signed lower right; titled on the stretcher; sold together with a watercolour of the same subject (estate stamp on the reverse; unframed - 5 ins x 7 ins)
20 × 25 in (50.8 × 63.5 cm)
Auction Estimate:$8,000 - $12,000
Sale date:May 31, 2016
Price Realized
$6,900
(including Buyer's Premium)
Provenance
Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, Ontario
Studying under John William Beatty at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design between 1912 and 1914, Sheppard was influenced by his teachers in his painting practice. Using vibrant and fresh colours coupled with bold brush work, particularly in his wilderness landscapes, the artist was in keeping with the avant-garde landscape genre in Canada. Traveling throughout Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, Sheppard often sketched the Canadian landscape, later producing canvases in his distinctive style.
