Artist Nicholas J. Bott
Title Old and New Hazelton B.C.
Media oil on canvas
Dated
1996
Size 24 x 36 in. / 61 x 91.4 cm.
Frame Size 35 x 46.75 x 2 in.
Sold $6,500
Estimate $3,500 - $4,500
Notes
signed lower right; titled and dated verso; framed
Provenance
private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Nicholas J. Bott ~ [1941-2021] Canadian
Nicholas was born in Holland and at the age of seventeen moved to Canada and settled in Smithers, where he fell in love with the scenic beauty of the British Columbia landscape. He spent many days on remote mountain slopes, some locations accessible only by helicopter.
For more biographical information and examples see artist's website at Nicholas Bott and Madrona Gallery; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.1, pg.38, Westbridge Pub., 1999; 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 at Artists in Canada; represented by Madrona Gallery, Victoria