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On the St. Clair Flats by Lucius Richard O'Brien

Artwork by Lucius Richard O'Brien, On the St. Clair Flats

Lucius O’Brien
On the St. Clair Flats

watercolour
signed and dated 1876 lower right; titled on the mounting card
5.75 x 11 ins ( 14.6 x 27.9 cms ) ( sheet )

Auction Estimate: $1,200.00$800.00 - $1,200.00

Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023

Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto

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Lucius Richard O'Brien
(1832 - 1899) OSA, PRCA

HighlightsWatch Artist

Lucius O'Brien was born in 1832 in Shanty Bay, Ontario. He studied at Upper Canada College and worked as a civil engineer until 1872 at which time he devoted himself to painting. O'Brien excelled at landscape painting, both in oil and watercolour, and his subject matter spans locations across the country. O'Brien served as vice-president to the Ontario Society of Artists, was the founding president of the Royal Canadian Academy (1880), and contributed a large number of drawings to Picturesque Canada (1882) of which he was the editor.