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Painting of four attached brick kilns, with horse and wagon and pond in foreground.
An early and rare two-dimensional work by R. Tait McKenzie who later became famous for his sculpture of athletes. A rural scene in impressionistic style. INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "To E. W. Thomson, from his friend R. Tait McKenzie, 1900." It is 8 1/8 by 9 7/8 inches and is nicely matted and framed. McKenzie (1867-1938) was born in Almonte, Ontario, was raised in London, Ontario, and attended McGill University where he studied medicine and art. He taught artistic anatomy at the Montreal Art Association, 1899-1903. His first exhibition was in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts exhibition in 1900 at the National Gallery in Ottawa where three of his paintings were exhibited. In 1900 and 1901 there were further exhibitions of his work at the Art Gallery of the Art Association of Montreal; in 1902 his work was shown in New York at the Galleries of the American Fine Arts Society and in Boston in the Copley Society exhibition; and in 1903 he showed again at the National Gallery in Ottawa and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. In 1904 he moved to Philadelphia where he taught physical education at the University of Pennsylvania. There he turned his attention to sports sculpture and became known as the leading sculptor of athletes in North America. He continued to paint throughout his life and maintained a studio in a refurbished old mill in Almonte to which he returned every summer. There are two books about his work: Andrew J. Kozar, _R. Tait McKenzie: The Sculptor of Athletes_ (1975) and Christopher Hussey, _Tait McKenzie: A Sculptor of Youth_ (1929).
Offered for US$ 900.00 by: Almagre Books - Book number: 15226
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