FREDERICK A. FRASER "CHICKEN LITTLE" c.1940

To zoom in, click on each image and mouse over. Description: Undated, c. 1940 Wood engraving Signed LR "Frederick A Fraser" in print Image: 5.5 x 6.75 inches Framed: 10.75 x 12.5 inches Condition: Excellent The Artist: Frederick A. Fraser was a Canadian watercolour and printmaker. Fraser was an artist who contributed to the distinctive tradition of Canadian painting. He was known for watercolours and wood engravings and produced works in oil as well. At age 21, Fraser began attending night classes at the Ontario College of Art (OCA) and studied regularly from 1918 to 1929. At OCA, he studied under some of Canada’s best instructors and recognized landscape artists including George Reid, Charles MacDonald Manly, John William (J.W.) Beatty, Arthur Lismer and James Edward Hervey (J.E.H.) MacDonald. Hired as an art instructor at Western Technical-Commercial School in Toronto, Fraser taught still life, life drawing, watercolour and lettering from 1932 to 1963 alongside Lawrence Arthur Colley (L.A.C.) Panton. One of Fraser's most well-known students was Harold Barling Town, a founding member of the Canadian Painters Eleven group of abstract artists. Another of Fraser’s students was Vancouver Island-based woodblock artist Graham A. Scholes. From 1926 to 1956, Fraser exhibited with the Ontario Society of Artists, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, Canadian National Exhibition, Canadian Society of Graphic Art and the Art Association of Montreal. The Story: This is an engraving of Mrs. Mahood's chicken coop. One strutted around so much, the artist's kids called it Chicken Little from the fable. At one point, the back paper was titled Chicken Little but it has since been reframed by one of the children who named it, and who is now 92 years old. Shipping Information: Packaging and shipping within Canada is $80. Signature required on delivery. At checkout, you will have the option to insure your purchase for shipping from the drop down menu. International shipping available. If located in the Greater Toronto Area, no charge for shipping and packaging if picked up from Wall Fiction's office; call before purchasing. Terms: All sales are final. No refunds or exchanges. See "Buy Art" in the main menu for more information. Item No. FAF0196