4th Meridian

Art • Vintage • Books
online decorative arts auctions

Unique Fine Art & vintage Prints • Handmade Pottery & Ceramics • Curated Culinary & Food Books
Vintage Curiosities & Mid-Century Scandinavian Glass

BIG AUCTION NEWS!

Thank you for participating in our first auction with our NEW (Canadian) online auction platform.

Stay tuned: our next auction will launch April 17.

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It’s easy to sign up from the link in the upper right hand corner of 4thmeridian.biddify.io but if you have any concerns or questions just email rene@4thmeridian.ca

4th Meridian Art & Auctions is delighted to present this collection of watercolours, painted by C.H. Rawson during several trips through the province during the first half of the 20th century. The watercolours presented here have never before been exhibited.

Not a great deal is known about Charles Henry Rawson’s early life. He was born in Stayner, Ontario, in 1870, and served as a Constable in the Northwest Mounted police in Regina, Lethbridge and Dawson City between 1893 and 1901. In 1905 he married Florence May Ellis in
Vancouver and listed his profession on the certificate as artist. By 1912 he was exhibiting with the B.C. Society of Fine Arts and he continued to do this until 1943, interrupted only by World War One.

In 1914, at the age of 44, he enlisted in the Canadian Army and was sent overseas with the 3rd Field Company, Divisional Engineers. He was wounded at the Battle of Festubert in 1915, while erecting barbed wire entanglements, and was evacuated first to England and then back to Canada.

Rawson exhibited with the Vancouver Sketch Club until 1932, and was a founding member of the Federation of Canadian Artists in 1941. He died in Vancouver in 1948.

Handmade at 4th Meridian! Browse our growing collection of products, including vintage woodblock printed cotton kitchen towels and Naramata oversize postcards with beautiful views of the Okanagan.

Some new art has been added to our online shop.

We are excited to offer a stunning oil on canvasboard by western Canadian artist, Illingworth Kerr.

More art is being added regularly!

Naramata!

We are re-organizing and cleaning up to be ready to open Saturdays starting April 19th 12 - 4, and expanding to full weekends in May. Get ready, too, for the Big Naramata Community Yard Sale May 3

Cannery Trade Centre, our original home base.

We are open Tuesday through Saturday 11 - 3.

The Cannery Trade Centre is hopping with new businesses featuring coffee at One14 Coffee Co, baked goods in the same location made by Handful Of, amazing beer at The Tin Whistle Brewery, plus many events and artists at Donut House Studios, and even more shopping!

Visit us for: pottery, glassware, greeting cards, framed vintage art prints, original fine art, hand-poured candles, and BOOKS about food, food memoirs and food travel. Plus many vintage curiosities and useful items to accent your interior spaces.

Gift certificates! Any denomination, and we’ll mail it anywhere on your behalf. Valid at both of our locations, Cannery Trade Centre year-round, and Naramata March through to October.

CLICK the photos to see even more pics of the shop. But things change all the time, so best to visit!