Owen P. Staples (Owen Staples)

Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union

Owen P. Staples' original watercolour, Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union was created by the 20th century Canadian artist in 1920. This landscape view depicts the lake at Port Union from the top of the road. It is painted upon thick hand-made watercolour paper and with full margins. It is signed, titled and dated in pencil along the lower left margin by Owen Staples. Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union is a fine, original example of the watercolor and landscape art created by the Canadian artist, Owen Staples.

Original Watercolour by the Canadian artist, Owen P. Staples 'Owen Staples'.

Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union

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Owen P. Staples (Somerset, England, 1866 - Toronto, 1949)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-		Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union by Owen P. Staples	Original Watercolour	1920	Signed, titled and dated in pencil by Owen Staples along the lower left margin.	Sold
02.-		Statue of Hermes - Quadraugh "Hart House" by Owen P. Staples	Original Etching	c. 1925	Signed and titled by Owen Staples in pencil along the lower margin.	Sold
03.-		Trinity Church, Toronto by Owen P. Staples	Original Etching and Aquatint	c. 1925	Signed by Owen Staples in the plate to the lower right and bearing annotations by Mrs. Staples on the folded sheet.	Sold

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Title:	Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union
Artist:	Staples, Owen P. 'Owen Staples' (Somerset, England, 1866 - Toronto, 1949)
Date:	1920
Medium:	Original Watercolour
Note:	Owen P. Staples 'Owen Staples': One of Toronto's leading artists of the early twentieth century, Owen P. Staples emigrated to Canada at the age of four. Showing an early inclination for art, Owen Staples completed studies under both Horatio Walker and George Reid at the Art Students' League of Toronto before reaching the age of twenty. He then completed his artistic education under the famous American painter, Thomas Eakins, in Philadelphia (1887-1888). Owen Staples first gained employment as an illustrator for the Toronto Evening Telegram, working there from 1885 to 1908. Thereafter he was appointed the historical painter for the John Ross Robertson Collection, as well as illustrating a number of books, executing commissioned murals, and producing a fine oeuvre of paintings, watercolours and etchings.
	Owen Staples has long been recognized as a master painter and etcher of architectural views and landscapes, both of Ontario and other regions. Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union is a fine, original example of his landscapes in the medium of watercolour. Owen Staples was a full member of the Ontario Society of Artists (1889), the Canadian Painter-Etchers (1916 - later, President), and of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour (1925). During his career, Owen Staples frequently exhibited with the prestigious Royal Canadian Academy (1888-1940), as well as with the Scottish Water Colour Society (1933-1938), and in St. Louis and Chicago. His art is housed in most major Canadian collections, including the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, and the National Gallery of Canada.
Size:	7 X 10 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
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Condition:	Painted on thick hand-made watercolour paper and with full margins. Signed, titled and dated in pencil along the lower left margin by the artist. This original watercolour is in excellent condition throughout. "Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union" represents a prime, original example of the watercolour art created by the 20th century Canacian artist, Owen Staples.
Subject:	Owen P. Staples 'Owen Staples, Road Leading to The Lake at Port Union, original waterclor, architectural views, Canadian Painter-Etchers, Toronto scenes, Art Gallery of Ontario.
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