A lake scene with trees to the left, water in the foreground, and mountains and more trees in the background.Title is in top left corner: “A Flat in Caribou Country”Other writing throughout denoting colour scheme.
A lake scene with trees to the left, water in the foreground, and mountains and more trees in the background.Title is in top left corner: “A Flat in Caribou Country”Other writing throughout denoting colour scheme.
A pencil drawing of a castle with battlements topped with various nations’ flags, possibly American, British, and French. At the top is the title ICE PALACE.
A pencil drawing of a castle with battlements topped with various nations’ flags, possibly American, British, and French. At the top is the title ICE PALACE.
Valley area centre with mountains on either side, rocks in foreground right, four trees on mountain side right, one large tree on same plane as other trees left, mountains from a V in distance, valley continues at the base of the V.“Sketching Lake Louise was de rigour for artists in Canada in the f…
Valley area centre with mountains on either side, rocks in foreground right, four trees on mountain side right, one large tree on same plane as other trees left, mountains from a V in distance, valley continues at the base of the V.“Sketching Lake Louise was de rigour for artists in Canada in the first decades of the twentieth century. Collings chose an unusual view looking down towards the lake through a narrow, sinuous valley. The resulting “starburst” composition is contained by uncompromisingly vertical trees on either side.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Pencil and ink drawing of a map of Manitoba with rivers, lakes and urban centres labeled. [Below drawing, surrounded by circle of short marks] MAP of MANITOBA
Pencil and ink drawing of a map of Manitoba with rivers, lakes and urban centres labeled. [Below drawing, surrounded by circle of short marks] MAP of MANITOBA
Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- …
On the Columbia between Revelstoke and Arrow Lakes
Date
c. 1925
Medium
graphite on oil paper
Dimensions
26 x 20 cm
Description
Scene with a lake in the forground center moving back over sloping forests to the mountain in the background.“It is not surprising that this soft, moody sketch shows some wear as Collings seems to have been travelling by canoe. The artist would have been well into his seventies on this trip.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
Image is only drawn on 3/4 of the paper. A fold line denotes where the image ends. A rough rendition of people on the shore of a lake with mountains in the background and puffy clouds in the sky.Item is drawn in pencil on the back of a blue Bank of Montreal cheque.
Image is only drawn on 3/4 of the paper. A fold line denotes where the image ends. A rough rendition of people on the shore of a lake with mountains in the background and puffy clouds in the sky.Item is drawn in pencil on the back of a blue Bank of Montreal cheque.
Pencil drawing of a landscape including framing trees in the foreground, a lake in the middle ground, and a log cabin beyond the lake’s far shore. Trees and mountains occupy the background. Enclosed in a rectangle.Signed in brc of rectangle PRW
Pencil drawing of a landscape including framing trees in the foreground, a lake in the middle ground, and a log cabin beyond the lake’s far shore. Trees and mountains occupy the background. Enclosed in a rectangle.Signed in brc of rectangle PRW