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Listed Canadian Artist: (1892-1977)
Mezzotint Etching: Signed in pencil by the Artist, circa 1930's.
Titled: "Northern Pines" and numbered: 5/30.
Image Size: w. 7.5" by h. 9".
Print Condition: Pristine with no flaws, imperfections or damage of any kind.
Cleaned: Professionally bleached, de-acidified and future proofed.
Newly Framed: Size 11" x 13.5" Archivally Matted and acid-free throughtout.
Art Associations: Canadian Society of Painters, Etchers & Engravers.
Note of Interest: Most of the etchings created by Harry were produced in low numbers of around fifty to sixty copies or less in a print edition. Harry, along with other artists in his day, such as Fred Jopling CPE, felt that they didn't want to reproduce their works for the masses. They both believed that higher number print editions wouldn't allow each hand-pulled print to eventually hold its true value over time.
Early in the 20th century, producing larger series of prints was shunned by print-making associations, and their members often felt that they might be risking their 'reputations and artistic integrity' by creating larger print runs.
This desirable mezzotint by Harry can be considered one of the best etchings of his art career due in part to its slightly larger size, the low number produced in this edition and the appealing idyllic nature of the subject matter he chose to depict; that being, a classic summery northern Ontario lake surrounded by its nearby hills, and a sailboat seen through the screen of a few sparse pines.
Canadian artist Harry Draper Wallace CPE
Harry Wallace, the son of Lt. Col. Wellington Wallace and his wife Mary, was born in 1892 in Toronto. After the end of his service during the First World War, he studied engineering at the University of Toronto and also studied art under Fred Haines at O.C.A., the Ontario College of Art.
In the 1930’s Harry opened a graphic art studio on Gerrard Street West in Toronto and worked as an illustrator for various popular Canadian magazines such as, Canadian Comment, Gossip, and Homes and Gardens. After those years he worked as an artist primarily as an etcher, specializing in, and receiving high acclaim for his urban architectural scenes.
Harry was involved in numerous art shows over the years produced by the Canadian Society of Painters and Etchers along with exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
Harry, who is best known for his urban, architectural and historical scenes, was also a competent painter in oils and watercolours and was a full member of the Society of Canadian Painters and Etchers.
In his later years he was quite fond of 'plein air' painting rural life settings in the Muskoka region of Ontario.
Harry created a number of oil and watercolour paintings in his retirement years.
Here is one of Harry's oil paintings that we've previously sold from our gallery.
Harry Draper Wallace passed away in Toronto on June 30, 1977.
Print Ref No: 9TIM20KDD-S/NOEX
Harry Draper Wallace CPE, Canadian Artist
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