On the River - Britt

A. J. Casson

BIRTH YEAR 1898
BIRTH PLACE Toronto, Ontario
DEATH YEAR 1992
DEATH PLACE Toronto, Ontario
MEDIUM Oil on beaverboard
DATE c. 1953
DIMENSIONS 37.8cm x 30.5cm x 0.3cm
ACCESSION NUMBER FAC 0202
CREDIT LINE Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
A river of grey water flows from the foreground to the mid-ground and disappears to the left. A series of houses (buildings) and trees line the far shore of the river. Straw-yellow grass and rocks line the riverbank in the foreground. The sky is a flat, greenish colour.

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