Osvald timus biography books

Born in Estonia on September 17,1913. Osvald Timmas studied at the University of Tartu 1939-44 majoring in Economics. He worked at the Studio School with Nikolai Kummits, 1939-42 and Gunther Reindorff, 1943-44, and studied Illustrative Arts in Stockholm, Sweden, 1947-50.

Timmas settled in Canada in 1951 and began painting professionally in 1956 in watercolour, oil and acrylics. Timmas has done independent research on water medium and extended techniques in watercolour painting. He has developed the use of ferric oxide, a most permanent pigment, in his aquarelle medium.

His many Group Exhibitions include:  A selection of Water Colours, National Gallery of Canada, 1965.

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Canadian Watercolours, Drawings and Prints, National Gallery of Canada, 1966. American Watercolours, Circulating Shows for U.S. Museums, 1966, 1974. A selection of Canadian Water Colours, Art Galley of Ontario, 1968, 1975. American Watercolour Centennial, Circulating Exhibitions, 1967, 1968.

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