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Backyard With Fence, James Street, Ottawa by John Kasyn

Artwork by John Kasyn, Backyard With Fence, James Street, Ottawa

John Kasyn
Backyard With Fence, James Street, Ottawa

oil on board
signed and dated 1974 lower right; signed, titled and dated 1974 on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )

Auction Estimate: $6,000.00$4,000.00 - $6,000.00

Price Realized $7,200.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016

Provenance:
Wallack Galleries, Ottawa
Private Collection, Ottawa
Literature:
Emerich Kaspar, “Kasyn”, Toronto, 1982, unpaginated
Born in Poland, Kasyn immigrated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1938 and received art training at the Winnipeg Museum of Fine Art before studying at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. A member of the Ontario Society of Artists, the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, and recipient of the Gold Medal at the Annual Exhibition of the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour of London, Ontario in 1966, Kasyn is best known for his paintings of housing, sometimes focusing upon the back of the homes. His works evoke a nostalgia in the authenticity of his depictions of the historic Late Edwardian style of homes in Canadian city centres. “Backyard with Fence, James Street, Ottawa” exemplifies the quintessential Canadiana of city housing built in Ontario at the turn of the twentieth century. Noted art dealer Emerich Kaspar explains: “Kasyn, a realist, finds himself drawn to the underside of life, and without being a sensationalist, elicits this by painting parts of the city, ignored by all those who live there.”


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John Kasyn
(1926 - 2008) OSA

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John Kasyn was born in Poland in 1926 and came to Winnipeg in 1938. He began his artistic training at the Winnipeg Museum while in public school. His education was furthered at both the Ontario College of Art and Central Polytechnic - both in Toronto. It was in Toronto where he gained a love for the old houses and buildings which became the subject of much of his work. Kasyn’s paintings are part of many public and private collections across Canada and are valued for both their artistic merit and the nostalgic documentation they maintain of historic buildings in Toronto.