Iceberg Reflection, Northern Baffin Bay
76.2 cms x 91.4 cms (30 ins x 36 ins)
Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated "January 1979" to the stretcher on the reverse; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
made in 1979
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Coast to Coast (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Feb 27, 2024.
Lot 45280
Lot 45280
Estimate: CAD $2,000 - $3,000
Realised: CAD $8,400
Realised: CAD $8,400
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Kastel Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
Born in London, England, the son of Major and Mrs. A.S. Law, both Canadians. He arrived in Canada with his parents in 1917, and they settled in Quebec City. An Upper Canada College student (1928-31) he was part owner of an old 21 foot yacht at the age of sixteen. He sailed with others in the St. Lawrence unaware that he was gaining valuable experience for the demanding years that lay ahead. But not all his development was in this direction. His grandfather Captain Law was also an accomplished painter and the boy’s own talent was discovered and encouraged by Dr. Marius Barbeau. At the age of eighteen he studied under Franklin Brownell, F.H. Valley at the Ottawa Art Association (1934-37) while he studied at the University of Ottawa (1931-36). It was in Ottawa that he became a friend of Frank Hennessey with whom he painted in the Gatineau and Gaspé areas (1935-39). At home in Quebec City, he received instruction from Percival Tudor-Hart who like Brownell had studied at the Julian Academy in Paris.
Kastel Gallery, Montreal
Private Collection, Montreal
Notes:
Born in London, England, the son of Major and Mrs. A.S. Law, both Canadians. He arrived in Canada with his parents in 1917, and they settled in Quebec City. An Upper Canada College student (1928-31) he was part owner of an old 21 foot yacht at the age of sixteen. He sailed with others in the St. Lawrence unaware that he was gaining valuable experience for the demanding years that lay ahead. But not all his development was in this direction. His grandfather Captain Law was also an accomplished painter and the boy’s own talent was discovered and encouraged by Dr. Marius Barbeau. At the age of eighteen he studied under Franklin Brownell, F.H. Valley at the Ottawa Art Association (1934-37) while he studied at the University of Ottawa (1931-36). It was in Ottawa that he became a friend of Frank Hennessey with whom he painted in the Gatineau and Gaspé areas (1935-39). At home in Quebec City, he received instruction from Percival Tudor-Hart who like Brownell had studied at the Julian Academy in Paris.
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