Joyner’s Canadian Art Auction, 1st Session

November 25, 2008

LOT 31

Lot 31

JOSEPH DYNES

JOSEPH DYNES
Lot 31 Details
JOSEPH DYNES

PASTORAL LANDSCAPE WITH CATTLE AND SHEEP

oil on canvas
signed and dated 1866
18 ins x 30 ins; 45 cms x 75 cms

Estimate $3,000-$4,000

Realised: $3,105
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

Lot Report

Provenance:

Paul Duval, Toronto.
Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary.

Literature:

William C. Forsey, The Ontario Community Collects: a survey of Canadian painting from 1766 to the present, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, 1975, 72.

Note:

Forsey writes that Dynes was typical of the many journeymen artists who worked in Canada throughout the nineteenth century and concludes that many of his paintings “possess a naive charm which appeals strongly to present day taste.”

CONDITION DETAILS

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