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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m^thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 I.I 1.25 111^ 2.8 2.5 Ilia ' i^ 3.2 2.2 |63 - Ill 3.6 Li, 11^ ■ 80 2.0 1.8 1.4 ■ 1.6 ^ /APPLIED HVMGE Inc 1653 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14609 (716) 482 - 0300 - Phone (716) 288 - 5989 - Fax USA Mfp (^qIoqps, BY JOHN K FRASER, R.C.A. 9 KM A To be sold by Auction at 22 King St. W., Toronto, ON THURSDAY, OCT. 14TH, 1897, AT 2.30 P.M. PS, 9 A.W.S. 1897, ^ C. J. Townsend k Co., Auctioneers. MR. TOWNSEND begs to announce tha of the American Water Color Society, and New ' World's Columbian Exposition, Indian and Colo etc., etc., has instructed him to sell by auction, a c painted on the spot in England, Scotland, Canac The Sale will take place at 22 King 14th, at 2.30 p.m. The pictures will be on few exceptions — where an upset price is clearl} Great and unusual interest will undoubted of the distinguished reputation which the artist- England and America, through the high average table fact that seriously impaired health has ir Mr. Eraser came to Canada in 1858 and tion of professional artists in Montreal, prior to promoted, and with the assistance of able and blished the Ontario Society of Artists, out of w Academy, of which he was a principal organiz( left Canada for the larger field of the United ! and still most successful artistic exploration, c announce that JOHN A. FRASER, R.C.A., Member ety, and New York Water Color Club ; Medalist at the dian and Colonial Exhibition, Cotton States Exposition, by auction, a collection of pictures, studies, and sketches, Icotland, Canada, and the United States. e at 22 King Street West, on Thursday, October ^s will be on view for Two days previous and with a price is clearly noted— will be sold without reserve. will undoubtedly attach to this sale, as much on account lich the artist— one of ourselves— has attained in France, t high average quality of his work, as from the r fret- health has incapacitated him from active production. a in 1858 and subsequently organized the first associa- itreal, prior to his coming to Toronto in 1868. Here he e of able and enthusiastic coadjutors, successfully esta- -tists, out of which naturally grew the Royal Canadian ncipal organizer and is a charter member. In 1885 he f the United States and in 1886 he made the pioneer exploration, over the then newly completed Canadian Pacific Railway, producing a series of splendid pictures, wherever exhibited. They were enthusiastically praisei leading newspapers of London and Paris gave them flat Humphrey Ward said in ** The Times'': ** He is certainly an artist of ability ; avid his pictures, the work of many of the best Scotch artists of the day, are 1 In the " Daily News " these words appeared ; ** Mr. Fraser handles water colors with a bold, free hai of transient effects of light, and the various aerial changes t beauty amidst lofty peaks, glaciers, mountain gorges, huge pi way through rugged passes. Several works in the collecti^ impression they give one of height, broad shadows, and curi The professor of painting to the British Royal Ai otFicial report on the Artists at the Indian and Colonia ** Indeed, in many respects he may be considered as scape painting." When these words were penned the distinguish^ and importance of "the new movement," which wa landscape art, nor was he aware that Mr. Fraser was i If^'f o^ o.> 1 lO b 4 Q V .1 I l.t Vtr •!•• - - y/ / -J C endid pictures, which commanded much attention astically praised by the American press, and the gave them flattering and intelligent notices. Mr. r1 ' <.v^C, aud his pictures, which do not differ in character from of the day, are bo a vigorous and truthful." Is appeared ; 1 a bold, free hand, and is apparently a studious observe aerial changes that constitute the charm of landscape gorges, huge pines, and streams making their circuitous 3 in the collection are very remarkable for the truaitul ladows, and curious effects of mist.'