Lot 179: Randolph Stanley Hewton 1888 - 1960 Canadian oil

Randolph Stanley Hewton 1888 - 1960 Canadian oil on canvas North Shore, Lower St. Lawrence 10 1/4 x 12 inches 26 x 30.5 centimeters signed and on verso inscribed ""6 B / J 70 / 04lier"" and stamped with the Hewton estate stamp and twice with the Hewton studio stamp Provenance:The Art Emporium, Vancouver, 1972 Private Collection, Vancouver Randolph Hewton trained in France along with Group of Seven artist A.Y. Jackson, and was invited to participate in the first Group exhibition in 1920. He was one of the members of Montreal's Beaver Hall Group and was considered to be a prominent member of that city's art community. His Quebec landscapes were known for their strength of composition, freshness of colour and simplicity of form, as in this crisp winter rural scene on the St. Lawrence River.