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Welcome
to Dr. Donald Macintosh Flather's original oil paintings website.
Donald
Flather was a very talented man who combined his love of the outdoors
with his love of art to produce many beautiful artworks from all
across Canada and parts of the USA. Donald was a self taught Artist
whom first began painting at a young age on pieces of glass. During
his lifetime, he produced over of 400 paintings, which included
stunning Canadian landscapes from Coast to Coast, as well as plants
and animals. Although a teacher by vocation, he dedicated a great
deal of his life (circa 1919-1987) to his painting and developed
his own unique style, which combines elements of French Impressionism
and the Group of Seven.
Donald
Flather was a colleague of Lawren Harris, founder of the Group
of Seven and the two men worked together for several years on
the Executive of the Federation of Canadian Artists, of which
Donald was an original and founding member in 1941. Read
more on Donald's Biography Page...
As
we complete the website please find below just a few of the original
paintings that we will offer from Dr. Flather.
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Title:
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Marvel
Lake, Alberta
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Artist:
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Dr.
Donald Flather, FCA
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Size:
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918mm
x 690mm / 36 1/8" x 27 1/8"
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Materials:
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Oil
on canvas panel
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Date:
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June,
1942
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Description:
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This
is an important landscape painting of Donald's - most
likely to be catalogued in his "Purcell, Selkirk
and Rocky Mountain Series". The painting combines
all of the elements that Donald is known for including
great subject matter, perspective, sweeping glaciers
and effective use of light. It also comes from his highly
sought after early career period.
Donald's
Brother, Lorne Flather, was an RCAF pilot and this painting
came about from one of the many training flights that
Lorne took Donald on. Unfortunately Lorne was killed
on a combat mission in WWII.
On the
back of the painting it reads:
"Marvel Lake, Alberta about 8 miles east of Mt.
Assiniboine during training flight June 1942. Head of
the Spray Lakes System."
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Additional:
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Signed
on the front and comes with an elegant, complimentary
new gallery style frame.
High
quality limited edition prints on canvas will become
available shortly.
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Provenance:
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Status:
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Available
for purchase. Please contact David Flather at 604-818-9274
or by email
for more information.
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Title:
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Untitled
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Artist:
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Dr.
Donald Flather, FCA
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Size:
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580mm
x 362mm / 22 7/8" x 14 1/4"
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Materials:
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Oil
on canvas
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Date:
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Circa
1938
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Description:
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This
is also an important landscape painting of Donald's
- most likely to be catalogued in his "Purcell,
Selkirk and Rocky Mountain Series". Calm mountain
lake waters are seen reflecting the trees and mountain
range in the background.
This
painting also combines all of the elements that Donald
is known for including great subject matter, perspective,
sweeping glaciers and effective use of light. It also
comes from his highly sought after early career period.
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Additional:
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Signed
on the front and comes with an elegant, complimentary
new gallery style frame.
High
quality limited edition prints on canvas will become
available shortly.
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Provenance:
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Status:
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Available
for purchase. Please contact David Flather at 604-818-9274
or by email
for more information.
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Title:
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CO16
(Coastal Series #16)
Radiant Glacier Scimitar Glacier
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Artist:
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Dr.
Donald Flather, FCA
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Size:
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761mm
x 601mm / 29 7/8" x 23 3/4"
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Materials:
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Oil
on canvas panel
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Date:
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Description:
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This
original landscape painting of Donald Flather shows
the beautiful glacier Scimitar Glacier flowing down
from Mt. Waddington (left) and Mt. Tiedmann (center).
This
painting also combines all of the elements that Donald
is known for including great subject matter, perspective,
sweeping glaciers and effective use of light.
On the
back of the painting it reads:
"Radiant Glacier Scimitar Glacier
Mt. Waddington 13,200 ft.
Mt.
Tiedmann 12,800 ft."
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Additional:
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Signed
on the front and comes with an elegant, complimentary
new gallery style frame.
High
quality limited edition prints on canvas will become
available shortly.
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Provenance:
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Status:
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Available
for purchase. Please contact David Flather at 604-818-9274
or by email
for more information.
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Title:
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Weathered
Pine of Skaha
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Artist:
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Dr.
Donald Flather, FCA
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Size:
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693mm
x 917mm / 27 1/4" x 36 1/16"
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Materials:
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Oil
on canvas
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Date:
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Description:
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This
landscape painting of Donald Flather is quite interesting
as it may be the original version of this painting depicting
a beautiful gnarled Pine tree above the CPR rail tracks
on the side of Skaha Lake. Donald painted several other
versions of this iconic old tree in various sizes including
with much bolder use of colour. As those other paintings
were labelled to belong in Donald's "Okanagon Series",
this painting should also be included in the Okanagon
Series.
On the
back of the painting it reads in lightly applied pencil:
"Weathered
Pine of Skaha
Gnarled Pine
Lone Pine of Skaha
Sentinel
Gnarled Sentinel Pine"
This is evident to David Flather that Donald was pondering
the best title for this scene and as "Weathered
Pine of Skaha" is at the top of the list on the
backside and the other painting title's are very similar,
I believe that this is the title that he decided upon.
Unfortunately
this tree was eventually inadvertenly cut down by railway
maintenance staff.
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Additional:
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Signed
on the front and comes with an elegant, complimentary
new gallery style frame.
High
quality limited edition prints on canvas will become
available shortly.
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Provenance:
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Status:
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Available
for purchase. Please contact David Flather at 604-818-9274
or by email
for more information.
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Check back
soon as we will be adding more of Donald's original landscape
and abstract paintings soon...
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