Oil on Masonite, apparently unsigned but retaining a partial artist's gallery label on the verso, presented in the likely original frame.

DOA 26 x 31.5 in.

Originally from Estonia, Saarniit was conscripted by the Russian army after their invasion in 1941. He spent some time in a concentration camp in Siberia, but escaped and fled through Nazi-Germany to Finland. While living in Sweden he organized, for the first time in history, an anti-Communist exhibition.
In 1948, he immigrated to Canada and developed a following as an artist.

In need of cleaning.