Artist William [Bill] Duma
Title Looking East
Media oil on canvas
Dated
1985
Size 24 x 32 in. / 61 x 81.3 cm.
Frame Size 32.25 x 40.25 x 1.5 in.
Sold $2,000
Estimate $1,000 - $2,000
Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; framed
Provenance
private collection, British Columbia
Biographical Information
William [Bill] Duma ~ [b.1936] Canadian ASA, RCA
During Duma's many years as a painter he participated in numerous one-man and group shows throughout Canada and abroad. His work is represented in many major public, corporate and private collections in Canada, USA and Europe such as The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Massey Foundation Ottawa, the BC Government Collection, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask., Alberta House in England and Japan, the Nickel Arts Museum, Edmonton Art Gallery, University of Alberta and the Glenbow Museum. (Source: www.albertasocietyofartists.com/bill-duma/)
see Founders of the A.C.A. by L.Greenfield, pg.79 for biography and another example of the artist's work; Shell Canada Collection, by B.Shammas, pg.12, Shell Canada, Calgary, 1977; included in Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.90, UofC Press; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.98, Westbridge Pub., 1999; chosen for the Artist of the Year, 2002 by Trout Unlimited Canada, Calgary