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16.5 cms x 26.7 cms (6.5 ins x 10.5 ins)
Signed and dated 1859 lower right
made in 1859
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Jun 25, 2024.
Lot 45175
Lot 45175
Estimate: CAD $1,500 - $2,500
Realised: CAD $1,200
Realised: CAD $1,200
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Sotheby's Canada, auction, Toronto, 11 November 1980, lot 95
Private Collection, South Carolina
Notes:
Born in Suffolk, England, Frederick Samuel Barnjum settled in Montréal Quebec in the 1850's. During his lifetime, Barnjum was both a painter and an educator. Barnjum was an active painter from 1858 to 1866, creating both oil and water colour paintings of genre scenes and Quebec landscapes. Barnjum's artworks can currently be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Library and Archives Canada, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Following his brief career in the arts, Barnjum would achieve a lasting legacy as an educator at McGill University in the department of physical education. Barnjum would host regular gym classes at a rented gymnasium for McGill students. This program transformed into the Gymnastics Club, later becoming the Montréal Amateur Athletics Association which is currently Canada's oldest athletic association.
Sotheby's Canada, auction, Toronto, 11 November 1980, lot 95
Private Collection, South Carolina
Notes:
Born in Suffolk, England, Frederick Samuel Barnjum settled in Montréal Quebec in the 1850's. During his lifetime, Barnjum was both a painter and an educator. Barnjum was an active painter from 1858 to 1866, creating both oil and water colour paintings of genre scenes and Quebec landscapes. Barnjum's artworks can currently be found in the collections of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, the Library and Archives Canada, the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Following his brief career in the arts, Barnjum would achieve a lasting legacy as an educator at McGill University in the department of physical education. Barnjum would host regular gym classes at a rented gymnasium for McGill students. This program transformed into the Gymnastics Club, later becoming the Montréal Amateur Athletics Association which is currently Canada's oldest athletic association.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) 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.