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Calgary I, 1964 belongs to Marion Nicoll’s Calgary series, produced after her return to Alberta following study and trav...
04/19/2026

Calgary I, 1964 belongs to Marion Nicoll’s Calgary series, produced after her return to Alberta following study and travel abroad, including time in New York and Europe. Nicoll had trained at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art in Calgary and later studied under Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, where she was exposed to modernist abstraction and colour theory. By the 1960s, she had fully transitioned from early representational work to abstraction, and in this series she turned to Calgary as a point of reference, not as a subject to depict, but as a structure to interpret. The painting reflects this shift, reducing form and space into a controlled, geometric language shaped by both her international influences and her position within the development of modern art in Western Canada.

Now available for private sale.

Marion Florence Nicoll
Calgary I, 1964
oil on canvas
45 x 54 in

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There’s a warmth to Claude A. Simard’s work that feels lived in. His paintings aren’t just about place, they’re about me...
04/11/2026

There’s a warmth to Claude A. Simard’s work that feels lived in. His paintings aren’t just about place, they’re about memory the way light settles, the way colour lingers, the way a moment holds longer than it should. In Un Jardin En Provence, depicting his beloved garden in Quebec City in 1998, that sense of ease and quiet richness comes through in every layer.

A member of the Royal Canadian Academy, Simard built a practice rooted in colour, rhythm, and a deep sensitivity to atmosphere. His work bridges structure and emotion, where composition feels intentional but never forced.

Now available for private sale.

Claude A. Simard
Un Jardin En Provence, 1998
acrylic on canvas
36 x 42 in

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A rare and important sketch by Arthur Lismer is now available for private sale. Painted in 1953, this work belongs to th...
04/04/2026

A rare and important sketch by Arthur Lismer is now available for private sale. Painted in 1953, this work belongs to the mature phase of the artist’s sustained engagement with Georgian Bay, a subject he first encountered in 1913 and returned to consistently throughout his career. Here, Lismer turns his attention to the dense undergrowth of the forest floor, building a tightly woven surface of brush, root, moss, and foliage observed at such proximity that the image begins to verge on abstraction.

Lismer first visited Georgian Bay in 1913, and it became one of his principal painting locations over several decades. In 1951, he first travelled to Vancouver Island and began painting around Long Beach and the Tofino area, returning there regularly through the 1950s and 1960s. After this point, his focus increasingly shifted to the West Coast, making Georgian Bay Undergrowth, 1953 a culmination of his enduring fascination with the subject.

Now available for private sale.

Arthur Lismer (1885–1969) AAM CGP CSPWC G7
OSA RCA
Canadian

Georgian Bay Undergrowth, 1953
oil on board
inscribed in graphite on verso 1953 Georgian Bay Undergrowth. By Arthur Lismer
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance
Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary;
Private collection

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A rare and important Arthur Lismer sketch is now available for private sale. It depicts Georgian Bay, a region synonymou...
03/20/2026

A rare and important Arthur Lismer sketch is now available for private sale. It depicts Georgian Bay, a region synonymous with his legacy. He first visited the region in 1913 at the invitation of Dr. James MacCallum and returned in 1914 with Tom Thomson. From that point onward, Georgian Bay became a recurring destination, with documented visits spanning into the 1950s.

Lismer described the area as “a paradise for painters,” drawn to its thousands of islands, wind bent pines, and exposed granite formations. While other members of the Group of Seven often pursued the panoramic landscape, Lismer distinguished himself through a more intimate focus on what was happening at his feet, turning to the forest floor, rock formations, exposed roots, and dense entanglements to build his compositions from the ground up. In this work, that sensibility is fully present, balancing a close study of surface, texture, and colour with an opening outward to the water beyond, bringing together both the immediacy of the foreground and the broader presence of Georgian Bay. It captures the ruggedness of the formative Group years while anticipating the clarity and structure of his mature style, as seen in Canadian Jungle at the McMichael, making this a quintessential example of Lismer’s practice.

Now available for private sale.

Arthur Lismer (1885–1969) RCA
Canadian

Georgian Bay, 1935
oil on board, signed and dated A. Lismer 35 lower left
inscribed on verso Arthur Lismer 1935
12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.)

Provenance
Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg
Private collection

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Today we celebrate the creativity, strength, and vision of the women artists whose work we are proud to represent at Mas...
03/08/2026

Today we celebrate the creativity, strength, and vision of the women artists whose work we are proud to represent at Masters Gallery. Each of these artists brings a distinct voice to contemporary painting, exploring the world around us through their own unique perspective. On International Women’s Day, we recognize their contributions to art and culture and celebrate the stories, ideas, and possibilities they offer through their art.

