Roy Austin "March Road" Oil on Board, 1994 The Verve Hand inscribed in pencil "60/75"

Hand inscribed in pencil "60/75" at the lower left corner

TOTALLY ORIGINAL

Casson is best known for his depictions of landscapes

the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid

of which 75 impressions were signed and numbered 1/75 to 75/75 and 25 hors commerce (out of trade) proofs were signed and numbered in Roman numerals I to XXV

Roy Austin "March Road" Oil on Board, 1994 The Verve Hand inscribed in pencil "60/75"Roy Austin (1910 1997) was born in Faversham, England and emigrated to Canada a year later. After a short stay in Toronto, his family settled in Orangeville, Ontario. Growing up surrounded by the rural countryside, the young Austin developed a keen appreciation of the beautiful Ontario landscape. In 1930, at age 20, Roy Austin enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and studied painting and design under J. W. Beatty, J. E. H. Macdonald,