Houses on a Hill
35.6 cms x 48.3 cms (14 ins x 19 ins)
Signed and dated 1958 lower right
made in 1958
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Peaks to Prairies: Art of Western Canada (Online Auction)" held on Tue, Mar 21, 2023.
Lot 43231
Lot 43231
Estimate: CAD $500 - $1,000
Realised: CAD $480
Realised: CAD $480
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Calgary
Notes:
For the most part a self taught artist, Janet Mitchell studied at night at the Institute of Technology and Art, Calgary, and attended summer workshops at the Banff School of Fine Arts where in 1959 she studied with Gordon Smith. Her worked was influenced by the Group of Seven. She was mainly a watercolour artist but also worked in oil. From 1949 she exhibited in a number of solo exhibitions in Calgary and Toronto. Her work is held at the National Gallery of Canada as well as in some university collections. She was a member of the Alberta Society of Artists and Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.
Private Collection, Calgary
Notes:
For the most part a self taught artist, Janet Mitchell studied at night at the Institute of Technology and Art, Calgary, and attended summer workshops at the Banff School of Fine Arts where in 1959 she studied with Gordon Smith. Her worked was influenced by the Group of Seven. She was mainly a watercolour artist but also worked in oil. From 1949 she exhibited in a number of solo exhibitions in Calgary and Toronto. Her work is held at the National Gallery of Canada as well as in some university collections. She was a member of the Alberta Society of Artists and Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour.
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