Artist Arthur Lismer
Title Untitled - Forest Floor
Media oil on wood board
Size 17.75 x 14 in. / 45.1 x 35.6 cm.
Frame Size 23.75 x 19.75 x 2 in.
Notes
signed lower left; framed
Reference
Lismer first travelled west to Lake O'Hara area in 1928 and again in 1935 on a lecture tour under the auspices of the National Gallery of Canada. He also travelled to Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver and Victoria. - on page 23 in Canadian Jungle: The Later Works of Arthur Lismer by Dennis Reid, published by Art Gallery of Ontario, 1985)
Provenance
Galerie Bernard Desroches, Montreal, copy of appraisal from 1988 attached verso
Biographical Information
Arthur Lismer ~ [1885-1969] Canadian CSPWC, OSA, RCA
see Arthur Lismer Paintings 1913-1949, by S.Key, Art Gallery of Toronto, 1950; September Gale, a Study of Arthur Lismer, by J.McLeish, Dent and Sons, 1955; Bright Land - A Warm Look at Arthur Lismer, by L.Darroch, Merritt Pub., 1981; Arthur Lismer Nova Scotia, 1916-1919, by G.Kelly, Dalhousie Art Gallery, 1983; Canadian Jungle: the Later Works of Arthur Lismer, by D.Reid, A.G.O., 1985; A New Angle on Canadian Art, by I.Thom, McMichael Canadian Collection, 1985; N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.172; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.244; biography in Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 6, pg.694; The Group of Seven in Western Canada, by C.Mastin, pg.44; 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