Joseph Archibald Browne

Lot # 105 Joseph Archibald Browne OSA RCA 1862 - 1948 Canadian Serenity oil on canvas signed and dated 1921 and on verso signed and titled 26 x 36 in 66 x 91.4cm Provenance: Private Collection, Toronto Estimate: $3,000 ~ $4,000 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Inc. Toronto

Lot # 109 Joseph Archibald Browne OSA RCA 1862 - 1948 Canadian Gaspé Landscape oil on canvas signed and dated 1915 61 x 42 in 154.9 x 106.7cm Provenance: Collection of Lady Flora Eaton, King, Ontario Acquired at the sale of the Lady Eaton Estate, Ward-Price Auctions,Toronto, November 17, 1971 by the present Private Collection,Toronto Born in England, Joseph Archibald Browne studied at the GlasgowSchool of Art and in Paris. He emigrated to Canada in 1888, takingclasses with William Cruikshank in Toronto. Browne was a foundingmember of the Canadian Art Club in 1907, along with hiscontemporaries James Wilson Morrice, Horatio Walker, Homer Watson,William Brymner and others. The mandate of the group was to holdexhibitions and promote the cause of Canadian art. He was also amember of the Royal Canadian Academy and the Pen and Pencil Club ofMontreal. From 1923 to 1927 Browne lived in Montreal, and from 1927to 1948 in Lancaster, Ontario. He made sketching trips to theLaurentians, and is best known for his romantic landscapes, such asthis ethereal painting with its striking cloud formations and soft,glowing colour. Browne's work is represented in the collections ofboth the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery ofCanada. Estimate: $8,000 ~ $10,000 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Inc. Toronto

Lot # 147 Joseph Archibald Browne OSA RCA 1862 - 1948 Canadian Gaspé Landscape oil on canvas signed and dated 1915 61 x 42 in 154.9 x 106.7cm Provenance: Collection of Lady Flora Eaton, King, Ontario Acquired at the sale of the Lady Eaton Estate, Ward-Price Auctions,Toronto, November 17, 1971 by the present Private Collection,Toronto Born in England, Joseph Archibald Browne studied at the GlasgowSchool of Art and in Paris. He emigrated to Canada in 1888, takingclasses with William Cruikshank in Toronto. Browne was a foundingmember of the Canadian Art Club in 1907, along with hiscontemporaries James Wilson Morrice, Horatio Walker, Homer Watson,William Brymner and others. The mandate of the group was to holdexhibitions and promote the cause of Canadian art. He was also amember of the Royal Canadian Academy and the Pen and Pencil Club ofMontreal. From 1923 to 1927 Browne lived in Montreal, and from 1927to 1948 in Lancaster, Ontario. He made sketching trips to theLaurentians, and is best known for his romantic landscapes, such asthis ethereal painting with its striking cloud formations and soft,glowing colour. Browne's work is represented in the collections ofboth the Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery ofCanada.

LOT #019 Artist: JOSEPH ARCHIBALD BROWNE ~ [1862-1948] Canadian Title: Untitled - Trees on the River Media: oil on canvas 25.25 x 36 x in. / 64 x 91 cm. Dated: 1912 Notes: signed and dated lower right; framed; some restoration noted Provenance: Foster / Spafford Ricci Conservation, label verso ESTIMATE: $4,000/5,000

Joseph Archibald Browne OSA RCA 1862 - 1948 Canadian on verso signed, dated January 29th, 1936 and inscribed "To Georgina and Bruce Robson, with good wishes of the wedding day, from Archibald & Helen Browne" 12 x 16 in 30.5 x 40.6cm Provenance: By descent to a Private Collection, Toronto Private Collection, Vancouver Estimate: $2,000 ~ $3,000 CAD Preview at: Heffel Fine Art Auction House Vancouver