Thomas Harold Beament

The Iceberg at Baffin Island, in the Canadian Territory of Nunavut

Thomas Harold Beament's "The Iceberg at Baffin Island, in the Canadian Territory of Nunavut" is surely one of his greatest original drawings. Besides the monumental, sculpted aspects of the iceberg itself, the drawing is a wonderful study of the tonal aspects of both the water and the northern sky. Beament used this completed drawing for the basis of an oil painting he completed in 1950. The painting now hangs at the McGill University Faculty Club. This original graphite drawing was created by Thomas Harold Beament around 1947 and is signed by him in the lower left corner. It is drawn on white, wove paper bearing the watermark, 'Rockland Bond - Canada'. "The Iceberg at Baffin Island, in the Canadian Territory of Nunavut" is a fine, original example of the art of Harold Beament, one of Canada's greatest 20th century realist artists and the former President of the Royal Canadian Academy.

The Iceberg at Baffin Island, in the Canadian Territory of Nunavut

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Thomas Harold Beament 'Thomas Beament' (Ottawa, 1898 - Montreal, 1984)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Ocean, Sky and Iceberg (Exploring the Canadian Arctic) by Thomas Harold Beament	Original Graphite Drawing	c. 1947	Signed by Thomas Harold Beament in the lower left corner, and bearing the watermark, 'Rockland Bond - Canada'.
02.-		The Iceberg at Baffin Island, in the Canadian Territory of Nunavut by Thomas Harold Beament	Original Graphite Drawing	c. 1947	Signed by Thomas Harold Beament in the lower left corner, and bearing the watermark, 'Rockland Bond - Canada'. Study for a painting at McGill University, Faculty Club	Sold

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Title:	The Iceberg at Baffin Island, in the Canadian Territory of Nunavut
Artist:	Beament, Thomas Harold 'Harold Beament' (Ottawa, 1898 - Montreal, 1984)
Date:	c. 1947
Medium:	Original Graphite Drawing
Source:	Study for a painting at McGill University, Faculty Club
Note:	Thomas Harold Beament: One of Canada's best landscape and figurative artists, Thomas Harold Beament initially followed several careers. Serving with the Royal Canadian Naval volunteers (1917 - 1918) he rose to the rank of Warrant Officer and was decorated. He then studied law at Osgood Hall, Toronto, also attending classes under J. W. Beatty at the Ontario College of Art. He became a full Lawyer in 1923 and then returned to the Royal Canadian Navy. During the Second World War, Harold Beament first commanded minesweepers and escorted vessels before serving as the Senior Naval war Artist from 1943 to 1947.
	In 1946, Thomas Harold Beament was elected a Royal Canadian Academician. He took over the Presidency of the Royal Canadian Academy from Franklin Arbuckle in 1964. A master of oils, watercolours and drawings, his art is included in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, The Dominion Archives, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of the Province of Quebec, the Seagram Collection and elsewhere.
	The year 1947 represents on of Harold Beament's greatest periods of creativity. He had just retired from the navy and then embarked upon a journey to live with and study Inuit peoples of Baffin Island. Therefore, along with Lawren Harris and A. Y. Jackson, Thomas Harold Beament was one of the first artists to explore the Arctic. The drawings he made at this time of the area and its people are regarded among his greatest works of art. Upon his return to Montreal, Beament was commissioned by the Canadian Government to create the famous 10-cent stamp of the hunter in his kayak and was also invited to make lithographs based upon his Arctic drawings.
	"The Iceberg at Baffin Island" is surely one of Thomas Harold Beament's greatest original drawings. Besides the monumental, sculpted aspects of the iceberg itself, the drawing is a wonderful study of the tonal aspects of both the water and the northern sky. Beament used this completed drawing for the basis of an oil painting he completed in 1950. The painting now hangs at the McGill University Faculty Club.
	Baffin Island, named after the English explorer William Baffin (c. 1584-1622), lies above the Arctic Circle, and is located in the Canadian territory of Nunavut. It is the largest island in Canada and in the Arctic Archipelago. The Penny Ice Cap in the Auyuittuq National Park of Baffin Island, named after Captain William Penny, and the Barnes Ice Cap, found in the central part of Baffin Island are said to be the largest ice caps on the Island.
Provenance:	This original drawing was in the Thomas Harold Beament's collection until 1965. It was gifted to a close friend in Montreal and purchased from his estate.
Size:	8 3/4 X 10 3/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	The Iceberg at Baffin Island, in the Canadian Territory of Nunavut is drawn on white, wove paper bearing the watermark, 'Rockland Bond - Canada', and with full margins. Signed by Thomas Harold Beament in the lower left corner. It is in excellent condition throughout. This original drawing represents a superb example of the art of Harold Beament, on of Canada's greatest twentieth century realist artists and the former President of the Royal Canadian Academy.
Subject:	Harold Beament, Thomas Harold Beament, The Iceberg at Baffin Island, in the Canadian Territory of Nunavut, Original Graphite Drawing, Canadian Arctic, Canada’s far North, Baffin Island, President of the Royal Canadian Academy, Royal Canadian Academician, National Gallery of Canada.
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