C. E. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Eastern Ontario. Active late 20th century.

C. E. are the initials on a primitive painted woodcarving of a fiddle player. Other wood carvings with this mark are occasionally  found in Eastern Ontario.

An example of the work of this artist:

C. E. Carving of a Fiddle Player. Eastern Ontario.

The mark of ‘C. E.’:

The Mark of C. E.

Joseph ‘Elmer’ Bertrend. Sculptor. Painter. Woodcarver. Smith Falls, Ontario. Active mid to late 20th century.

Joseph Bertrend was a carver and painter of birds and animals.

C. L. Brewin. Sculptor. Wood carver. Peterborough area. Active mid to late 19th century.

C. L. Brewin made painted carvings of animals, often in situations. He signed and dated his work and usually numbered them.

‘The Standoff’ bt C. L. Brewin:

C. L. Brewin. Standoff.

C. L. Brewin. His Mark:

C. L. Brewin. Standoff. His mark.

James Jamieson. Sculptor. Painter. Woodcarver. Middleport, Ontario. Active 1960’s – .

James Jamieson a naive painter and carver of birds and animals as well as relief carved wall plaques.

Ref: Kobayashi/Bird, A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists (1985).

Ref: Blake McKendry, An Illustrated Companion to Canadian Folk Art (1999).

John Hummel. Sculptor. Woodcarver. Maryhill, Ontario. Active mid 20th century.

John Hummel made painted carvings of animals and birds. He was known for his carvings of bird trees. He was collected and shown in the Canadian Museum of Civilization show ‘This Other Eden’. (A link to the Museum site is given below.) John Hummel is also cited in “A Splendid Harvest” 1981.*

*Ref:  Bird and Kobayashi. A Splendid Harvest. Toronto, Van Nostrand Reinholdt. 1981.

Ref: Canadian Centre for Folk Culture Studies. Canadian Museum of Civilization. CCFCS

Ref: A link to the Canadian Museum site and This Other Eden’s  Canadian Folk Art Outdoors:

http://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/arts/eden/edout01e.shtml