Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Algonquins Shooting the Rapids, Muskoka
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1880
Size 11.75 x 24.75 in. / 29.8 x 62.9 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title and date on gallery labels verso; framed with special glass; some minor chips on frame noted

Provenance
Laing Galleries, Toronto and Masters Gallery, Calgary, labels 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$6,000-$8,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title The Hunt, Early Morning
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1898
Size 10 x 20 in. / 25.4 x 50.8 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled and inscribed 'No. 119' 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$4,000-$6,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title End of the Day
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1874
Size 6 x 11.75 in. / 15.2 x 29.8 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; bears title on plaque; framed with special glass

Provenance
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$2,000-$3,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Portrait of a Native
Media oil on wood board
Dated 1883
Size 13.75 x 10.25 in. / 34.9 x 26 cm.

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

Reference
lot includes The Last Buffalo: The Work of Frederick Arthur Verner, Painter of the Northwest by Joan Murray, published by Pagurian Press, 1984; 'In November 1883, the artist exhibited with Lucius O’Brien at the Burlington Gallery in London ... and his painting of Sitting Bull the ‘most feared name in all buffalo country’ was the hit of the show.' on page 91 in The Last Buffalo

Provenance
ex-collection Bob Anderson, Ontario; 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$9,000-$12,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Ojibway Wigwams, North West Angle, Lake of the Woods
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1881
Size 11.5 x 24.5 in. / 29.2 x 62.2 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on gallery labels verso; framed with special glass; [1.5 inch] tear in paper lower right

Reference
National Gallery of Canada, Verner Exhibition, cat. No. 39, label verso; it is generally considered that the artist’s first trip west was in 1873 when he travelled to Manitoba and specifically to the Lake of the Woods where the Lieutenant Governor was signing a treaty at the North West Angle of the Lake of the Woods; the sketch for this painting is now in the National Gallery of Canada collection in Ottawa [titled Lake of the Woods, accession #7939]; Verner exhibited an oil painting with this title at the OSA exhibition of 1874 [catalogue #13]

Provenance
The Framing Gallery, Toronto, Alex Fraser Galleries, Vancouver and Masters Gallery, Calgary, labels 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$6,000-$8,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Buffaloes
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1876
Size 11.5 x 20 in. / 29.2 x 50.8 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed with special glass; small tear [1.5 in] in paper lower right

Reference
‘Prior to his trip west, the artist was making a living as a photographer but by 1874 because of the popularity of his work, Verner was able to call himself an artist in the city census’, page 63 in The Last Buffalo: The Work of Frederick Arthur Verner, Painter of the Northwest by Joan Murray, published by Pagurian Press, 1984

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$4,000-$6,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Edge of Town
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1879
Size 6 x 10.5 in. / 15.2 x 26.7 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; framed; minor yellowing noted

Provenance
The Print Room, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$800-$1,200

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Ontario Landscape
Media oil on canvas
Size 8 x 11 in. / 20.3 x 27.9 cm.

Notes
signed with initials lower right; framed; minor rubs on frame noted

Provenance
from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Scotch Mill Near Calender
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1896
Size 9.75 x 13.5 in. / 24.8 x 34.3 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled verso; unframed

Provenance
Region Fine Art, Manitoba, label verso
Estimate CAD$500-$700

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title River Rapids
Media watercolour on paper
Size 5.25 x 9 in. / 13.3 x 22.9 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on plaque; framed

Provenance
Gainsborough Gallery, Calgary, label verso; from a Calgary estate
Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Sheep in the Forest
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1903
Size 12.75 x 19.75 in. / 32.4 x 50.2 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Mic Mac Harvest Quebec, 1878
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1878
Size 14.5 x 26.5 x 1 in. / 36.8 x 67.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled on plaque; framed

Reference
see sketch from the N.G.C. collection in The Last Buffalo, pg.56 titled Mic Mac Huts Near Riviere du Loup, 1876

Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$4,000-$5,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Village Near Flushing, Holland
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1886
Size 8.75 x 21 x 1 in. / 22.2 x 53.3 x 2.5 cm.

