Into the Woods
40.6 cms x 30.5 cms (16 ins x 12 ins)
Signed lower right; titled on a label on the reverse
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "The Canadian Landscape" held on Tue, Apr 19, 2022.
Lot 40386
Lot 40386
Estimate: CAD $600 - $800
Realised: CAD $1,680
Realised: CAD $1,680
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
J. Merritt Malloney’s Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario
Notes:
Born in Shujen, Province of Riga, Russia, he studied there under Professor Rosé of the Imperial Academy of Petrograd. He then was reported to have travelled with Rosé to London and Paris. In France he spent two years then went on to Belgium and Holland. He studied under Prof. Allebé at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, Holland, and was married in that country. He came to Canada with his wife in 1907 and farmed for a time in the west and about a year later settled in Toronto. Among the many subjects he painted were horses and he did them exceptionally well. His work was reproduced in magazines like the Canadian Magazine and Saturday Night, and others. By 1919, he was an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy, and shortly after its founding in 1925 he became a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.
J. Merritt Malloney’s Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Ontario
Notes:
Born in Shujen, Province of Riga, Russia, he studied there under Professor Rosé of the Imperial Academy of Petrograd. He then was reported to have travelled with Rosé to London and Paris. In France he spent two years then went on to Belgium and Holland. He studied under Prof. Allebé at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam, Holland, and was married in that country. He came to Canada with his wife in 1907 and farmed for a time in the west and about a year later settled in Toronto. Among the many subjects he painted were horses and he did them exceptionally well. His work was reproduced in magazines like the Canadian Magazine and Saturday Night, and others. By 1919, he was an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy, and shortly after its founding in 1925 he became a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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