ERIC FREIFELD

"Untitled: Still Life with Flowers in a Vase", signed lower left, oil on canvas board, 50.8 x 40.6cm (20 x 16in); Provenance: private collection, London; Eric Freifeld, Canadian, 1919-1984; born in Saratov, U.S.S.R., he came to Edmonton with his family in 1924, eventually moving to Toronto; Freifeld was a prominent Canadian draftsman, painter and educator, and is perhaps best known for his paintings of street scenes, landscapes, portraits and figure painting; original oils by Freifeld are extremely rare to appear for sale, with only two auction records available from the past 10 years