Roy Austin "Settler's Road #2" Oil on Board, 1994 Canadian was the only Canadian artist

was the only Canadian artist involved with the seminal post-World War II School of Paris

Growing up surrounded by the rural countryside

which he achieved by applying oil paint in thick

Details: "Valhalla" 2013

Frame dimensions: 18 x 22 in (45

Roy Austin "Settler's Road #2" Oil on Board, 1994 Canadian was the only Canadian artistRoy Austin (1910 1997) was born in Faversham, England and emigrated to Canada a year later. After a short stay in Toronto, his family settled in Orangeville, Ontario. Growing up surrounded by the rural countryside, the young Austin developed a keen appreciation of the beautiful Ontario landscape. In 1930, at age 20, Roy Austin enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto and studied painting and design under J. W. Beatty, J. E. H. Macdonald,