Lot 145
GEORGE CAMPBELL TINNING, R.C.A.
Lot 145 Details
GEORGE CAMPBELL TINNING, R.C.A.
TWO WORKS: R.D. STATION, CHEBUCTO HEAD, 3 JUNE, 1943; R.C.E. ORDNANCE SHEDS, ST. J. NEWFLD, 2 SEPT. 43
coloured pencil drawings
both signed, titled and dated; the second inscribed “sketch for water-colour in collection of Nat. Gallery of Canada, Ottawa” on the reverse
each 10 ins x 12.75 ins; 25.4 cms x 32.4 cms
Estimate $800-$1,200
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Provenance:
Private Collection, Ottawa
Literature:
Laura Brandon, “George Campbell Tinning, War Artist 1910-1996,” Canadian Military History, Volume 5, Number 2, Autumn 1996, pp.57-61.
Note:
Born in Saskatoon, Tinning trained at the Art Students League in New York. He settled in Montreal in 1939 and, in June 1942, joined the 2nd Battalion, Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment). In April 1943, he was appointed an Official War Artist and these watercolours were executed in June and September of that same year.