Canadian Game
47 cms x 67.9 cms (18.5 ins x 26.75 ins)
Signed and dated 1869 lower left
made in 1869
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)" held on Thu, Jun 8, 2023.
Lot 42559
Lot 42559
Estimate: CAD $3,000 - $4,000
Realised: CAD $16,800
Realised: CAD $16,800
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
James Spooner, Toronto
Mr. C.W. Irwin, Toronto
By descent to Mrs. Dalton Wells
G. Blair Laing Ltd., Toronto
Private Collection
Exhibitions:
"Canadian Section of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition", London, from 4 May 1886 (James Spooner loaned three Fowlers titled "Canadian Dead Game")
"Dominion of Canada Industrial Exhibition, Department of Fine Arts", Toronto, 27 August‒12 September 1903, no. 211 or no. 212 as "Game" (loaned by James Spooner)
"Canadian National Exhibition: Department of Fine Arts", Toronto, 26 August‒9 September 1907, no. 73 as "Canadian Game" (loaned by C.W. Irwin)
"Loan Collection of Paintings by Deceased Canadian Artists, Fourth Loan Exhibition", The Art Museum of Toronto, 24 January‒22 February 1911, no. 54 as "Canadian Game" (loaned by C.W. Irwin)
"Retrospective Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Members of the Ontario Society of Artists Covering the First Half-Century of the Society’s History", Art Gallery of Toronto, 11 February‒12 March 1922, no. 54
"Inaugural Exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto", 1926, no. 213 or no. 222
"Selection of Watercolours by Daniel Fowler", Art Gallery of Toronto, December 1935, no. 208 (loaned by C.W. Irwin)
"Daniel Fowler of Amherst Island", Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston; travelling to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, January‒November 1979, no. 55 (loaned by C.W. Irwin)
Literature:
"Dominion of Canada Industrial Exhibition", Department of Fine Arts, Toronto, 1903, no. 211 or no. 212 as "Game", reproduced
Frances K. Smith, "Daniel Fowler of Amherst Island", Kingston, 1979, no. 55, reproduced page 59
Notes:
Born in Down, Kent, England, he showed an early liking for art, although he did not receive encouragement from his parents, who had hopes of him becoming a lawyer. As a boy, he attended a commercial school in Camberwell, London, and later the Unitarian school at Walthamstow, where he received a good classical training and showed an aptitude in mathematics. He spent many hours in the school library and much time at drawing, which was his favourite occupation. At the age of 16, he was articled in the Doctors’ Commons, an association of Doctors of Laws, founded in 1511. Fowler found this field uninteresting and after his father died, he turned to art. A local artist encouraged him and he entered the studio of James Duffield Harding, who was a much-esteemed landscape painter. (Much later, however, Fowler realized that Harding’s training had deprived him of development with colour). At the age of 24, Fowler took a walking tour through Europe and spent much time in Switzerland, Italy, and cities of the Rhine and Moselle districts. In Rome, he almost died of smallpox and returned to England. In London once more, he married and settled as a professional water colourist. His health broke down. His physician advised him to change his surroundings and Fowler left with his wife and children for Upper Canada, where he settled at Amherst Island after a brief tour of the western part of the province.
James Spooner, Toronto
Mr. C.W. Irwin, Toronto
By descent to Mrs. Dalton Wells
G. Blair Laing Ltd., Toronto
Private Collection
Exhibitions:
"Canadian Section of the Colonial and Indian Exhibition", London, from 4 May 1886 (James Spooner loaned three Fowlers titled "Canadian Dead Game")
"Dominion of Canada Industrial Exhibition, Department of Fine Arts", Toronto, 27 August‒12 September 1903, no. 211 or no. 212 as "Game" (loaned by James Spooner)
"Canadian National Exhibition: Department of Fine Arts", Toronto, 26 August‒9 September 1907, no. 73 as "Canadian Game" (loaned by C.W. Irwin)
"Loan Collection of Paintings by Deceased Canadian Artists, Fourth Loan Exhibition", The Art Museum of Toronto, 24 January‒22 February 1911, no. 54 as "Canadian Game" (loaned by C.W. Irwin)
"Retrospective Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Members of the Ontario Society of Artists Covering the First Half-Century of the Society’s History", Art Gallery of Toronto, 11 February‒12 March 1922, no. 54
"Inaugural Exhibition, Art Gallery of Toronto", 1926, no. 213 or no. 222
"Selection of Watercolours by Daniel Fowler", Art Gallery of Toronto, December 1935, no. 208 (loaned by C.W. Irwin)
"Daniel Fowler of Amherst Island", Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston; travelling to the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa and Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, January‒November 1979, no. 55 (loaned by C.W. Irwin)
Literature:
"Dominion of Canada Industrial Exhibition", Department of Fine Arts, Toronto, 1903, no. 211 or no. 212 as "Game", reproduced
Frances K. Smith, "Daniel Fowler of Amherst Island", Kingston, 1979, no. 55, reproduced page 59
Notes:
Born in Down, Kent, England, he showed an early liking for art, although he did not receive encouragement from his parents, who had hopes of him becoming a lawyer. As a boy, he attended a commercial school in Camberwell, London, and later the Unitarian school at Walthamstow, where he received a good classical training and showed an aptitude in mathematics. He spent many hours in the school library and much time at drawing, which was his favourite occupation. At the age of 16, he was articled in the Doctors’ Commons, an association of Doctors of Laws, founded in 1511. Fowler found this field uninteresting and after his father died, he turned to art. A local artist encouraged him and he entered the studio of James Duffield Harding, who was a much-esteemed landscape painter. (Much later, however, Fowler realized that Harding’s training had deprived him of development with colour). At the age of 24, Fowler took a walking tour through Europe and spent much time in Switzerland, Italy, and cities of the Rhine and Moselle districts. In Rome, he almost died of smallpox and returned to England. In London once more, he married and settled as a professional water colourist. His health broke down. His physician advised him to change his surroundings and Fowler left with his wife and children for Upper Canada, where he settled at Amherst Island after a brief tour of the western part of the province.
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