The Birch Screen (Lake of Bays) by George Thomson
George Thomson
The Birch Screen (Lake of Bays)
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: August 17th 2021
Provenance:
John Britnell Art Galleries, Ltd., Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
John Britnell Art Galleries, Ltd., Toronto
Private Collection, Toronto
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George Thomson
(1868 - 1965) OSA
Born near Claremont, Ontario, George was the elder brother of Tom Thomson. He studied law at the University of Washington, Seattle in 1901. From 1906, he studied at the Art Students League in New York and Old Lyme, Connecticut. He eventually moved to Owen Sound, Ontario to pursue landscape painting.
