Aleen Elizabeth Aked
(1907 - 2003)
Previously Sold Works
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Autumn Woods
oil on canvas
estate stamp on the reverse
15.5 x 19.5 ins ( 39.4 x 49.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: April 27th 2021
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Woman in Red
oil on canvas
signed and artist’s estate stamp on the reverse
22 x 16 ins ( 55.9 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $660.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Still Life with Jugs and Fruit; Still Life with Oranges and Orange Tree
two oils on board
- “Still Life with Jugs and Fruit” signed lower right; signed and artist’s estate stamp on the reverse; 15.5 x 20 ins; unframed;
- “Still Life with Oranges and Orange Tree” artist’s estate stamp on the reverse; 16 x 19 ins; unframed
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $660.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Portrait of a Boy
oil on board
stamped with estate stamp, no. 129, on the reverse
21 x 18 ins ( 53.3 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: July 20th 2021
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Recumbent Female Nude Partially Draped
oil on canvas
signed lower right; artist’s estate stamp on the stretcher on the reverse; unframed
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $510.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Rowboat by the Shore; Two Sailboats in an Inlet
two oils on canvas
“Rowboat by the Shore”, signed lower left; with an estate stamp on the reverse; unframed;
“Two Sailboats in an Inlet”, signed lower right; with an estate stamp on the reverse; unframed
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Streams, Pools and Red Barn (Low Tide); Stormy Seas Off a Rocky Coast; Horse Grazing on Rolling Hills; Summer View
four oils on board
“Streams, Pools and Red Barn (Low Tide)” an estate stamp on the reverse; unframed;
“Stormy Seas Off a Rocky Coast”, an estate stamp on the reverse; unframed;
“Horse Grazing on Rolling Hills” an estate stamp on the reverse; unframed;
“Summer View” an estate stamp on the reverse; unframed
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: September 12th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Four Studies of Trees
four oils
“Tree with Red Barn in the Distance, Belleville”, oil on canvas board; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 12 x 9 ins (30.4 x 22.8 cms), unframed
“Summer Sail”, oil on canvas board; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 12 x 9 ins (30.4 x 22.8 cms), unframed
“Autumn Trees”, oil on artist’s board; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 12.5 x 14 ins (31.7 x 35.5 cms), unframed
“Study of Autumn Trees (Study of Parrot on the reverse)”, oil on artist’s board; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 9.5 x 8 ins (24.1 x 20.3 cms), unframed
12.5 x 14 ins ( 31.8 x 35.6 cms ) ( largest board )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Five Views
five oils
“Bridge - Quaint - Acres”, oil on canvas board; signed, titled, dated July 1978, with an estate stamp on the reverse, 9 x 12 ins, unframed
“Marsh View”, oil on board; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 9 x12 ins, unframed
“Garden Study”, oil on canvas board; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 8 x 10 ins, unframed
“Coastal Landscape, Florida”, oil on canvas board; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 9 x 12 ins, unframed
“Sand Dunes”, oil on board, signed lower left; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 9 x 12 ins, unframed
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms ) ( largest board )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Untitled (Portrait of a Man)
charcoal on paper
signed and dated 1935 lower left
16.75 x 11.5 ins ( 42.5 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
A View from the Top; Garden of Ladies
two oils
“A View From the Top” - oil on board; with an estate stamp on the reverse, 12 x 16 ins (30.4 x 40.6 cms);
“Garden of Ladies” - oil on canvas, with an estate stamp on the reverse 16 x 20 ins (40.6 cms x 50.8 cms)
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Self-Portrait
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and artist’s estate stamp on the reverse; unframed
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $330.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Still Life with Egg and Teacup
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1936 lower right; artist’s estate stamp on the reverse; unframed
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
My Primulas
oil on canvas board
titled on a frame plaque; artist’s estate stamp on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
ALEEN ELIZABETH AKED
Ontario College of Art Portfolio
mixed media
Approximately forty-five unframed drawings; some with an estate stamp on the reverse, contained within original Ontario College of Art, Toronto, portfolio, dated 1923
20 x 15 ins ( 50.8 x 38.1 cms ) ( overall )
A.E. Aked Biography
(1907 - 2003)
Aleen Aked was born in 1907 in Kildwick, Yorkshire, England and moved to Ontario at age three. At fourteen she won an Arthur Lismer Junior Course Scholarship at the Ontario College of Art and later a fulltime scholarship. She studied under the Group of Seven members Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, F. W. Varley, and A.Y. Jackson. She also studied under J.W. Beatty, George Reid, Fred Haines, Yvonne McKague Housser, Emmanuel Hahn, and Sydney March and at the OCA (her classmates included Doris McCarthy and Isabel McLaughlin). From 1929 until 1944 she spent Winters in Sarasota, Florida, and Summers in Ontario. She exhibited regularly in Florida and became a member of the Southern States Art League and the Sarasota Art Association (in 1942 she served as president of the SAA). She also studied at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota and privately under American painters Abbott Graves (still-lifes) and Robert Brackman (portraits). She exhibited regularly in Canada at the Canadian National Exhibition, the Royal Canadian Academy, and the Ontario Society of Artists. In 1989 a major retrospective of her work was held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. A painter of still-lifes, portraits and landscapes in the post-impressionist tradition the artist passed way in 2003.
Bibliography: McMann, Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Exhibitions and Members 1880-1979 [p. 6]; Oshawa, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, The Art of Aleen Aked, by Joan Murray. [exhibition catalogue]. Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Artists in Canada A Union List of Artists [p. 5].
