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Roland
Gissing
Canadian A.S.A. [1895-1967]UNTITLED;
INDIAN MOTHER ON HORSEBACK; 1926
Watercolour on paper
10 1/2 x 12 1/4 ins.
Sold @ $ 3,080
(Fall 2003)
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Roland
Gissing
Canadian A.S.A. [1895-1967]UNTITLED;
LAKE O'HARA; 1927
Watercolour on paper
16 3/4 x 14 1/4 ins.
Sold @ $ 2,760
(Fall 2006)
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Roland
Gissing
Canadian A.S.A. [1895-1967]WINTER IN
THE FOOTHILLS
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 ins.
Sold @ $ 3,450
(Fall 2006)
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Roland
Gissing
Canadian A.S.A. [1895-1967]YESTERDAY -
TODAY - TOMORROW; 1951
Oil on board
30 x 24 1/2 ins.
Sold @ $ 6,900
(Fall 2006)
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Gissing,
born in Broadway, England was a self-taught painter who
studied at George Watson’s College in Edinburgh.
He came to Canada in 1913 working as a cowboy in
Alberta, Montana, Nebraska and Arizona.
He settled near Calgary, Alberta in 1923 and was
painting full time by 1934. Working almost entirely in oil, with some pastel and
watercolour (1944-46), he is known for his many fresh,
brightly coloured Alberta landscape scenes depicting
harvest and ranching activities, rivers, lakes and
mountains. He
painted a series on the oil industry in Alberta and has
also painted in the Kootenays and in Vancouver, British
Columbia. He
also worked in ink and produced hand-coloured
lithographs. Many
of his works were burned in a house fire in 1944.
He was the son of Algernon Gissing, author and a
nephew of the English novelist George Gissing.
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