YOHO VALLEY

pastel on paper

14.5 x 19.5 in. (36.8 x 49.5 cm)

Price Realized:

1287.00 CAD.

INCLUDES BUYER’S PREMIUM

Notes:

signed lower right
Reference: “Roland Gissing: The Peoples’ Painter”; Foran & Houlton, The University of Calgary Press; 1988

Note: During the late 1920s, Gissing was working in pastel (and some watercolour) under the tutelage of Leonard Richmond, a prominent British artist painting locally for the CPR. Gissing’s work of the time impressed Ernie Richardson, then manager of the Calgary Stampede & Exhibition. He granted Gissing a one-man show, which was held February 1929 at the Calgary Public Library in Central Park. Gissing selected 52 of his favourite works for this exhibit, which was received with such enthusiasm that a second show was held later that year by art dealer Jack Booth. Shortly following these early successes, Gissing transitioned to oils, leaving behind few of these rare works in the body of a decades-long career.