Maud Lewis

Two Skiers

1962

‘Spring, glorious spring’ is celebrated in all its fresh, bright colour in this delightful painting by Ciba Karisik. A path invites the viewer to wander into the woods and experience...

A stand of birch trees—their distinctive white bark playing against a backdrop of verdant green. This is the work of Ciba Karisik. He is known for his highly realistic portraits of b...

Romantic landscape, oil on panel. A saw mill is viewed from across a rapid river in this delightful scene near Woodbridge, Ontario, by Bernice Martin. Title, date on verso. This painting is unframed. Woodbridge, Ontario, is a settlement named in 1855 after a wooden bridge that crossed the Humber River as an entry point into the town. Martin's work is rooted in the post-Impressionist, atmospheric landscape style made well known by J.W. Beatty a forerunner to the Group of Seven. “I look back on my life and my painting hours were the happiest. I’d spend long hours and forget time…my time was always measured by the passage of light.” —Bernice Fenwick Martin Born in Shelburne, Ontario, Bernice Martin 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 with until his death in 1965. Working in oil, watercolor and woodcut, Martin focused on local scenes such as the Toronto harbor, small towns in Ontario and Northern landscapes including Muskoka, Haliburton, and Algonquin Park regions of Ontario. Martin’s works were showcased at the Royal Canadian Academy from 1945-1947 and displayed in solo exhibitions in Toronto galleries throughout her career at T. Eaton Co...

This realistic oil landscape painting is by an artist whose work is collected internationally. The peace of a forest glade, the sun filtered through leaf...

An artist who knew the vessels he painted firsthand, Baltimore artist Otto Muhlenfeld has captured the Great Lakes Steam Tug CALUMET in a colorful, working profile. Her American Ensi...

Trucks in the City by African American, Folk, Self-Taught, Florida, Outsider Art Purvis Young Urban Young was an American artist from Miami....

Early 20th century Folk Art Impressionist oil on board view of a farmhouse. Initial signed but artist unknown and dated 1924 to the bottom right. Presented in a really beautiful peri...

French Impressionist oil on board of a wooded landscape presented in a period carved wood gilt and patinated frame with trade label to the reverse for a gallery in Grenoble. A charm...