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Accession Number 1950.2 Title Foothill Country Object Type painting Artist Brown, Annora View People Details » Date Made date unknown Culture/Nationality Canadian Materials oil on canvas Measurements frame: 71.1 cm x 79.4 cm Description

"Foothill Country, I know was exhibited at the Ontario Society of Artists annual exhibition and perhaps in Montreal too. In those days Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa were the only places an artist from the west could…

"Foothill Country, I know was exhibited at the Ontario Society of Artists annual exhibition and perhaps in Montreal too. In those days Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa were the only places an artist from the west could show paintings, especially an artist from a small town. My special interest in those days was in the intense light and the strength of the prairie scene." (Annora Brown, 1971)

Read More + Credit Line The Emma Read Newton Collection