Thurstan Topham "still Life with White Roses"

THURSTAN TOPHAM (CANADIAN/BRITISH, 1888–1966) OIL ON CANVAS BOARD, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT A STILL LIFE COMPOSITION BY INTERWAR ARTIST THURSTAN TOPHAM, DEPICTING TWO LUMINOUS WHITE ROSES ANCHORED IN A DEEP GREENISH-BROWN GLAZED CERAMIC VASE. 11.125 X 6.625 IN AT SIGHT 16.25 X 11.75 IN FRAMED BORN IN ENGLAND IN 1888, WILLIAM THURSTON TOPHAM INITIALLY TRAINED IN ARCHITECTURE BEFORE IMMIGRATING TO MONTREAL, CANADA, IN 1911. AFTER SERVING IN WORLD WAR I AS AN ARMY ARTIST PRODUCING TOPOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, HE SHIFTED HIS FOCUS ENTIRELY TO PAINTING, EVENTUALLY GAINING WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION FOR HIS VIVID LAURENTIAN LANDSCAPES. HE BECAME CLOSELY INTEGRATED INTO MONTREAL'S MODERN ART SCENE THROUGH HIS ASSOCIATION AND EXHIBITIONS WITH THE BEAVER HALL GROUP DURING THE EARLY 1920S. TOPHAM SPENT THE REMAI...