Artist Oscar Verpoorten
Title Untitled - Worker at Lunch
Media oil on canvas
Size 45.25 x 39 x 1 in. / 114.9 x 99.1 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed and inscribed with Antwerp address verso; some punctures, handling marks and surface dirt noted

Reference
George Encel [Eisenschiml] was from the Czech Republic and moved to Montreal prior to the war; later built the first chairlift west of Montreal at Mount Norquay, Banff

Provenance
gift of George Encel and by descent to private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500

Artist Oscar Verpoorten
Title Untitled - The Ice Cutter
Media oil on canvas
Size 39.25 x 45.25 x 1 in. / 99.7 x 114.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
signed lower right; signed and inscribed with Antwerp address verso; some handling marks and surface dirt noted

Provenance
gift of George Encel and by descent to private collection, Calgary
Estimate CAD$2,000-$2,500