McCanse Art

03/24/2026

✨ McCanse Art will be at the Toronto Vintage Show Spring 2026 this weekend!

Explore a curated collection of art prints, posters, paintings, and rare ephemera, including this abstract piece by Micheal Forster, known for its layered textures and moody colour palettes that create depth and movement.

Featured Artwork:
Artist: Micheal Forster
Title: Trio in Blue
Date: 1964
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 30 × 44 in
Condition: Good

🗓 March 28 to 29
⏰ Saturday 9 to 6 | Sunday 10 to 5
📍 Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place
♿️ Fully accessible
🛍 125 vendors
🎟 Admission $17

More info 👉 www.TorontoVintageShow.com

ℹ️ Micheal Forster (1907 – 2002) was an Anglo‑Canadian abstract painter born in Calcutta, India. He was educated at La Martiniere College in Calcutta, Lancing College in Sussex, and trained at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London and the Académie Colarossi in Paris. Forster moved to Toronto in 1928, where he worked as a commercial artist and illustrator and became influenced by Surrealism and abstract painting. During the Second World War he served as an official Canadian war artist. Over his career he exhibited widely in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Europe, and his works are held in major collections including the National Gallery of Canada and the Canadian War Museum. Later in life he lived in Montreal and Mexico City before returning to Canada and eventually retiring to Cornwall, England, where he died in 2002.

Micheal Forster is recognized for abstract works that emphasize texture, colour harmony, and atmospheric depth. His compositions often feature layered brushwork and subtle tonal shifts, creating immersive visual experiences.

03/22/2026

✨ McCanse Art will be at the Toronto Vintage Show Spring 2026 next weekend!

Browse a wide selection of fine art prints, posters, paintings, and rare ephemera, including ‘Composition with orange and white’ by Bernard Munch 🎨 A Paris-trained artist, Munch is known for his refined abstract compositions.

Featured Artwork:
Artist: Bernard Munch
Title: Composition with orange and white
Date: circa 1960s
Medium: Oil on paper
Image Size: 8 × 9 inches
Condition: Good
Price: $475 CAD
Notes: Signed lower right

🗓 March 28 to 29
⏰ Saturday 9 to 6 | Sunday 10 to 5
📍 Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place
♿️ Fully accessible
🛍 125 vendors
🎟 Admission $17

More info 👉 www.TorontoVintageShow.com

ℹ️About the Artist: Bernard Munch was born in Paris, where he studied at the Ecole du Louvre and in the studio of the French-American painter Henri Goetz. He exhibited at major salons including the Salon d’Automne and the Salon des Independants. Munch also held numerous solo exhibitions in Paris, Belfast, London, and other cities. His work is included in public collections such as the Victoria Gallery & Museum in Liverpool and the Gateshead Museum.

03/20/2026

✨ McCanse Art will be at the Toronto Vintage Show Spring 2026!

Browse a wide selection of fine art prints, posters, paintings, and rare ephemera, including 'Sun with Planets' by Alexander Calder ☀️🪐 A pioneering figure in modern art, Calder is celebrated for his bold, abstract compositions and innovative approach to form and movement.

Featured Artwork:
Artist: Alexander Calder
Title: Sun with Planets
Date: circa 1972
Medium: Lithograph
Edition: 93/125
Image Size: 25.5 × 19.5 inches
Condition: Good
Price: $2,500 CAD
Notes: Signed lower right; editioned lower left

🗓 March 28 to 29
⏰ Saturday 9 to 6 | Sunday 10 to 5
📍 Queen Elizabeth Building, Exhibition Place
♿️ Fully accessible
🛍 125 vendors
🎟 Admission $17

More information 👉 www.TorontoVintageShow.com

ℹ️: About the Artist: Alexander Calder (1898–1976) was an influential American sculptor and printmaker known for revolutionizing modern art with his invention of the mobile. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Calder brought a unique sense of movement and balance to his work. After moving to Paris in the 1920s, he became associated with leading avant-garde artists, and his practice expanded into printmaking as his international reputation grew. His works are held in major museum collections worldwide, including the Guggenheim and MoMA.

03/15/2026

We’re excited to be back at the Old Book and Paper Show in Toronto! 📚✨

McCanse Art will be bringing a fresh selection of original art, prints, and posters — all things paper, antique and vintage, from Hogarth to Honest Ed’s.

Join us Sunday, March 29, 2026, at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre,📍 6 Sakura Way (formerly Garamond Court), Toronto, ON M3C 1Z5

Hours: 10am – 4pm
Admission: Adults $12 (cash)
Children: 12 and under free
Parking: Free on-site parking

Come browse, discover something special, and say hello. We’d love to see you there! 🎨📜

More info: https://antiqueshowscanada.com/obp-spring/

03/12/2026

✨Exciting news! McCanse Art is returning to the Toronto Vintage Show for the 2026 Spring edition! 🌷

McCanse Art will be there with a wide variety of fine art prints, posters, paintings, and unique ephemera.