Works shown in the slides as follows:

Sharie Hunter
Earthly Serenity
acrylic on canvas
48 x 48 in
121.9 x 121.9 cm

Maggie Hall
Untitled, 2026
acrylic on canvas
40 x 30 in

Amy Dryer (Canadian, b. 1979)
Paddle I, 2025
oil on canvas
30 x 36 in
76.2 x 91.4 cm
signed and dated lower right

Amy Dryer
Quiet Night, 2025
oil on canvas
36 x 48 in
91.4 x 121.9 cm

Michelle Austen (Canadian, b. 1968)
Alpine Larches, 2025
oil on canvas
14 x 11 in
35.6 x 27.9 cm

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Artists featured:
Sharie Hunter
Maggie Hall
Amy Dryer .dryer
Michelle Austen

Few artists captured the quiet expanses of the Canadian prairie as thoughtfully as Illingworth Kerr. After arriving in C...
03/07/2026

Few artists captured the quiet expanses of the Canadian prairie as thoughtfully as Illingworth Kerr. After arriving in Calgary in 1947, Kerr became head of the Art Department at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art (PITA), where he spent two decades shaping the development of art education in Alberta and helping lay the foundations for what would later become the Alberta College of Art. His paintings often reflect a deep sensitivity to the rhythms of prairie landscapes, where subtle shifts of light, colour and atmosphere reveal the character of place. East of Walsh, Alberta, No. 2 embodies this approach, presenting the open land of southern Alberta with the clarity and quiet observation that define Kerr’s mature work.

Illingworth Holey Kerr (1905 – 1989)
East of Walsh, Alberta, No. 2, 1978
oil on canvas
12 x 16 in (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
signed lower left; inscribed “East of Walsh, Alta, No. 2 Illingworth Kerr ’78” to the reverse

Estimate
$2,500 – $3,000 CAD

Available in current online auction. Follow link in bio to bid.

We are pleased to announce that a rare and important sketch by Arthur Lismer is now available for private sale. The sket...
03/06/2026

We are pleased to announce that a rare and important sketch by Arthur Lismer is now available for private sale. The sketch is celebrated by G. Blair Laing through its illustration in his memoir, Memoirs of an Art Dealer. The work is fresh to the market, having remained with one family for decades. In the foreground, Lismer studies the patterns of trees and the forest floor with energetic brushwork, while in the distance the scene opens toward water and sky where light breaks across the lake in vivid colour.

Arthur Lismer’s 1927 trip to the north shore of Lake Superior sits within one of the most important phases of the Group of Seven’s exploration of that landscape. By that point the area around Port Coldwell had become a seasonal pilgrimage for the Group. Lismer’s visit marked his first serious sketching campaign there, joining painters who had already been returning annually to work along the dramatic shoreline.

Arthur Lismer, RCA (1885–1969)
Early October, North Shore, Lake Superior, 1927
oil on board
13.5 x 16.25 in (34.3 x 41.2 cm)
signed A. Lismer lower left
inscribed in graphite on verso “N. Ontario, Early October, A. Lismer”

Provenance
Laing Galleries, Toronto
Private collection

Literature
G. Blair Laing
“Vol. 1 Memoirs of an Art Dealer”, 1979, p. 161

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Few artists captured the character and changing face of Québec City as vividly as John Little. Known for his expressive ...
03/05/2026

Few artists captured the character and changing face of Québec City as vividly as John Little. Known for his expressive brushwork and attentive observation of urban life, Little painted the streets, storefronts and historic architecture of the city with both affection and urgency. Rue de L’Église à Rue Ste. Hélène preserves a view the artist himself noted has since been demolished, making the painting both a vibrant city scene and a quiet record of a place that no longer exists.

John Geoffrey Caruthers Little, RCA (1930 – 2024)
Rue de L’Église à Rue Ste. Hélène, Québec, 1978
oil on canvas
24 x 30 in (60.9 x 76.2 cm)
signed lower right; inscribed to the reverse “Rue de L’Église à Rue Ste. Hélène, Québec, now demolished … John Little ’78”

Estimate
$10,000 – $12,000 CAD

Available in current online auction. Follow link in bio to bid.

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Few artists captured the quiet psychological tension of everyday life as powerfully as Alex Colville. Known for his prec...
03/03/2026

Few artists captured the quiet psychological tension of everyday life as powerfully as Alex Colville. Known for his precise compositions and haunting stillness, Colville’s work invites viewers into moments that feel both ordinary and deeply mysterious. ‘New Moon’ reflects the distilled clarity that defines his mature practice, where geometry, silence and atmosphere combine to create one of the most recognizable visual languages in Canadian art.

Alex Colville, RCA (1920 – 2013)
‘New Moon’ 1980
serigraph on paper
15 x 18 in (38.1 x 45.7 cm)
signed, dated and numbered 50/70 lower right
“Alex Colville 1980 50/70”

Estimate
$5,000 – $7,000 CAD

Available in current online auction. Follow link in bio to bid.

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