Birds #4
76.2 cms x 55.9 cms (30 ins x 22 ins)
Signed lower right; titled and the artist estate stamp on the stretcher (Number 31)
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "June Auction of Canadian and International Artwork (Online Auction)" held on Wed, Jun 26, 2019.
Lot 32862
Lot 32862
Realised: CAD $708
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Audrey Garwood received a scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies at the Rijks Academie in Amsterdam, after which she attended La Grande Chaumiere in Paris, France. A member and exhibitor with the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy, and the Women's Caucus of the Arts, Garwood received numerous awards, including the Sterling Trust Award for Canadian painters, the Canadian Society of Printmakers Print Award, and the San Francisco Art Festival's Purchase award. With a career spanning over fifty years, Garwood was the subject of over twenty-five solo shows. In 1956, she was the youngest individual (and first woman) to win the prized Forester Award of the Ontario Society of Artists.
Estate of the artist
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
A graduate of the Ontario College of Art, Audrey Garwood received a scholarship to pursue postgraduate studies at the Rijks Academie in Amsterdam, after which she attended La Grande Chaumiere in Paris, France. A member and exhibitor with the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy, and the Women's Caucus of the Arts, Garwood received numerous awards, including the Sterling Trust Award for Canadian painters, the Canadian Society of Printmakers Print Award, and the San Francisco Art Festival's Purchase award. With a career spanning over fifty years, Garwood was the subject of over twenty-five solo shows. In 1956, she was the youngest individual (and first woman) to win the prized Forester Award of the Ontario Society of Artists.
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