🗓 March 28 & 29
⏰ Saturday 9–6 | Sunday 10–5
📍 Queen Elizabeth Building
♿️ Fully accessible
🛍 125 amazing vendors
🎟 Admission $17

Don’t miss it! More info 👉 www.TorontoVintageShow.com

03/08/2026

‘Log Dam on the Lake’ (c. 1930) by Joseph Sydney Hallam shows a calm stretch of water framed by rising hills, with logs drifting across the reflective surface. Loose, confident brushwork captures shifting light and the quiet atmosphere of the Canadian landscape, while the floating timber subtly references the logging industry that shaped many northern waterways. 🌅

Artist: Joseph Sydney Hallam, 1898–1953
Title: Log Dam on the Lake
Date: circa 1930
Medium: Oil on panel
Image Size: 10 × 12 in
Condition: Good
$1,750 CAD

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Provenance/Notes: Verso with small pencil sketch of houses. Verso signed by Hallam’s son, Paul Hallam (2008), certifying the work. Hallam and L.A.C. Panton were the subjects of a 1975 exhibition at the Sarnia Public Library and Art Gallery.

ℹ️ About the Artist: Born in Manchester, England, Joseph Sydney Hallam immigrated to Canada at age 12. He studied in Toronto and at the Ontario College of Art under J. W. Beatty. In the 1920s, he worked at Sampson-Matthews alongside Franklin Carmichael.

Hallam later became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and president of the Ontario Society of Artists, and taught at the Ontario College of Art (1940–45). His work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. You can read a more extended biography on our website ➡️mccanseart.com

03/04/2026

Continuing our appreciation for Nicholas Hornyansky, here is St. John’s, Newfoundland (c. 1940). Hornyansky captures a lively harbor scene ⚓, with ships gathered in the foreground and the hillside city stretching across the horizon. The sweep of the water and the vertical rhythm of the masts lead the eye toward the tightly built waterfront, conveying the character and atmosphere of Newfoundland’s historic port. This fine print showcases Hornyansky’s skill in aquatint and his sensitivity to maritime subjects 🌊.

Nicholas Hornyansky, 1896–1965
RCA, OSA, CPE
Title: St. John’s, Newfoundland
Date: circa 1940
Medium: Aquatint
Edition Number: Unknown
Image plate size: 5.5 × 6.75 in
Condition: Good
$500 CAD

Title pencilled lower left; signed in pencil lower right.

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ℹ️ About the artist: Nicholas Hornyansky (1896–1965) was a Canadian printmaker and painter born in Hungary. He immigrated to Canada in 1929 and became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists. Working primarily in aquatint, he is known for his architectural views, European scenes, and Canadian cityscapes. His work is represented in public and private collections across Canada. 🎨

03/01/2026

‘Victoria College in Spring, Toronto’ (circa 1952) by Nicholas Hornyansky depicts the distinctive tower and arched entrance of Victoria College framed by bare-branched trees and a gently curving campus path. The aquatint technique creates soft tonal transitions in the sky and lawn, while fine etched lines articulate the Gothic stonework and windows. A small figure at the doorway provides scale, reinforcing the quiet grandeur of the academic setting. 🌿

Artist: Nicholas Hornyansky, 1896–1965
Title: Victoria College in Spring, Toronto
Date: circa 1952
Medium: Colour aquatint
Image Size: 7.25 × 6.25 in (plate)
Edition Number: Unknown
Condition: Good
$500 CAD

Notes: Signed lower right; titled lower left.

🎥 Note: The accompanying video features the print transforming into a present-day photographic view of Victoria College, visually linking Hornyansky’s mid-century interpretation with the building as it appears today.

ℹ️ About the Artist: Born in Budapest, Hornyansky studied at the Academy of Fine Arts before exhibiting portrait work in Antwerp and Brussels. He later turned to etching and landscape subjects, travelling through England and France before settling in Canada in 1929. A regular exhibitor with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and the Ontario Society of Artists, he made significant contributions to the development of printmaking in Canada and exhibited widely across North America and internationally. 🎨

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02/25/2026

‘In A Moment in Time’ (1975) by Lloyd Fitzgerald shows a lone woman in a housecoat standing before a simple, church-like building set in a sparse, rural landscape. The flat, gradient sky, echoing the pink of her outfit, suggests dawn or dusk and creates an arresting, almost cinematic pause. Drybrush and glaze over gesso give the work a matte, luminous finish, emphasising stillness and contemplation. Every detail feels carefully considered, holding the moment like a frame from a film. 🌾

Artist: Lloyd Fitzgerald, b. 1941
Title: A Moment in Time
Date: 1975
Medium: Acrylic drybrush and glaze over gesso on board
Image Size: 22 × 30 in (sight)
Condition: Good
$1,250 CAD