* British Royal Academy in the cours; of a published in and Colonial Exhibition, 1886, wrot^ : e considered as the inventor of a new school of land- the distinguished writer was unaware of the extent it," which was going on and has revolutionized r. Eraser was unconsciously working by necesssity, from the same impulse that simultaneously guide viction, the great French painters. In the autumn of 1889, on account of rap spent several seasons painting in the open air in dernier resort " to return to the more congenial c York, he soon took his proper position in art circl Club ; one of the board of control of the forem artists on this continent, The American Water C position in the New York Water Color Club. Ir his work on the line, and two years later in I among water colors— the centre of the line— t Marcel Legendre pronounced to be "a strong, c the great critic, bored by abounding pretty medioi exhibition, " Au Coeur d' Ecosse " (The Heart o as was subsequently accorded to Meissonnier's " panel in the best room devoted to " Aquarelles." attachant eflfet."— F. Fertiault, in " Mointeur I execution."— ^A. Legendre, in " Le Journal Des , the World's Columbian Exposition awarded hii Canadian artists- Harris, Reid, Ede, Holden, and aneously guided, though more by preference and con- account of rapidly failing health, Mr. Fraser, who had le open air in Scotland and England, was advised " un ore congenial climate of America, and, settling in New tion in art circles, becoming a director of the Salmagundi 1 of the foremost and most successful organization of 'rican Water Color Society ; besides taking a prominent :olor Club. In 1889, the English Royal Academy hung /ears later in France the Salon gave the place of honor of the line— to his picture, " IWauvais temps," which t "a strong, original work "—surely high praise from g pretty mediocrity and soulless imitation. At the same (The Heart of Scotland) received the same treatment rteissonnier's " 1807"; being hung by itself on the best ) " Aquarelles." " La vallee 'ecossaise est surtout d'une . "Mointeur Des Arts" "Aquarelle d'une vigoureuse Journal Des Arts." In 1893 the Internationa' jury at n awarded him one of the five medals won by the e, Holden, and Fraser. Most of Mr. Fraser's work of late years has and his pictures are to be found in the most famous his patrons there are such well recognized connoisse the Marquis of Lome, the Marquis of Dufferin and thorpe, Sir Edward Watkin, Col. Colville, Robert Ro clever pictures in " black and white/' which from tim ** Scribner's," and other magazines, are familiar to us late years has been sold in England and Scotland, I most famous collections in Great Britain. Among lized connoisseurs as H. R. H. The Princess Louise, Dufferin and Ava, the late Lord Petre, Earl Cal- ille, Robert Robin, Esq., etc., etc.. His charmingly ^hich from time to time appear in **T^: Century,'' familiar to us all. CATALO I. 2. 3 4- 6. 7- 8. 9- lO. u. 12. '3- 14. Looking Seaward from Marblehead, Mass. The " Brig O'Michael " at Duncraggan, Perthshire, Scotland. Back of the Village, Chiddingstone, Kent, England. A Trout Stream, Canada. Grey Weather in Haytime, Kent, England. Hazy Afternoon in the Trossachs, Scotland. Close of Day at Appin, on Loch Linnhc, Scotland. After the hay is carried, then the birds banquet. At Goring on the Thames. The First Snow on Ben Venue, Scotland. Where P.*ppy's Grow in the Wheat, Kent, England. Falls of Kakabekka, Lake Superior. At Nahant, Mass. The Fiery Glow of Sunset on Mt. Stephen's Crest. '5- 16. 17- 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23 25 26. 27, 28, 29 30 TALOGUE , Mass. '5- •aggan, 1 6. 17- 1, Kent, i8. 19. n inland. 20. colland. Linnhc, 21. 22. e birds 23 Gotland. 24. t, Kent, 25- 26. r. 27. 