Thomas Garland Greene Road to Winterbourne
Updated August 7, 2026
| Lot number | 171 |
| Estimate | 500.00 - 800.00 CAD |
| Auction | Art Auction Tuesday August 11th |
| Date | August 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM EDT |
| Auction house | Erin Auctions |
| Location | Erin, ON |
Artist: Thomas Garland Greene (Canadian, 1875–1955) Title: Road to Winterbourne Date: June 20, 1901 (posthumous study after the artist's original composition) Medium: Pencil on paperImage Size: 7.5 x 5 in. Frame Size: 11 x 13.5 in. Signature/Inscription: Inscribed lower right: "Road to Winterbourne, June 20, '01, T.G.G." A finely executed pencil landscape titled Road to Winterbourne, depicting a quiet rural roadway winding through the Ontario countryside toward a cluster of farm buildings and mature trees. The restrained graphite work demonstrates confident draftsmanship and a sensitive understanding of perspective, atmosphere, and the gentle rhythms of the agricultural landscape. Winterbourne is a historic farming community in Waterloo Region, Ontario, and the composition captures its pastoral character with understated elegance. Artist Biography Thomas Garland Greene (1875–1955) was an accomplished Canadian painter, etcher, and educator whose career spanned more than five decades. Born in Toronto, Greene trained with the Toronto Engraving Company before studying under William Cruikshank at the Central Ontario School of Art and later at the Westminster School of Art in London, England. A founding member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Greene also served as president of both organizations. He was an active member of the Ontario Society of Artists and exhibited regularly with the Royal Canadian Academy. His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the McCord Stewart Museum, and numerous public institutions. Greene frequently worked in graphite and coloured pencil, producing intimate studies of the Canadian landscape alongside his better-known watercolours and etchings. Examples of these drawings are held in museum collections, including the Carleton University Art Gallery.
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