Artist Roland Gissing
Title Near Kew
Media oil on canvas board
Dated
1960
Size 14 x 17.5 in. / 35.6 x 44.4 cm.
Frame Size 20 x 23.75 x 1.5 in.
Notes
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated on artist's label verso; framed
Reference
lot includes Roland Gissing: The Peoples' Painter by Max Foran and Nonie Houlton, published by The University of Calgary Press, 1988)
Provenance
from the Estate of Dr. Joan Snyder, a prominent Calgary philanthropist; proceeds from this work will help fulfill Joan's wishes to support the University of Calgary. To read more about Dr. Joan Snyder, visit the University of Calgary's Memoriam
Biographical Information
Roland Gissing ~ [1895-1967] Canadian ASA
for biographical information and examples of work see artist's website at www.rolandgissing.com
see Roland Gissing, The People's Painter, by M.Foran, UofC Press, 1988
biography and other examples in
Dict. of Canadian Artists, by C.MacDonald, Vol.2 pg.278
Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.12, Westbridge Pub., 2000;
The Alberta Society of Artists: Sixty Years, by M.Joslin, E.A.G., 1992
Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955
Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexikon, Band 55, pg. 369, K.G. Saur Verlag Munchen-Leipzig, 1983-2009
exhibition lists in
R.C.A.A., by E.McMann, pg.149
M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.145
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]