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Lot 14: Edith Grace Coombs (1890 - 1986) CSGA FCA OSA, Dawn (or the Late Snow Storm)

Est: $1,200 CAD - $1,500 CADPassed
4th Meridian Fine ArtPenticton, BC, CAOctober 03, 2019

Item Overview

Description

Edith Grace Coombs was born in Hamilton and then moved with her family to St. Catharines. She studied painting in Gananoque and then studied at the Ontario College of Art from 1913 to 1918. Coombs became an assistant instructor at the College. She continued her studies at the New York School of Fine and Applied Arts. She taught art at Edgehill College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, at Havergal College in Toronto from 1919 to 1921 and at the Ontario College of Art from 1921 to 1956. She designed stained glass windows for a church in Guelph. She illustrated several books including The Rambles of a Canadian Naturalist by T.S. Woods and The Brave Little People by Dorothy Campbell. Coombs was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, of the Federation of Canadian Artists, of the Three Arts Club of New York, of the Heliconian Club and of the Lyceum Women's Art Association. She took part in exhibitions with the Ontario Society of Artists, with the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, at the National Gallery of Canada, at the Canadian National Exhibition and with the Montreal Art Association, among others. She produced works in oil, watercolour, pastel, charcoal, pencil and ink. In 1942, at the age of 51, Edith Grace Coombs married James Sharp Lawson. As of that date, she signed her paintings using the name J.S. Lawson. Coombs died in St. Catharines in 1986. Her art is included in the collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton, the Canadian Museum of Civilization, the Macdonald-Stewart Art Centre and the University of Guelph.

Artist or Maker

Medium

oil on board

Date

23150

Exhibited

Edith Grace Coombs (1890 - 1986)

Provenance

From the collection of a BC Collector.

Notes

Signed J.S. Lawson and on verso, dated May 19, 1963 and inscribed "From dining room window Camp Chalmette, Neighick Lake, Magnetawan, Ontario R.R. 1" verso. By: James Sharp Lawson. Also inscribed top right: Rev-W

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Auction Details

Canadian & International Fine Works of Art

by
4th Meridian Fine Art
October 03, 2019, 07:00 PM PST

104-1475 Fairview Rd, Penticton, BC, V2A 7W5, CA

Terms

Buyer's Premium

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At 4th meridian, we are pleased to provide clients with packing and shipping. All packing and shipping is done in house at the expense of the purchaser, ie. you. If you are the successful bidder on one or more lot(s), you will receive email notification as such. Please contact us regarding your packing and shipping preferences.