ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR - ABOUT THE ARTIST: George Campbell Tinning Art is highly collectable and is exhibited in many Canadian Art Galleries. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1910. George Tinning went for his art training in the Eliot O'Hara Watercolor School, Maine (1938); and the Art Students’ League of New York (1939). He then settled in Montreal, Canada in 1939. From 1942 to 1948, he won the prestigious Jessie Dow Prize award for watercolors from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ( Note: The Jessie Dow Prize : The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, at their annual Spring Exhibitions, awarded artists the Jessie Dow Prize from 1908-1965. This award was given for excellence of work in oil and watercolor. It is considered the most prestigious Canadian art award. This benchmark prize serves as a valuable guide to collectors who seek quality and value in Canadian art. Some of the Canadian artists who won this award: Bell-Smith; Brymner; B. des Clayes; Gagnon; A.Y. Jackson; F. M. Knowles; J.W. Morrice; Palmer; Pilot; W.G. Roberts; A. Robinson; Suzor-Côte; G.C. Tinning. etc .) From 1943-1946 George Campbell Tinning served in the Canadian Army as an official war artist (WWII). In 1953 he became an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy (ARCA); in 1954 member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colors (CSPWC); and in 1970 full member of the Royal Canadian Academy (RCA). George Campbell Tinning's best paintings were in watercolor. He died in Montreal on February 28, 1996. Many of his watercolors, close to 500 works, are part of the collections of the following establishments: National Art Gallery, Ottawa Museum of Art, Joliette Canada National Archives, Ottawa Canadian War Museum, Ottawa Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal The Winnipeg Art Gallery The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa Many other pieces of his art work are in the collections of corporations and individual collectors worldwide. Major Exhibitions: 1938 & 1955 – Royal Canadian Academy 1939- The New York World’s Fair, NYC 1942 – Vancouver Art Gallery Walter Klinkhoff Gallery, Montreal 1939-1954 – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts 1971 – Kastel Gallery, Montreal 1972 – Canadian War Museum 1994 - Dominion Gallery, Montreal and many others.