28. tephen's 29. 30- Autumn Glow, Lenox, Mass. On the Charles River, Mass. Back of Marhlehead, Mass. Autumn Afternoon on the Ipswich River, Mass. A Pool on the Escuminac, Quebec. A Lonely Shore and Wild Loch Etive, Scotland. Near Oban, Scotland (Watery Sunset). DunnstafTnage and the Sound of Mull, Scot- land. Frosty Morning at Field on the '• Kicking Horse." A Kentish By-road. The Last of the Day, Ben Venue, Scotland. A Corner in Buckwheat. Humble Homes, Kent, England. In Tender Spring, Kent, England. Late Afternoon, Mahopac, N. Y. Evening in the Meadow, Kent, England. 3«, Storm Clearing Off the Foot of Ben Cru- achan, Scotland. 32. Ben Cruachan from Bonawe Ferry, Scot- land (Gathering Storm). 33. A Tangle Back of the Malthousc, Kent, England. 34. A Midsummer Ramble, Putnam Co., N. Y. 3!^. Early Morning in September, Westchester Co., N. Y. 36. Near Ballachulish, Scotland. 37. In the Wild Pass of Brander, Scotland. 38. ** Mauvais Temps" (Bad Weather), Croton, N.Y. This was hiin^ at the Salon, 1891, in the centre of the line in tiic best room devoted to "Aquarelles," and was proni-)unced by the critics '* a strong: and origfinal work." Mkdal, World's Fair, 1893. The Salon number was remv>ved from the frame by an it^norant hanjjing; commit 'ee at tlu' jjreat Art de- nn>nstration at C eveland, lest iv miyht cause con- fusion as tiot agreeint^: with the running catalog^ue numbers of the exhibition. Reserve $150« 3g, On Loch Etive, Scotland. 40. Among the Morven Hills, Scotland. 41. November Twilight, Perthshire, Scotland. Mii:i3AL, World's Fair, 1893. 42. A Rare Old English Street. Mkdal, Atlanta, 1895. 4 43- 44. 45- 54- 43- 44. 45- 4^. 47- 48. 49- SO- .^^ I. 52. 53- 54- 5^. On the Tow-path -Upper Thames. Mi-DAL, Atlanta, 189.S. On the Awe, Scothmd. "A bit" of Ig-htham Moat House, Kent. Mkdal, World's Fair, 1893. The Heart of Scotland. Reserve $450. Hunij at Salon, 1891. in the best " Aquarelle " room, on a wall by itself, much admired by the critlis. Mkdals, World's Fair, 1893; Atlanta, i8()5- In Time of Primroses. Medal, Atlanta, 1895. In Fairlawn Park, Kent, England. In a Kentish Hop Garden. The Meadow Stream. Medal, World's Fair, 1893. The Weird House in the Moat. Medal, World's Fair, 1893. On Loch Etive Side. Reserve $75. Mkdal, World's Fair, 1893. On the Silvery Thames at Pang-bourne. Chill October in tlie Berksiiire Hills, Mass. Sunset on Lake Mahopac, N. Y. Reserve $100. In the Wild Highlands. Mkdal, World's Fair, 1893. 57* On a Blowy Morn in June. Mhdal, World's FAn?, 1893. 58. The Pond — Ij^litliani Manor House- Kent, England. 59. An English Country Road. 60. The Shores of Aehray, Scotlaml. 61. Mapledurhani Mill on the Thames. 62. At the Solemn Hour. Medal, World's Fair, 1893. 63. The Sunset Flush. Medal, World s Fair, 1893. 64. On Loch Linnhe, Scotland. Medal, Atlanta, 1895 65. A Moist Afternoon, Taynuilt, Scotland. 66. On a New England River. 67. A Fine September Afternoon. Water Color Prize, Art Association of Montreal, 1895. 68. Threatening Weather in Haytime, Kent, England. 69. The Glow of Evening on a New England River. Reserve $175. 70. **Afterglow " at Trughurst, Kent, England. 8 — Kent, and. real, 1895. Kent, England 71- 72. 73- 74- 75- 76. 77. 78. 79- 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. At Gorrie on the Clyde, Scotland. Sprinkc Afternoon, Tru>if hurst, Kent. A Heavy, Grey Morning on the Thanies. At riaidwick on the Thames. A Squally Aternoon on the Ipswich River, Mass. Glacier Ruin. Avalanche Traces in the Fraser Canyon. On a Bright June Afternoon. A Glimpse of November Sun on Hen Ledi (near Callander), Scotland. Near Little Neck, L. I. Where the VV^ild Waters Meet (Junction ot of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers at Lytton, B. C). A Spur of Mount Stephen. Rain and Mist on Mount Palliser at Laggan. Clearing After Rain, Mt. Palliser at Laggan. In the Rain, Kirk Lake, N. Y. *ngland. 8