Dornacilla Drysdale 1950 Abstract Oil on Board

Updated September 21, 2026

Drysdale, Dornacilla (American/Canada 1913-2009). Bartock's Allegro. Gallery label verso. 8" x 10" (Canvas on Board). 12 1/8" x 14 1/8" (Frame). Original frame, one owner purchased Providence, R.I. Signed lower left with date below.Very good condition. Dornacilla Drysdale, born in Rossland, British Columbia, raised in Ottawa, educated at Yale and worked as a painter in British Columbia where she lived since 1969. Her paintings have been exhibited widely including in New York; Boston; Providence, Rhode Island; Africa; Australia; New Zealand; Canada, and are part of a collection in the Fogg Museum. She studied watercolor under Eleanor Curry, life drawing under George Ernest Fosbery and oil painting under Peleg Franklin Brownell. She took classes at the Ottawa Art Association with Frederick Varley, one of the founders of the Group of Seven. Drysdale continued her art studies in Toronto under Franklin Carmichael, the youngest member of the Canadian Group of Seven. Drysdale's paintings are considered by some to be of the Non-objective School. (Aaron Galleries via AskArt.com)

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