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Bernice Fenwick Martin, Laurentian Hills, c. 1940
Estimate:
CA$2,200 - CA$2,400
Sold
CA$1,560
Timed Auction
Oeno Gallery – Vente en ligne Printemps 2022 / Spring 2022 Online Auction
ARTIST
Bernice Fenwick Martin
Size
26,7 × 34,9 cm / 10.5 × 13.75 in
Description
Water and atmospheric hills rise to meet billowing clouds in this Eastern Ontario landscape by Bernice Martin. This painting is unframed. Signature is at the lower left. Born in Shelburne, Ontario, Bernice Fenwick Martin (1902-1999) studied at the Ontario College of Art under noted Canadian artists J.W. Beatty and Franklin Carmichael. After the death of Beatty in 1941, she found friendship in Peter Clapham Sheppard with whom she studied and worked until his death in 1965. Working in oil, watercolour and woodcut, Martin focuses on scenes such as the Toronto harbour, still life, and Northern landscapes with particular concentration on the Muskoka, Haliburton, and Algonquin Park regions of Ontario. Martin's works have been exhibited at the Royal Canadian Academy from 1945-1947, the T. Eaton Co.'s College Street Fine Art Gallery, Casa Loma, the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Her paintings may be found in many private, corporate, and public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada.
Condition
Non encadrée / Not framed
Medium
Huile sur panneau / Oil on board
Signature
Signée au bas à gauche; titrée et datée au dos / Signed lower left; titled and dated on verso
Provenance
Collection particulière / Private Collection, Ontario