Beautiful Nicholas De Grandmaison pastel paper, 14.5 x 11.5 inches. Provenance: private owner from Nebraska. The paper has some oxidation.
Biography: The son of portrait painter Nicholas de Grandmaison, he was born in Calgary and raised in Banff, Alberta. He was tutored in painting by his father and studied painting, sculpture and architecture at the University of Manitoba and Calgary. While residing in Calgary during his early career, he taught sculpture.Based in Vancouver, Grandmaison exclusively paints Western Canadian landscapes - the prairies, mountains and marine. His work is shown in Calgary, Vancouver and Russia.

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