Lot 473: Peter Haworth Canadian Oil Painting, Valley of St. Anthony

Peter Haworth (Canadian, 1889-1986), “Valley of St. Anthony,” oil on board Canadian landscape painting depicting cliffs overlooking a valley. Signed “P. Haworth” lower right. Title and previous owner inscriptions en verso (redacted in photos). Molded and stained wood frame with silver-gilt sight edge and wood mat. Panel: 11 in. H x 14 in. W. Frame: 18 in. H x 21 in. W.  Biography: Peter Haworth (RCA, OSA, CGP, CSPWC) was born in England and studied at the Manchester School of Art and the Royal College of Art (London) under Sir William Rothenstein and Robert Anning Bell. He moved to Toronto in 1923. He was known for painted landscapes of his adopted homeland, executed in an expressionist style using vibrant and sometimes arbitrary colors and geometric shapes. Haworth also taught at the Toronto Central Technical School and the University of Toronto. During World War I he served with the Royal Flying Corps and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. During World War II he was commissioned by the National Gallery as a home front war artist and was posted in British Columbia. He held leadership roles in the Ontario Society of Artists, and the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolor. He was also a member of the Canadian Group of Painters (the successor to the Group of Seven) and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy. He exhibited with the above organizations at many of the major museums and galleries in Canada. He also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1939 and 1940. His work is in numerous public and private collections. Ref. Colin S. MacDonald, “A Dictionary of Canadian Artists,” and Anthony Westbridge and Diana L. Bodnar, “The Collector’s Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction.”

PROVENANCE: Private Nashville collection, from the consignor’s Canadian mother, who purchased it in a Canadian gallery in 1975.

CONDITION: Painting: Some fine cracking to center of board. Frame: a few small abrasions to edges and corners.