Artist Eltje Degenhart
Title Parks West End
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated
2006
Size 23.75 x 35.5 in. / 60.3 x 90.2 cm.
Frame Size 36.25 x 48 x 1 in.
Sold $850
Estimate $1,000 - $1,500
Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated verso; framed
Provenance
Gainsborough Galleries, Calgary, label verso; private collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
Eltje Degenhart ~ [1946-2015] Canadian
Degenhart was born in Holland in 1946. He moved with his family to Canada in 1951, settling in Weyburn, Saskatchewan. As a child, Degenhart showed interest in art, and eventually he studied art at the Alberta College of Art and the University of Regina. At the latter institution, he studied under Ted Godwin, Art McKay, and Joe Fafard as he earned a degree in Art Education (1972); Degenhart taught art at Weyburn Comprehensive School for 27 years. (Source: http://www.sknac.ca/index.php?page=ArtistDetail&id=266)
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