Near Scarborough Bluffs ( 1875 ) By Frederick Arthur Verner

Original Watercolour (23 x 12 inches, 32 x 20 outside of the framing)

Signed and dated lower right

1836-1928, ARCA, OSA

PRICE $2000.00

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Born in Ontario, Frederick Arthur Verner enrolled at London’s Hatherley’s Academy in 1856. He served in the British military, first in 1858 in the Yorkshire militia and then in the British Legion in 1860. Two years later, Verner returned to Canada and worked as a photograph colourist but spent the majority of his time sketching the wilderness and Indian tribal communities in his area. He co-founded the Ontario Society of Artists in 1872 and exhibited regularly with the group until he moved to England in 1880.

By 1874, Frederick Arthur Verner (1836-1928) had hit his stride professionally. Joan Murray writes: “He could devote himself full time to painting and by the spring of 1875 had produced a surprising amount of new work. Among his paintings were his first subjects of evening or night…” This watercolour dates to 1875, and falls within a period of outstanding accomplishment for Verner. Between 1873 and 1876, Verner brought to his painting a greater truthfulness, attention to detail, drama and confidence than he had previously demonstrated. In today’s vernacular, Verner was in “the zone”. This painting, like so many other great works from this period, displays Verner’s “mystical use of distance”.

Paintings by Frederick Arthur Verner have sold for up to $190,000.00 (2015)