PETER HAWORTH RCA 'FALL'

PETER HAWORTH RCA (CANADIAN, 1889�1986) GOUACHE AND MIXED MEDIA ON MASONITE, SIGNED "PETER HAWORTH/" LOWER RIGHT, TITLED "FALL" VERSO A DYNAMIC MID-CENTURY ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONIST COMPOSITION OF SWIRLING AUTUMN LEAVES PROVENANCE: PRIVATE COLLECTION, TORONTO 20 X 25 IN 27.5 X 32.5 IN FRAMED PETER HAWORTH (1889�1986), RCA, OSA, CSPWC, WAS A LEADING BRITISH-CANADIAN MODERNIST PAINTER, ART EDUCATOR, AND MASTER STAINED-GLASS ARTIST. TRAINED AT THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART IN LONDON, HAWORTH EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1923 TO BECOME DIRECTOR OF ART AT TORONTO'S CENTRAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL, LATER SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE CANADIAN SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOUR. RENOWNED FOR HIS EXPERIMENTAL GEOMETRIC STRUCTURES AND SEMI-ABSTRACT LYRICISM, HIS OEUVRE IS PRESERVED IN PRESTIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE NATION, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA AND THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO.