IMPORTANT CANADIAN FOLK ART PAINTING DONALDA FARM TORONTO SIGNED ANDRES. This is a very significant piece of Canadian History. It is an early image of the DONALDA farm outside of Toronto. It is signed M. Andres, and is likely a romanticized interpretation of the fabled farm. Even though the gate in the forefront says Alda Farm, its identity has been supported by the Donalda Country Club, and a member of the Dunlap Family, who not only built the farm, but paid for the Dunlap Observatory seen as a stylized domed building at the top center of the image. The farm was famous for its prized cattle, produce, and exceptional Rose Gardens. The figure in the carriage is likely Mrs. Jessie Donalda Dunlap, who financed the observatory after her husband David’s death in 1924 This picture was probably executed in the early 1930s prior to the observatory’s completion in 1936. The painting is executed on tin and is housed in a gilt wood frame. Dimensions With frame: 31.75″ wide x 19.5″ tall. Without frame: 28″ wide x 15 7/8″ tall. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “huntandpeckauctions” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States.
- Artist: Andres
- Unit of Sale: Single Piece
- Signed By: Andres
- Size: Medium
- Signed: Yes
- Title: Donalda Farm
- Material: Oil
- Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
- Item Length: 28 in
- Region of Origin: Canada
- Framing: Framed
- Subject: Farm Landscape
- Type: Painting
- Year of Production: 1930
- Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
- Item Height: 16
- Style: Americana, Figurative Art, Folk Art, Primitivism, Still Life, Traditional
- Features: One of a Kind (OOAK), Signed
- Production Technique: Oil Painting
- Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada
- Handmade: Yes
- Time Period Produced: 1925-1949