THOMAS CHATFIELD
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Titled verso "Mist Mirage (Algoma)", signed lower right, also signed and dated Jan/(19)67 verso, oil on board, 76.2 x 102cm (30 x 40in); Exhibited: Art Gallery of Hamilton, partial label verso; Provenance: Sobot Gallery, Toronto; present Ontario private collection; Thomas Frederick Haig Chatfield, Canadian, 1921-1999, a prominent 20th century landscape artist who took up painting full-time in 1967, the year this work was executed; Chatfield was also a long-standing member of the Toronto Arts and Letters Club, founding member of the Oakville Art Society, past-president of the Society of Canadian Artists, and also exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy, Ontario Society of Artists, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Waterloo University, and the Canadian National Exhibition; this is a large scale and important work by the artist, showcasing his unique painting style