ALEXANDER MILLAR 'PISCES'

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OIL ON MASONITE, SIGNED "A. MILLAR" LOWER RIGHT, BEARING N.C.J.W. (OTTAWA SECTION) LABEL INSCRIBED "PISCES" AND "A.O.C.A. O.S.A. C.G.P." VERSO PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, TORONTO 18 X 24 IN 26.5 X 32.5 IN FRAMED ALEXANDER SAMUEL MILLAR (1921�1978) WAS AN INFLUENTIAL CANADIAN MODERNIST PAINTER AND EDUCATOR BORN IN TORONTO. AN ELECTED MEMBER OF THE ONTARIO SOCIETY OF ARTISTS (OSA) AND THE CANADIAN GROUP OF PAINTERS (CGP), MILLAR STUDIED UNDER J.W.G. MACDONALD AND CARL SCHAEFFER AT THE ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART (AOCA), WHERE HE LATER JOINED THE FACULTY ALONGSIDE TEACHING ROLES AT QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AND THE DOON SCHOOL OF FINE ART. HIS WORKS ARE REPRESENTED IN MAJOR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA IN OTTAWA.

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