A Fine ‘Plein Air’ Landscape Attributed to J.W. Beatty, Canadian RCA, OSA

 

A finely composed late 19 th / early 20 th century ‘plein air’ landscape executed in the Barbizon style, much favoured by Beatty as demonstrated in his early works which were greatly influenced by both the French & Dutch schools, in their somewhat somber compositions of sparse landscapes with heavy skies and a muted, albeit well-handled palette.
Initially thought to be unsigned, it seems however to bear a vague signature lower left, Beatty. Inscribed verso “To the best of my knowledge this painting belongs to the Barbizon Period style of J.W. Beatty”, signed Dorothy Hoover, daughter of F.S. Haines, dated 29/11/80.

Dimensions, (sight) 10" high x 11.5", (framed)15.75" high x 17.5" wide.

 

John William Beatty (1869-1941) Beatty studied art privately under noted Canadian artists William Cruikshank, F.M. Bell-Smith & George Agnew Reid. He then travelled to Paris to study at the Julian Academy under Jean Paul Laurens & Benjamin Constant. He briefly returned to Canada in 1901 where he began teaching art at the Ontario School of Art & Design, then soon returned to Paris in 1906 to again study at the Julian Academy and at The Colarossi Academy. It was while travelling through Italy, Spain, Belgium & Holland that he became greatly influenced with the ‘plein air’ method of the Barbizon School of artists. He was a member of the (RCA) Royal Canadian Academy and the (OSA) Ontario Society of Artists. His work is in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, The Art Gallery of Ontario, The McMichael Canadian Collection, Queens University Art Centre, the Canadian War Museum and other noted & various collections.

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