FRANKLIN PELEG BROWNELL (1857-1946) R.C.A., O.S.A., CANADIAN PASTEL ORIGINAL ART

Description: This is a rare example of Franklin Peleg Brownell's work in pastel, titled "Cattle Grazing in the Gatineau" and initialled in the bottom right corner of the work. The framed has an engraved plaque centered at the bottom, and the work is triple matted within the frame. The alternative descriptive title for this work as described by Waddington's Joyner Canadian Art Auction is "Gatineau Scene". The owner of this work states that it was purchased from a private collector in late 2016, who had bought the painting from Waddington's Toronto art auction in 2009. According to Invaluable, this painting was also offered for sale in Calgary in 2009 by Hodgin's Art Auctions Ltd. after being sold by Peter Ohler's Vancouver auction house in July, 2004. The unframed dimensions of this work are 9" high x 12 1/4" wide. The framed dimensions of this work are 20" high x 23" wide x 2" thick. ***Contact me for a shipping quote to anywhere other than Canada or mainland USA so I can provide accurate pricing.*** Provenance (Source: Public Auction Records)????-2004 Peter Ohler Fine Arts Ltd., Vancouver. 2004-2009 Private Collection, Calgary. 2009-2009 Hodgins Art Auctions Ltd., Calgary.2009-2009 Waddington's, Toronto. 2009-2016 Private Collection, Toronto.2016-Now Private Collection, Picton. All information below this point was taken from the Franklin Brownell Wikipedia page for reference, all credit goes to them and their references which are also provided below (wiki/Franklin_Brownell). BiographyBrownell studied at the Boston Tufts School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1879 and at the Académie Julian in Paris from 1880 to 1883 under Adolphe William Bouguereau, Tony Robert-Fleury and Léon Bonnat. There he met fellow expatriate and Canadian painter William Brymner. After spending some time in Montreal, Brownell moved to Ottawa in 1886 to take up the position of Headmaster of the Ottawa School of Art until 1900. He accepted the same position as headmaster between 1900 and 1937 with the Women’s Art Association in Ottawa, later renamed the Art Association of Ottawa. Among his students Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Henri Masson and Robert Tait McKenzie. Brownell was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1895, and Ontario Society of Artists (1899–1907). Brownell had painted in the Antilles around 1913 and undertook a number of painting trips to the Gaspé and Gatineau regions of Quebec, to the Algonquin Park and other areas around Ottawa in Ontario. Brownell was a founding member of the Canadian Art Club in Toronto in 1907. Besides landscapes, he also produced portraits, flower studies, marine and genre scenes in oil, watercolour and pastel. Exhibitions1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition1900 he won a bronze medal at the Paris World's Fair exhibition for the photographer1904, Louisiana Purchase Exhibition, St Louis,In 1922, he was honored with a retrospective exhibition of his work at the National Gallery of Canada.1924–25, British Empire Exhibition, 1924–25 CollectionsNational Gallery of CanadaWinnipeg Art GalleryMusée d’Orsay References"BROWNELL, Franklin Peleg (1856 - 1946), Painter : Benezit Dictionary of Artists". oxfordindex.oup.com. Retrieved 2016-11-20.ROBERT STACEY. "Peleg Franklin Brownell - The Canadian Encyclopedia". thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-20.Musée des beaux-arts du Canada accessdate 2016-11-20"Art Search | Winnipeg Art Gallery". wag.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-20."Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Artiste". musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 2016-11-20.

Price: 12000 CAD

Location: Picton, Ontario

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Shipping Cost: 74.17 CAD