March - Mount Nemo
71.09 cms x 92.1 cms (28 ins x 36.25 ins)
Signed lower left
Lot offered for sale by Cowley Abbott, Toronto at the auction event "Online Auction of Canadian Artwork" held on Wed, Nov 28, 2018.
Lot 32123
Lot 32123
Realised: CAD $7,670
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
Provenance:
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
67th Annual Spring Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, March 14 - April 9, 1950
77th Annual Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, 1949
Notes:
Born in 1909, Tom Roberts was the grandson of Samuel Roberts, founder of the Roberts Gallery in 1842. Spending a lot of time in the gallery during his youth, Tom Roberts resolved at an early age to become an artist. He studied art at Toronto's Central Technical School and at the Ontario College of art under such well-known artists as J.W. Beatty and Fred Haines. His influences included Beatty and the Group of Seven. While in military service during the Second World War, he portrayed army life in pencil and watercolour sketches. After the war he painted landscapes at many locations as he travelled across the country. In the mid-1980s he held over 30 solo exhibitions in Toronto alone.
Private Collection, Ontario
Exhibitions:
67th Annual Spring Exhibition, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, March 14 - April 9, 1950
77th Annual Exhibition, Ontario Society of Artists, 1949
Notes:
Born in 1909, Tom Roberts was the grandson of Samuel Roberts, founder of the Roberts Gallery in 1842. Spending a lot of time in the gallery during his youth, Tom Roberts resolved at an early age to become an artist. He studied art at Toronto's Central Technical School and at the Ontario College of art under such well-known artists as J.W. Beatty and Fred Haines. His influences included Beatty and the Group of Seven. While in military service during the Second World War, he portrayed army life in pencil and watercolour sketches. After the war he painted landscapes at many locations as he travelled across the country. In the mid-1980s he held over 30 solo exhibitions in Toronto alone.
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.