Grafton Tyler Brown (American/Canadian 1841-1918)
Giants Castle Mountain, A.L. Fortune Farm, Enderby, BC Oct 6, 1882
oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left "G.T. Brown 1883", painted from sketches in oil made on the spot by Grafton Tyler on the spot, while he served as expedition artist for the Amos Bowman Geological Survey in British Columbia. With label from 1883 exhibition "From the farm of A.L. Fortune, head of navigation in the Spallumcheen River, BC, October 6, 1882"
Provenance:
1883 Exhibition #22 "British Columbia Scenery Fine Oil Paintings of Scenes on Mainland and Island" (see file)
Grafton Tyler Brown served as expedition artist for the Amos Bowman Geological Survey in British Columbia. The purpose of this survey was to map and record the wilderness east of the Cascade Mountains along the Fraser River. Brown completed a series of 22 paintings in 1883 based on sketches from this trip, which were then exhibited in June of that year in Victoria, BC at the new Colonist Buildings. This painting was number 22 in the exhibition and depicts the farm of Alexander Leslie Fortune, a founding member of the town of Enderby, BC, and one of the first white settlers in the Okanagan Valley region. G.T. Brown is considered the first African American artist to have created works depicting California and the Pacific Northwest.
Size: 16 x 26 in (with frame 23 x 33 in)
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