Artist Joachim George Gauthier
Title Evening Woodland, Near Barry's Bay
Media oil on wood board
Dated
1960
Size 11.75 x 14.5 in. / 29.8 x 36.8 cm.
Frame Size 18.5 x 22.75 x 2.5 in.
Sold $850
Estimate $900 - $1,200
Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated verso; bears inscription 'presented to A.J. Lomas by Sampson-Matthews Limited on Retirement, October 14, 1964' on paper attached verso; framed
Biographical Information
Joachim George Gauthier ~ [1897-1988] Canadian OSA, RCA
see His Life - His Works: Joachim Gauthier [1897-1988], Libby's of Toronto Art Gallery; included in The Adaskin Art Collection, by K.Niwa, pg.35, Maltwood Art Museum; biographies in Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2, pg.260 and Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.7, Westbridge Pub., 2000; exhibition list in R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.145; the artist was commissioned by the McMichael Collection to paint the Group of Seven members as illustrations for their books; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website