Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title 30 Below Zero
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1875
Size 8.25 x 5.75 in. / 21 x 14.6 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated along bottom; watercolour and graphite sketch verso; framed with special glass

Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title Coming in the Harbour, Saint John, N.B.
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1896
Size 20 x 29 in. / 50.8 x 73.7 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on plaque; framed; some cracking noted

Provenance
private collection, Calgary/Vancouver
Estimate CAD$4,000-$6,000

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title Untitled - Canoeing in the Mist
Media watercolour on paper
Size 4 x 6.5 in. / 10.2 x 16.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left; framed

Reference
lot includes Lucius O'Brien: Visions of Victorian Canada by Dennis Reid, published by the Art Gallery of Ontario, 1990

Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery of Art, Calgary, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$400-$600

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title On the Thames
Media oil on canvas
Dated 1889
Size 16 x 24 in. / 40.6 x 61 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed

Provenance
Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$3,000-$4,000

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title Toronto Harbour, June 1, 1865
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1865
Size 8 x 12.25 in. / 20.3 x 31.1 cm.

Notes
signed, titled and dated along bottom; framed with archival mat and special glass

Provenance
acquired directly from family descendants; Masters Gallery, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title Fishermen by Rushing River, Cameron Falls
Media watercolour on paper
Size 7.5 x 11 x 1 in. / 19 x 27.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on label verso

Provenance
The Collectors' Gallery Of Art, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,600-$1,800

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title Herring Boats Becalmed
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1885
Size 6.5 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 16.5 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed and titled verso

Provenance
H.J. Matthews Fine Pictures, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,000

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title Landscape with Rapids
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1889
Size 8.5 x 14 x 1 in. / 21.6 x 35.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on label verso

Reference
in 1889 the artist held a one man exhibition in London as well as his watercolours were included in a show organized by the Royal Colonial Institute at the Royal Albert Hall

Provenance
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,800-$3,000

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title Untitled - Sailing Ships at Bay
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1892
Size 6 x 10 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left

Reference
the artist held a one man exhibition at Scott and Sons in Montreal in 1892 as well as Matthews Brothers later that year

Provenance
W. Scott and Sons, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Lucius Richard O'Brien
Title Untitled - Rogers Pass
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1886
Size 14 x 20 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; some acid damage

Reference
see Lucius R. O'Brien, by D.Reid, fig.22 for another painting done for the C.P. Rail with additional train and horse riders; pg.71 regarding the artist's comments of the mountains

Provenance
private collection, Ottawa
Estimate CAD$5,000-$7,000