Rolling Hills and Tree (double-sided)
18 x 21 in (45.7 x 53.3 cm) including frame
Hilton Hassell
Hilton Macdonald Hassell was born in Lachine, Quebec, in 1910 and began painting at age seventeen. He studied at the Ontario College of Art under notable instructors J.W. Beatty, J.E.H. MacDonald, and F.H. Johnston, and also trained briefly in England under Hayward Veal at the Heatherley School of Art in London. After his formal training, he continued developing his skills through independent study over many years, eventually becoming recognized as an outstanding painter.
Hassell worked in commercial art at Brigden's Limited in graphic media until June 1955, when he transitioned to full-time painting. During his commercial career, he also worked for other firms and served as art editor for MacLean's Magazine. His artistic practice encompassed a variety of subjects including figures, portraits, and landscapes, working in oil, watercolour, and acrylic. He was particularly drawn to coastal scenes and developed a reputation for his depictions of water, seacoasts, shorelines, harbours, and coves.
His extensive travels provided rich subject matter for his work. Following a trip to Ireland in the mid-1960s, the Port Credit Weekly noted that he found inspiration in "the farms, the bogs and the cosy, intimate seaports" of the Irish countryside. He also painted in Newfoundland, where he depicted the distinctive wooden platforms called "flakes" used by fishermen to dry fish in the sun. His travels extended to Spain, Sussex in England, Massachusetts, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British Columbia, and the Canadian Arctic.
Hassell was a member of the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy between 1936 and 1966, showing thirteen pieces during this period, and displayed work at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1960 and 1961. In 1965, he held a solo exhibition at the Memorial University Art Gallery in St. John's, Newfoundland, by invitation, and had solo shows at Eaton's Fine Art Galleries in both Toronto and Winnipeg. His winter landscapes were reproduced for Christmas cards, and his work is found in major Canadian galleries, corporate collections, and private collections across North America. Hassell died in 1980 at age seventy, survived by his wife Valerie and two children.
September Canadian & International Art Auction
September 12 - September 25, 2025
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