Ernest Caven Atkins (1907-2000) - Beausejour Morn

Beausejour Morn

brown pencil on paper
1,931 cms (760.24 ins)
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Little Pictures (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Oct 26, 2021.
Lot 38501
Realised: CAD $600

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto
Notes:
Ernest Caven Atkins was born in London, Ontario in 1907. He studied in Chicago at Meyer Both Commercial Art School in 1924. From 1925 to 1928 he studied under Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald at the Winnipeg School of Art. He taught painting at Queen’s University in 1943 and at the Ontario College of Art in 1945. An authority on painting media he wrote an article for Canadian Art magazine on the cautions to be exercised when using wax, distemper, fresco, egg tempera, oil and watercolours.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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Beausejour Morn by artist Ernest Caven Atkins