A.J. CASSON

Silkscreen on veneer panel "Wild Flowers", signed in the plate with initials, 12.1 x 15.2cm (4 3/4 x 6in); used for a Christmas card; Note: this and the next two lots are from the same Ontario collection; Alfred Joseph (A.J.) Casson, Canadian, 1898-1992; born in Toronto, Casson studied at the Ontario College of Art under J.W. Beatty beginning in 1918, and in 1919 worked at Rous & Mann Ltd. as a commercial artist; in 1926, Casson joined the famous group of Canadian painters the Group of Seven, and was its youngest member