Artist Nicholas J. Bott
Title Melting Snow in Mountains
Media oil on wood board
Size 11.25 x 15.25 in. / 28.6 x 38.7 cm.
Frame Size 16 x 20 x 2 in.
Notes
signed lower right; bears title on gallery label verso; framed
Provenance
Diana Paul Galleries, Calgary, label verso; 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