Provenance/Notes: Signed and dated near centre left; titled and dated on verso; label of Dominion Gallery

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ℹ️ About the Artist: Born in the Miramichi region of New Brunswick, Fitzgerald is largely self-taught. After serving in the U.S. Army and completing mural projects, he returned to Canada in 1966 to produce wildlife studies for the federal Department of Forestry. Introduced to Max Stern by Alex Colville, he exhibited with Dominion Gallery in Montreal for nearly 30 years. His work is held in private and corporate collections across Canada and internationally. 🎨

02/22/2026

In 'Autumn, Near London ON (Grand River)' (c. 1910), Alexander M. Fleming depicts the agricultural landscape of southwestern Ontario in the naturalist manner that characterized Canadian painting before the rise of the Group of Seven. The modest scale and brushwork emphasize a topographical view, drawing attention to the cultivated riverbank and the worked farmland of the Grand River region. 🍂🌾

Alexander M. Fleming, 1875–1929
Title: Autumn, Near London ON (Grand River)
Date: circa 1910
Medium: Oil on canvas
Image size: 9 × 10 in
Condition: Good
$875

Signed lower left; titled and signed on verso.

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ℹ️ About the artist: Alexander M. Fleming (1875–1929) was a Canadian painter born in Chatham, Ontario. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and at the Royal Academy Schools in London, and exhibited with the Ontario Society of Artists, the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, and the Art Association of Montreal. Working in oil and watercolour, he focused on rural Ontario landscapes, marine subjects, and scenes of agricultural life, and later lived in Belfountain, Ontario. He also taught the modernist painter Hortense Gordon. His work is represented in the collections of the Thames Art Gallery and the Market Gallery in Toronto. 🎨

Alexander M. Fleming - Autumn, Near London ON (Grand River)

02/16/2026

For this post, we move beyond Toronto to showcase Samuel Herbert Maw’s work in other cities. ‘Little Church on the Hill — Ottawa’ depicts a small church perched on a gentle hill, drawn with precise linework. The etching highlights both the building’s architecture and its peaceful setting, reflecting Maw’s interest in recording historic and vernacular structures across Canada 🇨🇦

Samuel Herbert Maw, 1881–1952

Title: Little Church on the Hill, Ottawa
Date: circa 1920s–30s
Medium: Etching
Condition: Good

ℹ️ About the artist: Samuel Herbert Maw (1881–1952) was born in Suffolk, England, and trained as an architect, earning the Soane Medallion, which included a travel scholarship to Europe. During his time abroad, he began etching. Maw moved to Canada in 1912 and quickly established himself as both an architect and printmaker. By 1913, his etchings were shown in the Ontario Society of Artists’ annual exhibition. He lived and worked in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, contributing to major architectural projects, including work on the Toronto Stock Exchange building. Maw held a major exhibition of etchings in Halifax in 1922, and his work was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada. Today, 41 of his etchings are held in the Art Gallery of Ontario permanent collection.

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02/14/2026

Torontonians recognize the Round Room at Eaton’s College Street? This is our second post inviting you to spot historic Toronto landmarks through the etchings of Samuel Herbert Maw. Here he captures one of the city’s most elegant Art Moderne interiors. Once a celebrated dining space within the Eaton’s complex, the circular room with its fountain and streamlined detailing was closely associated with The Carlu, part of the luxurious seventh floor designed by Jacques Carlu for Lady Eaton. Maw renders the architecture with precision and calm restraint, transforming a glamorous social setting into a quiet historical record of Toronto’s design heritage.

Samuel Herbert Maw, 1881–1952

Title: The Round Room, Eaton’s College Street
Date: circa 1920s–30s
Medium: Etching
Condition: Good

Notes: The Round Room formed part of the Eaton’s College Street store and is considered a notable example of Art Moderne interior design in Canada. Its circular plan and central fountain made it one of Toronto’s most distinctive retail dining spaces. The restaurant closed in the late 1970s, but the room was preserved and restored and now survives within The Carlu as a special event venue. Image 2 includes a historic photograph courtesy of Parks Canada. Image 3 shows a period advertisement for the restaurant courtesy of HistoricPlaces.ca.

ℹ️ About the artist: Samuel Herbert Maw (1881–1952) was born in Suffolk, England, and trained as an architect, earning the Soane Medallion, which included a travel scholarship to Europe. During his time abroad, he began etching. Maw moved to Canada in 1912 and quickly established himself as both an architect and printmaker. By 1913, his etchings were shown in the Ontario Society of Artists’ annual exhibition. He lived and worked in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, contributing to major architectural projects, including work on the Toronto Stock Exchange building. Maw held a major exhibition of etchings in Halifax in 1922, and his work was acquired by the National Gallery of Canada. Today, 41 of his etchings are held in the Art Gallery of Ontario permanent collection.

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