W. Garnet Hazard (1903-1987) - Mixed Flowers

Mixed Flowers

watercolour on paper
48.9 cms x 63.5 cms (19.25 ins x 25 ins)
Signed lower left, titled on label verso, framed
Lot offered for sale by Saskatchewan NAC, Regina at the auction event "Affordable Art Auction - Saskatchewan And Canadian Art" held on Sat, Jul 10, 2021.
Lot 71
Estimate: CAD $400 - $600
Realised: CAD $112

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Richardson Bros. (Winnipeg) and Region Fine Arts Gallery (Winnipeg) labels verso
Notes:
Saskatchewan NAC bio: Garnet Hazard was born in 1903 in Wallaceburg, Ontario, but he grew up on a farm in rural Saskatchewan. He took art classes in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, before earning his teacher's certificate there at Moose Jaw Teachers' College. He taught at schools in rural Saskatchewan before mvoing to the United States to pursue his art studies. Hazard attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, studying with Carl Werntz (1924) and the American Academy of fine Arts (Chicago, 1925), studying with Harry Timmins. He later attended the Phoenix Arts Institute in New York City, where he studied with Franklin Booth and Thomas Fogarty. Hazard returned to Saskatchewan, settling in Regina to serve as Director of Art Education at Regina Technical School (later Balfour Technical Collegiate), a position he held from 1928 to 1939 and where one of his students was the now-distinguished stained glass artist Mary Filer. Hazard later worked as a lecturer for the Navy League of Canada (1942-1945) and for thirteen years as an instructor at the Carnegie Institute in Chicago (1955-1968). Hazard enjoyed seeing other parts of the world and as a young man did extensive traveling on a tramp steamer, an experience that he later drew on in his paintings and drawings. His work has been exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions. Of his work, Hazard said, "...If my art enables others to appreciate the natural beauty of Canada and the other countries I have visited, then my life has not been a waste." Hazard lived in Owen Sound and Fallbrook, Ontario, before settling in Perth, Ontario. Garnet Hazard died in Perth, Ontario, in 1987.
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 Saskatchewan NAC auction house for permission to use.
Mixed Flowers by artist W. Garnet Hazard