Georgia Bay Ontario Impressionist Landscape Painting By William A Drake. 1976

Description: For sale is a superb painting by the Ontario Canada And New York Post Impressionist Landscape artist William Alexander Drake. (1891 - 1979) Provenance: Private Art collection: Larchmont , Westchester County, New York This painting features a lovely Post Impressionist view of a quaint inlet on the shoreline of Georgia Bay in Ontario Canada Georgian Bay is a large bay of Lake Huron, in the Laurentia bioregion. It is located entirely within the borders of Ontario, Canada. Done is gorgeous pastel colors of oil paint in wonderfully executed post impressionist brushstrokes. Just a beautiful impressionist painting. The painting is signed by the artist lower left and dated 1976. Unframed as pictured. Would look incredible in a gold gilded Plein air picture frame. Condition: Good. Small area of surface grime top left. Right edge canvas exposure (see pic). Measurements: 10” x 12” Born in Toronto Canada Drake studied at the Ontario College of Art He painted in a post impressionist style for much of his career and won several “All Canada Exposition” awards for his paintings. After some time he left Ontario for New York City where he became a staff artist for NBC Studios painting many of the set designs and backdrops. He also worked on many Broadway plays as the Artistic Supervisor Becoming a member of the United Scenic Arts Union. He painted throughout his career and returned to Ontario often to paint. He painted in a post impressionistic style which had very bold colorful thick brush strokes. His pallet was often lush pastel colors in thick impasto strokes. Drake painted primarily in oils but also produced some lovely Watercolor works as well He passed away in 1979 in New Jersey and was buried in his native Ontario Canada at Roches Point. An area he captured quite often in his paintings.

Price: 337.5 USD

Location: Kingston, New York

End Time: 2024-11-08T21:16:01.000Z

Shipping Cost: 20 USD