Niagara Falls
76.2 cms x 121.9 cms (30 ins x 48 ins)
Signed, dated 1864 and inscribed “5” lower left
made in 1864
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art" held on Wed, Jun 15, 2022.
Lot 40680
Lot 40680
Estimate: CAD $25,000 - $35,000
Realised: CAD $24,000
Realised: CAD $24,000
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
G. Blair Laing Limited, Toronto
Collection of Jules and Fay Loeb, Ottawa
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibitions:
Dennis R. Reid, “Our Own Country Canada: Being an Account of the National Aspirations of the Principal Landscape Artists in Montreal and Toronto, 1860-1890”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980, no. 2 as “Niagara in the Time of the Red Man”
Literature:
Hilliard T. Goldfarb, “Expanding Horizons: Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918”, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 2009, page 35
Dennis R. Reid, “Our Own Country Canada: Being an Account of the National Aspirations of the Principal Landscape Artists in Montreal and Toronto, 1860-1890”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980, page 38, reproduced page 39
William Notman, “North American Scenery, Being Selections from C.J. Way’s Studies, 1863-64”, Montreal, 1864, unpaginated, reproduced
Notes:
Charles Way was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England. His father William Hopkins Way was an artist. At a young age Way showed talent in painting, and studied at Somerset House in London. He continued his training at the Central School of Art, first at Marlborough House, then at the South Kensington School of Art, studying with Sir Richard Redgrave. Way graduated in 1858 as an artist and instructor.
G. Blair Laing Limited, Toronto
Collection of Jules and Fay Loeb, Ottawa
Kaspar Gallery, Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
Exhibitions:
Dennis R. Reid, “Our Own Country Canada: Being an Account of the National Aspirations of the Principal Landscape Artists in Montreal and Toronto, 1860-1890”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980, no. 2 as “Niagara in the Time of the Red Man”
Literature:
Hilliard T. Goldfarb, “Expanding Horizons: Painting and Photography of American and Canadian Landscape 1860-1918”, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, 2009, page 35
Dennis R. Reid, “Our Own Country Canada: Being an Account of the National Aspirations of the Principal Landscape Artists in Montreal and Toronto, 1860-1890”, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 1980, page 38, reproduced page 39
William Notman, “North American Scenery, Being Selections from C.J. Way’s Studies, 1863-64”, Montreal, 1864, unpaginated, reproduced
Notes:
Charles Way was born in Dartmouth, Devon, England. His father William Hopkins Way was an artist. At a young age Way showed talent in painting, and studied at Somerset House in London. He continued his training at the Central School of Art, first at Marlborough House, then at the South Kensington School of Art, studying with Sir Richard Redgrave. Way graduated in 1858 as an artist and instructor.
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(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Cowley Abbott auction house for permission to use.