] 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; for other examples see Douglas Udell website www.douglasudellgallery.com

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Lot #2357, Lot #2358

Artist: Wendy [Laughlin] Wacko ~ [b.1951] Canadian

#2357 ~ Wacko - Memories of Ireland Near Achill
#2358 ~ Wacko - Untitled - Spring Mountain View
Lot #2357, Lot #2358

Artist: Wendy [Laughlin] Wacko ~ [b.1951] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website at www.wendywackoartist.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; exhibited at Scott Gallery, Edmonton; see http://www.scottgallery.com/ for biography and further examples of her work

Lot #2359, Lot #2360, Lot #2361, Lot #2362

Artist: Lawrence Washburn ~ [1942-2023] Canadian

#2359 ~ Washburn - Summer Garden
#2360 ~ Washburn - Study for Innisfail Alley
#2361 ~ Washburn - Untitled - Downtown Scene
#2362 ~ Washburn - Untitled - Village Scene
Lot #2359, Lot #2360, Lot #2361, Lot #2362

Artist: Lawrence Washburn ~ [1942-2023] Canadian

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.94, Westbridge Pub., 2003; see Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.57, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977

Lot #2363

Artist: John Barney Weaver ~ [1920-2012] Canadian

#2363 ~ Weaver - Untitled - At the Ready
Lot #2363

Artist: John Barney Weaver ~ [1920-2012] Canadian

Reference: The Sculpture of John Weaver, Ed. A. Lesztak, John Weaver Fine Arts Ltd.,1980; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.96, 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;see artist's website at www.johnweaverfinearts.com

Lot #2364, Lot #2365, Lot #2366, Lot #2367, Lot #2368, Lot #2369

Artist: George Weber ~ [1907-2002] Canadian ASA, CPE, FCA

#2364 ~ Weber - Mt. Armstrong, Highwood Valley
#2365 ~ Weber - A Mountain East of Jasper [Near Henry House]
#2366 ~ Weber - Roche a Bosche, Roche Ronde #2 [Jasper National Park]
#2367 ~ Weber - Alberta Oil  #11/90
#2368 ~ Weber - Sundance of the Peigans, Brocket, Alberta
#2369 ~ Weber - Sundance of the Peigans, Southern Alberta
Lot #2364, Lot #2365, Lot #2366, Lot #2367, Lot #2368, Lot #2369

Artist: George Weber ~ [1907-2002] Canadian ASA, CPE, FCA

Reference: see Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.146 for biography, other examples and Weber's contribution to Alberta printmaking; biography and work included in The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, by A.Oko, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1981; 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 #2370, Lot #2371, Lot #2372, Lot #2373, Lot #2374

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

#2370 ~ Weisman - Two Paintings of Forest Lakes
#2371 ~ Weisman - Untitled - Mountain Lake
#2372 ~ Weisman - Moonlit Street
#2373 ~ Weisman - The Seasons Change
#2374 ~ Weisman - Untitled - Woman at Night
Lot #2370, Lot #2371, Lot #2372, Lot #2373, Lot #2374

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 #2375

Artist: Marlene Whyte ~ [20/21st century] Canadian

#2375 ~ Whyte - Kensington Pub
Lot #2375

Artist: Marlene Whyte ~ [20/21st century] Canadian

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Lot #2376

Artist: Paul Wilhelmi ~ [1859-1943] German/American

#2376 ~ Wilhelmi - Untitled - Feeding Time
Lot #2376

Artist: Paul Wilhelmi ~ [1859-1943] German/American

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Lot #2377

Artist: Colin Williams ~ [1935-2022] Canadian ARCA

#2377 ~ Williams - Alliston Landscape
Lot #2377

Artist: Colin Williams ~ [1935-2022] Canadian ARCA

Reference: see Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.58, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; 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 Willock and Sax Gallery, Banff

Lot #2378

Artist: Sharon Lynn Williams ~ [b.1954] Canadian

#2378 ~ Williams - Fall Splendour II
Lot #2378

Artist: Sharon Lynn Williams ~ [b.1954] Canadian

Reference: see artist's website at www.sharonlynnwilliams.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 #2379

Artist: Douglas Williamson ~ [b.1974] Canadian

#2379 ~ Williamson - Late Date
Lot #2379

Artist: Douglas Williamson ~ [b.1974] Canadian

Reference: artist represented by Wallace Galleries, Calgary; see gallery website at http://www.wallacegalleries.com for biography and other examples of artists's work

Lot #2380, Lot #2381

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

#2380 ~ Wong - Bow Lake, Banff
#2381 ~ Wong - Maligne Lake, Jasper
Lot #2380, Lot #2381

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

Reference: currently represented by Stephen Lowe Gallery, Calgary http://www.stephenloweartgallery.ca/

Lot #2382, Lot #2383, Lot #2384

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

#2382 ~ Wood - Hackett
#2383 ~ Wood - Eiffel Lk. Tr.
#2384 ~ Wood - Bow Glacier
Lot #2382, Lot #2383, Lot #2384

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 example in Contemporary Western Artists, by P.Samuels, pg.586, Bonanza Books, 1982; biography in 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, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website at Artists in Canada

Lot #2385, Lot #2386, Lot #2387

Artist: Robert E. Wood ~ [1919-1980] Canadian

#2385 ~ Wood - Echo Springs
#2386 ~ Wood - Mount Rundle
#2387 ~ Wood - Forest Light
Lot #2385, Lot #2386, Lot #2387

Artist: Robert E. Wood ~ [1919-1980] Canadian

Reference: see 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, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Lot #2388

Artist: William Thomas Wood ~ [20/21st century] Canadian

#2388 ~ Wood - Banff to Windermere Road B.C.
Lot #2388

Artist: William Thomas Wood ~ [20/21st century] Canadian

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Lot #2389

Artist: Kaye York ~ [20/21st century] American

#2389 ~ York - Untitled - Grazing
Lot #2389

Artist: Kaye York ~ [20/21st century] American

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Lot #2390

Artist: Charles Wurburton Young ~ [1865-1932] British

#2390 ~ Young - Untitled - Mt. Cheam
Lot #2390

Artist: Charles Wurburton Young ~ [1865-1932] British

Reference: listed on www.artprice.com

Lot #2391

Artist: Yone Kvietys Young ~ [1924-2011] Canadian

#2391 ~ Young - Ditch Angel  #5/50
Lot #2391

Artist: Yone Kvietys Young ~ [1924-2011] 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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Lot #2392

Artist: Vilem Zach ~ [b.1946] Canadian

#2392 ~ Zach - Untitled - Chicken Dancer
Lot #2392

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 #2393, Lot #2394

Artist: Doris Zaharichuk ~ [1917-2012] Canadian

#2393 ~ Zaharichuk - Hanging the Wash
#2394 ~ Zaharichuk - Untitled - Flooded Road
Lot #2393, Lot #2394

Artist: Doris Zaharichuk ~ [1917-2012] 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

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