Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945) Canadian, Architectural Oil on Board. Depicts a brick building with a green windowed door and a trellis next to the arched opening of the exterior vestibule. Signed bottom right. Stamped with a diamond that reads "Estate of Franklin Carmichael" bottom left. Same stamp on back of board. 

Overall Size: 18 1/2 x 13 in. 

Sight Size: 15 1/2 x 10 in. 

Franklin Carmichael was born in Orillia, Ontario on May 4th, 1890, and after apprenticing as a commercial engraver and studying in Belgium he returned to Canada in 1914 and shared a studio with Tom Thomson, where he began documenting the northern territories through sketching trips. Famous as the youngest original member of the transcendentalist art movement known as the Group of Seven, he initially worked in oils before becoming a master of watercolors and co-founding the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour, serving as their president from 1932-34. Carmichael was also a versatile craftsman who experimented with wood engraving, book design, and metalwork before becoming a teacher at the Ontario College of Art. Beyond his professional life, he was a talented amateur musician and remained an active figure in the art community until his death from a sudden heart attack on October 24th, 1945, with many posthumous awards and exhibitions of his work since.

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