R.L. (Reginald Llewelyn) Harvey ASA
British/Canadian, 1888-1973
unless noted all work is from the Harvey Estate.
Untitled (Forest Glen), n.d., oil on panel, 18 x 24 inches (46 x 61 cm), l.r. signed (RL Harvey), provenance: artist's estate, original frame, $800.00 Cdn.
Trees At..., n.d., oil on panel, 20 x 16 inches (51 x 40.5 cm), l.l. signed (RL Harvey), provenance: artist's estate, original artist made frame, $750.00 Cdn.
Mt. Olympus (7,954 ft.), n.d., oil on canvas board, 8x10 inches (20x25.5 cm), artist's estate, signed l.l. (RL Harvey), original artist made frame, $375 Cdn.
North Of Trochu, Alta., n.d., oil on panel, 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25.5 cm), l.l. signed (RL Harvey), provenance: artist's estate, original artist made frame, $250 Cdn.
Creek Bed, c.1940, pastel on paper, signed l.r. (R.L. Harvey), 9.5 x 12.5 inches (24x32cm), $250 Cdn.
Big Sky Country, 1940, pastel, signed l.r. (R.L. Harvey), 9.5 x 12.5 inches (24x32cm), $250 Cdn.
Fall Colours, c.1940, pastel on paper, signed bottom centre (R.L. Harvey), 11.5 x 8.5 inches (29x22cm), $250 Cdn.
Study In Green (River Scene, Banff), n.d., oil on panel, 10 x 12 inches (25.5 x 30.5 cm), not signed, provenance: artist's estate, original frame, sold.
Kootenay Lake, c.1951, oil on artist's panel, 24x32 inches, provenance: Calgary Collection, Note: signed l.r. (RL Harvey), sold
Forest, n.d., oil on panel, 11.75 x 10 inches (30 x 25.5 cm), l.r. signed (RL Harvey), provenance: artist's estate, original frame, sold.
Forty Mile Creek, Banff, c.1951, watercolor/paper, 5x7 inches, provenance: Calgary collection, Note: signed l.r. (RL Harvey), sold
Cathedral, Lake O'Hara, c.1951, watercolor and gouache/paper, 7 x 10 inches, provenance: Calgary collection, Note: signed l.r. (RL Harvey), sold
Bow River West Of Banff, 1950s, pastel on paper, provenance: Banff/Victoria collection, 6.25 x 8.5 inches (15.5 x 21.5 cm), original artist made frame, sold.
Vermilion Lakes, West Of Banff, 1950s, pastel on paper, provenance: Banff/Victoria Collection, 6.25 x 8.5 inches (15.5 x 21.5 cm), original artist made frame, sold.
Cathedral, 1926, mixed media (primarily oil) on panel, 14.75 x 19.75 inches (37.5 x 50 cm), condition fair, l.r. indistinct signature (RL Harvey), provenance: Ontario collection, new framing, sold.
“Read all the books you can get hold of, study the works of the masters, from the actual works, when possible, if not, from reproductions, attend lectures and demonstrations, they will all give ideas, and you will need all the ideas you can get. But they will not make you into a good painter. That comes from one thing only- WORK.”
Reginald Harvey studied at the University College, Southampton, England (his hometown school); the Yarmouth School of Art, Norfolk; and at the Regent Street, Polytechnic in London. He came to Calgary, Alberta in 1912. Harvey was the Supervisor of Art, Calgary Schools 1922-31 and, for twenty years, he oversaw the Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Art Department. It is considered that Harvey was influential in the hiring of A.C. Leighton by the Provincial Institute of Art & Technology. The two artists, who were fast friends, were sketching companions on many trips to the mountains and foothills of the Canadian Rockies. A.C. Leighton and Harvey co-founded the Alberta Society of Artists.
Influenced by the British tradition of tonalism (overall tone of colored atmosphere or mist), the artist worked in oils, watercolors and did a level of printmaking.
Harvey exhibited his work at the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery (solo, 1943), the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, at Hart House (Toronto), and the Manor Richelieu (Quebec). He also exhibited with the Montreal Art Association, the Manitoba Society of Artists, and the Ontario Society of Artists.
Collections: Alberta Foundation of the Arts Collection; Government House (Alberta); Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies (Banff), private collections across Canada, in the USA, and Europe.
Harvey retired to Victoria, B.C. in 1951 and lived there until his death in December 1973.