Bernice Fenwick Martin Paintings

Rushing water of the Muskoka River over the edge of a small waterfall are on display in this oil painting. Celebrating rural life in Canada, Bernice Fenwick Martin uses a feminine pa...

Rushing water of the Muskoka River and its lush shoreline are on display in this oil painting. Celebrating rural life in Canada, Bernice Fenwick Martin uses a feminine palette in her...

Pastel tones make up this beautiful fall landscape. Celebrating rural life in Canada, Bernice Fenwick Martin uses a feminine palette in her mid 20th century paintings that differenti...

Grey smoke wafts from chimneys in this charming early fall oil on canvas scene of downtown Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada, by Bernice Fenwick Martin. Blue and grey cars of a 1930s and 1940s style line the quiet street while a number of people interact, and a man with a package exits a store beneath a yellow sign advertising paint. 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. 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.'s College Street Fine Art Gallery, Casa Loma, and the Guild of All Arts. She also exhibited at the Quebec Museum of Fine Arts, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. The works of Martin may...

This oil painting on canvas by Martin is rooted in the post-Impressionist, atmospheric landscape style associated with J.W. Beatty a forerunner to the Group of Seven. This painting is of Cherry Beach at the foot of Cherry Street on Toronto's outer east harbor on Lake Ontario. Born in Shelburne, Ontario, Martin studied at the Ontario College of Art under noted Canadian artists J.W. Beatty and Franklin Carmichael...