Lot 9307 PAUL BRAID (1920–1999), STEAM TRACTION ENGINE OIL

ON CANVAS, 20 × 15 IN. FRAMED
PAUL BRAID (CANADIAN, 1920–1999) VINTAGE STEAM TRACTION ENGINE IN AUTUMN WOODS OIL ON CANVAS FRAMED: 20 × 15 IN.
AN OLD STEAM TRACTOR SET IN FALL COLOUR: LARGE SPOKED DRIVE WHEEL IN THE FOREGROUND, FLYWHEEL AND BOILER BEHIND, GOLD LIGHT THROUGH THE CANOPY. SAME PERIOD LOOK AND FRAME AS THE HOMESTEAD PAINTING.
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.
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