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

Provenance
private collection, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Village with Sheep
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1896
Size 9.5 x 19.5 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 49.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed with archival mat

Provenance
Dominion Corinth Galleries, Ottawa, label verso; private collection, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Path in the Woods
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1890
Size 19.25 x 12.25 x 1 in. / 48.9 x 31.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed

Provenance
private collection, Winnipeg
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - The Old Cottages
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1906
Size 8.75 x 12.75 x 1 in. / 22.2 x 32.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; framed with archival mat

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Bison Mid-day
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1903
Size 13.5 x 20.25 x 1 in. / 34.3 x 51.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and artist's number 'NO. 49' verso; framed

Provenance
The Art Emporium, Vancouver, label verso; Fraser / Spafford Ricci Conservation label, verso
Estimate CAD$8,000-$10,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - An Old Dutch Village
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1886
Size 11.25 x 19.25 x 1 in. / 28.6 x 48.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Florida
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Harvest Scene
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1886
Size 7 x 10.75 x 1 in. / 17.8 x 27.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Florida
Estimate CAD$900-$1,200

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Beech Tree, Burham, England
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1917
Size 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 in. / 24.1 x 16.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title on label verso; framed with archival mat

Provenance
private collection, Banff
Estimate CAD$1,200-$1,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Sunset Stroll Through a Village
Media watercolour on paper
Size 5.5 x 11.25 x 1 in. / 14 x 28.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; bears title on label verso

Reference
see The Last Buffalo page 85 for View of Sandwich painted in 1879 before Verner moved to England

Provenance
Collector's Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,500-$1,750

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title The Portage
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1902
Size 12.25 x 24.5 x 1 in. / 31.1 x 62.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed, titled and inscribed 'No. 57' on backing; laid down on paper board

Reference
another watercolour of the same title in National Gallery of Canada collection dated 1880 although a different format [6.75 x 8.75 inches], illustrated pg.108

Provenance
MacKenzie & Co., Toronto, label verso; ex-collection Sam Livingston family, Calgary and by descent
Estimate CAD$6,000-$8,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title November Morning
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1898
Size 13.75 x 20.5 x 1 in. / 34.9 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; laid down on paper board

Estimate CAD$3,000-$3,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Burnham Beeches
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1902
Size 14 x 10 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title verso

Reference
a watercolour titled 'Old Beech Tree' was exhibited with the R.C.A. as well as 'Burnham Common' exhibited with the Montreal Museum of Fine Art, both in 1903

Provenance
Marcel Art Frames, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,400-$1,600

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Walking Home
Media watercolour on paper
Dated ca.  1897
Size 4.5 x 8.5 x 1 in. / 11.4 x 21.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower left

Estimate CAD$1,400-$1,600

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Autumn near Sandwich
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1904
Size 9.75 x 20 x 1 in. / 24.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower left; titled verso; archival mat

Provenance
Heritage Antiques Gallery, Calgary, label verso
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Foreland, North Devon
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 188?
Size 8.75 x 15.5 x 1 in. / 22.2 x 39.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed, and indistinctly dated and inscribed lower left; laid down on paper board; archival mat

Reference
possibly the painting sold at M.Hicks & Co. a Montreal auction in 1882, see The Last Buffalo pg.164; painting with same title also exhibited with the R.C.A. in 1883

Estimate CAD$1,400-$1,800

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Portrait of Young Ivy
Media oil on canvas board
Dated 1875
Size 35.75 x 27.75 x 1 in. / 90.8 x 70.5 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Reference
Joan Murray writes ‘1875 was an important year in Verner’s work. 1874 was the first year he called himself an artist in the city census ... The young sitter, a girl, holds a flower - probably it is a reference to the sitter’s name. Verner’s second sister, Alicia [1839-1922] married Dr. John Coventry and had a daughter named Ivy Godiva Coventry. ... child might be about the right age for this picture.’ [from a letter from Joan Murray to the consignor, copy included with lot]; see The Last Buffalo, by J.Murray pg.63 for her description of the artist’s life at this time

Estimate CAD$4,500-$6,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Sheep in Pasture
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1903
Size 13 x 20 x 1 in. / 33 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; minor scratch lower centre

Provenance
Loch Mayberry Gallery, Winnipeg, label verso; ex-collection Jean Clarke, Conquest Art, Calgary
Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Indians Loading Freight Canoes
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1899
Size 12.75 x 24.5 x 1 in. / 32.4 x 62.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears on label verso

Provenance
Laing Galleries, Toronto, and Warwick Gallery, Vancouver, labels verso
Estimate CAD$10,000-$12,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Mountain Falls
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1893
Size 10 x 16 x 1 in. / 25.4 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; archival mat front and back; TO BE FRAMED

Reference
the artist had returned from England in 1893 and even opened a studio in Chicago that year; the same year he was accepted as an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts

Provenance
purchased in England
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title November Morning
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1898
Size 13.75 x 20.5 x 1 in. / 34.9 x 52.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; laid down on paperboard

Estimate CAD$5,000-$7,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Buffalo in Winter
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1899
Size 12.25 x 25.25 x 1 in. / 31.1 x 64.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Reference
the artist exhibited Buffalo Winter, catalogue # 169 with Toronto Industrial Exhibition, Toronto, 1899

Provenance
private collection, Toronto
Estimate CAD$8,000-$12,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Buffalo Sunset
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1893
Size 12.5 x 20 x 1 in. / 31.8 x 50.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; signed and titled verso; bears inscription '#22' verso

Provenance
private collection, Toronto
Estimate CAD$7,000-$9,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Beech Woods
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1902
Size 19.25 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 48.9 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled and inscribed 'No. 69' verso;

Reference
artist exhibited 'Old Beech Tree' with the R.C.A. in 1903 [catalogue #196B]

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Fall Landscape
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1898
Size 20 x 12.5 x 1 in. / 50.8 x 31.8 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Reference
see The Last Buffalo, by J.Murray, pg.142 for discussion of this time period and sketch of Lucius O'Brien done when he visited the artist in England; Verner's work was exhibited with the R.C.A., the O.S.A., the Toronto Industrial Exhibition as well as in Hamilton

Estimate CAD$1,500-$2,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Loading the Canoe
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1913
Size 21.25 x 29.75 x 1 in. / 54 x 75.6 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; Denglas; archival backing

Reference
in The Last Buffalo, by J. Murray, pg.56 says 'Often Verner's use of man, woman and child recalls nativity scenes of earlier art... the life of the Ojibway the canoe was the most important feature.'

Provenance
private collection, Toronto
Estimate CAD$12,500-$15,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Trinity Church, Stratford-on-Avon
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1893
Size 12.75 x 19.75 x 1 in. / 32.4 x 50.2 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title and 'No.6' verso; laid down on paperboard

Provenance
purchased from the artist; by descent to present collection, Edmonton
Estimate CAD$5,000-$7,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Burnham Beeches
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1902
Size 14 x 10 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title verso

Reference
a watercolour titled 'Old Beech Tree' was exhibited with the R.C.A. as well as 'Burnham Common' exhibited with the Montreal Museum of Fine Art both in 1903

Provenance
Marcel Art Frames, Montreal, label verso
Estimate CAD$1,800-$2,200

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Near Burnham
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1882
Size 6 x 10.75 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 27.3 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title verso; laid down on mat board

Reference
unfortunately for the artist, the auction raised only $175 but he was still able to get married

Provenance
Gemst Bros. Art Dealers, Montreal, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title A Muddy Road
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1882
Size 6 x 10.5 x 1 in. / 15.2 x 26.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; bears title verso; laid down on mat board

Reference
in 1882 Verner held an auction in Montreal to raise money for his marriage; 'A Muddy Road' listed as being sold [lot #120]; see The Last Buffalo, by J.Murray, pg.165

Provenance
Gemst Bros. Art Dealers, Montreal, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$800-$1,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Indians in a Canoe, 1880
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1880
Size 13.75 x 23 x 1 in. / 34.9 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right; titled on label verso; hinged along top; this was a popular image for Verner. Joan Murray illustrates three images in her book - the Glenbow collection is the earliest

Reference
dated 1877 and titled Indians in a Canoe, Lake of the Woods. 'Verner's on his arrival in England was this painting The Upper Ottawa, which he showed at the Royal Academy' oil on canvas 32 x 60 inches

Provenance
Laing Galleries, Toronto, label verso; private collection, Rexdale, Ontario
Estimate CAD$12,000-$16,000

Artist Frederick Arthur Verner
Title Untitled - Forest View
Media watercolour on paper
Dated 1912
Size 14 x 10 x 1 in. / 35.6 x 25.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed and dated lower right

Provenance
Matthews Picture Frame Moulding label verso
Estimate CAD$2,500-$3,500