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Roy Greenaway (Canadian, 1891–1972) Landscape, n.d Oil on Board 55.9 x 66 cm Collection of the Art Gallery of Algoma |
Roy Greenaway (1891-1972 | Canadian)
Roy Greenaway was a self-taught painter, learning in his free time when he wasn’t working at his full-time job at the Toronto Daily Star as a reporter/photographer. Greenaway began painting in the 1930s with oil paints, a post-war contemporary painter inspired by the Toronto scenery around him. The artist also captured coastal and cityscapes of Quebec, New York, Venice and England.
Roy Greenaway was a self-taught painter, learning in his free time when he wasn’t working at his full-time job at the Toronto Daily Star as a reporter/photographer. Greenaway began painting in the 1930s with oil paints, a post-war contemporary painter inspired by the Toronto scenery around him. The artist also captured coastal and cityscapes of Quebec, New York, Venice and England.
