Artwork by Frederick Arthur Verner,  Hunting by Canoe

F.A. Verner
Hunting by Canoe

watercolour on paper, laid down on card
signed and dated 1877 lower right
6.25 x 10.75 ins ( 15.9 x 27.3 cms )

Auction Estimate: $4,000.00$3,000.00 - $4,000.00

Price Realized $3,068.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018

Provenance:
Private Collection, Calgary

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Frederick Arthur Verner
(1836 - 1928) OSA, ARCA

Born in Ontario, Frederick Arthur Verner enrolled at London's Heatherley's Academy in 1856. He served in the British military, first in 1858 in the Yorkshire militia and then in the British Legion in 1860. Two years later, Verner returned to Canada and worked as a photograph colourist, but spent the majority of his time sketching the wilderness and Indian tribal communities in his area. He co-founded the Ontario Society of Artists in 1872 and exhibited regularly with the group until he moved to England in 1880. His romantic Native American genre scenes had gained tremendous popularity overseas. Verner continued to paint in this style, returning to Canada every so often to gain source material.