Object Record
Images
Metadata
Accession # |
AC2008.4.16 |
Item Name |
Drawing Sketch Study |
Description |
Untitled rust-coloured conte drawing on cream paper by Canadian artist, John Knapton (1935-2010), drawn ca. 1990. It is the study of a woman's face. She has long curly hair and is looking down, facing slightly to the left. Blank on reverse. AC8 |
Date |
Circa 1990 |
Provenance |
Born in Toronto in 1935, John C. Knapton worked as a fur trader for the Hudson Bay Company between 1953-1962, where he began painting. In the 1960s and 1970s he studied at the Washington School of Art, Toronto Art Therapy Institute, and Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. From 1978-1990 he travelled Europe earning a living as an artist, and exhibiting his work in Germany and Spain. He returned to Canada in 1990 and moved to a home near Ariss. While there he sold and exhibited his work regularly at the Wyld Thyme / Jonathan's Ledge store on Metcalfe Street at Bruce Street/Church Street in Elora. Around the year 2001 he moved to a country property just outside of Dorchester, Ontario. He died in London, Ontario on 19 March 2010. |
Person \ Organization |
Jonathan's Ledge Knapton, John C. Wilde Thyme |
Place |
Ariss Canada Dorchester Elora Germany Ontario Toronto |
Year Range from |
1985 |
Year Range to |
1995 |
Art number |
Art 908 |
Creator \ Maker |
Knapton, John C. |
Subjects |
Figurative |
Title (art only) |
Untitled |
Art Image size |
30.4 (h) x 22.9 (w) cm |