^Lot 9305 PAUL BRAID (1920–1999), WINTER SLOPE WITH BARE

TREE OIL, SIGNED, 18 × 12 IN.

PAUL BRAID (CANADIAN, 1920–1999) WINTER HILLSIDE WITH LEANING TREE OIL, SIGNED PAUL BRAID
IMAGE: 18 × 12 IN. FRAMED: 21 × 15 IN.
A SNOW SLOPE UNDER A PALE WINTER SKY, ONE DARK LEANING TREE IN THE FOREGROUND, A STAND OF BARE TRUNKS BEHIND WITH RUST AND VIOLET IN THE WOODS.

BRAID STUDIED AT THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART (1947) UNDER FRANKLIN CARMICHAEL, MOVED WEST IN 1953, AND LIVED AND WORKED IN FORT SASKATCHEWAN. HE TAUGHT FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA FACULTY OF EXTENSION AND ALBERTA CULTURE, JOINED THE ALBERTA SOCIETY OF ARTISTS IN 1980, AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT IN 1987. TWENTY-TWO OF HIS PAINTINGS TOURED WITH THE ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA / ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS.