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FINE ART FEATURE: John Arthur Fraser
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John Arthur Fraser (January 1838 –January 1898) was an English artist, photography entrepreneur and teacher. He undertook various paintings for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He is known for his highly realistic landscapes of Canada and the United States, many of them watercolor paintings. His work was praised for its photographic realism, attention to detail and mastery of colour and light.
Later Years
In the spring on 1888 Fraser returned to Britain, visited Scotland and Kent, then worked on his pictures in London until his health failed in the summer of 1889. The Royal Academy of Arts accepted one of his Scottish water colours for their 1889 exhibition. Fraser and his wife then settled in New York City, and in 1890 he began to exhibit at the Society of American Artists, the New York Watercolor Club and the National Academy of Design. He mostly showed his British water colours but included a few American subjects. He also exhibited in Boston and Canada, and in 1891 at the Paris Salon. He was on the board of the New York Watercolor Club in 1893–94, and of the American Watercolor Society in 1894–95. Some of his work was auctioned in Toronto in October 1897. Fraser died in New York City on 1 January 1898.
Relatively few of Fraser's paintings have survived. Some are held by the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), and smaller collections are held by the Beaverbrook Art Gallery (Fredericton), Montreal Museum of Fine Arts,Art Gallery of Hamilton (Hamilton, Ontario),Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Reference Library, Museum London (London, Ontario) and the Glenbow Museum (Calgary).
The first three paintings only belong to John Arthur Fraser.
John Arthur Fraser (1838 - 1898) British Canadian
‘Red River Carts’
‘Mount Stephen, near Leanchoile’
‘Mount Stephen, near Leanchoile’
Watercolour on paper 13.25 x 24”
Signed lower right
Labels:
Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal
Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
Willistead Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
L Elsie Perrin Williams Memorial Art Gallery, London, Ontario
‘Mount Stephen, near Leanchoile’
‘Mount Stephen, near Leanchoile’
‘Mount Stephen, near Leanchoile’
Watercolour on paper 26 x 37”
Signed lower right
Labels:
(2) of National Gallery of Canada ( Our Own Country Canada, Notre Patrie le Canada )
(1) of the Musee des Beaux-Arts du Montreal ( Our Own Country Canada, Notre Patrie le Canada )
(1) of W. Scott & Sons, Montreal
Unidentified fragmentary exhibition
(1 ) Reading:
Mount Stephen near Leanchoile
Canadian Pacific Railway
Artist: John A Fraser, R.C.A.
Owner: Sir Geo Stephen
(2) Stickers:
identifying the owners as Mr and Mrs. G. Gordon Baxter, Pointe Claire, Quebec
Frame bears a plaque dating the work to 1887
‘Perce Rock’
‘Mount Stephen, near Leanchoile’
‘Logging Sledge in Winter’
Watercolour on paper
11.25 x 19.5”
Signed and dated lower left.
1880
‘Logging Sledge in Winter’
‘Loch Goil Head, Argyllshire’
‘Logging Sledge in Winter’
Farquhar McGillivray Strachan Stewart Knowles (1859-1932)
Canadian
Oil on panel 9.5 x 14”
Signed lower left
Labels: Gerard Gorce and Continental Galleries, Montreal
‘Loch Goil Head, Argyllshire’
‘Loch Goil Head, Argyllshire’
‘Loch Goil Head, Argyllshire’
Francis E. Jamieson (1895-1950) British
Oil on canvas 18 x 30”
Signed lower right
‘Hauling Logs in Winter’
‘Loch Goil Head, Argyllshire’
‘Loch Goil Head, Argyllshire’
Paul Archibald Caron (1874-1941) Canadian
Watercolour on paper
10.5 x1 4.75”
Signed lower right
Label: Gerard Gorce, Montreal
‘Still Life with Figure of a Deer’
‘Still Life with Figure of a Deer’
Cecile Crepeau (20th c.)
Canadian
Oil on panel 24 x 24”
Signed lower right
Dated 1936
‘Highland Lake’
‘Still Life with Figure of a Deer’
David Watts (active mid 19th c.) Scottish
Oil on canvas 15.5 x1 1.75”
1930
Signed and dated lower left
‘Autographs'
Testimonial Cartouche of Autographs Ink on paper 9 x 4”
Montreal, 1850
The significance of this item is the fourth signature from the top and the third signature from the bottom.
‘Mount Royal’
‘Mount Royal’
Unidentified Artist
Oil on panel
5.5 x 75”
Signed lower right real
‘Mount Royal’
‘Mount Royal’
‘Mount Royal’
Reverse of the frame of the image to the left
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