Arthur Shilling
(1941 - 1986)
Previously Sold Works
ARTHUR SHILLING
Young Woman
oil on board
titled (on a label), the estate stamp (signed by Millie Shilling) and inscribed “311” on the reverse
24 x 18.25 ins ( 61 x 46.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $8,260.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
ARTHUR SHILLING
Portrait of Melinda
oil on board
signed lower right; dated “Summer 1978” on a note on the reverse
22 x 19.5 ins ( 55.9 x 49.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $5,290.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016
ARTHUR SHILLING
Sleeping Child
oil on board
signed and dated 1969 lower right
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $2,750.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
ARTHUR SHILLING
Playing Guitar
oil on board
signed and dated 1973 lower right
35 x 30.75 ins ( 88.9 x 78.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $13,200.00
Sale date: November 30th 2021
ARTHUR SHILLING
Young Lady
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1965 lower right; signed and titled on the stretcher on the reverse
30 x 24 ins ( 76.2 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $8,400.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
ARTHUR SHILLING
Looking to the Future #2
oil on masonite
signed and dated 1980 lower middle right; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
26 x 30 ins ( 66 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $6,720.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
ARTHUR SHILLING
Two Girls (Resting)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1980 lower left; titled on tape affixed to the reverse; also titled on a gallery label on the reverse
33 x 40 ins ( 83.8 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $6,490.00
Sale date: September 29th 2020
ARTHUR SHILLING
Kids on a Snowbank
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
14 x 18 ins ( 35.6 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $4,956.00
Sale date: April 26th 2019
ARTHUR SHILLING
Looking Down from Studio on Broadview
oil on board
signed and dated 1975 lower right; titled on the reverse
31.25 x 24 ins ( 79.4 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $4,602.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
ARTHUR SHILLING
Portrait of a Young Boy
oil on board
signed and dated 1967 lower right
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $4,484.00
Sale date: November 28th 2019
ARTHUR SHILLING
Forest Dwelling
oil on board
signed and dated 1981 lower right; Inscribed “A84” and “1390C” on the reverse; unframed
27 x 30.75 ins ( 68.6 x 78.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: June 24th 2021
ARTHUR SHILLING
Self-Portrait
oil on canvas, mounted on board
signed and dated 1961 lower right
29.5 x 42 ins ( 74.9 x 106.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,894.00
Sale date: April 14th 2020
ARTHUR SHILLING
Portrait of a Young Girl
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed and dated 1972 on the reverse
28.5 x 22.75 ins ( 72.4 x 57.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,840.00
Sale date: September 28th 2021
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A. Shilling Biography
(1941 - 1986)
The work of painter and draughtsman Arthur Shilling is distinguished for flowering during the resurgence of First Nations artistic activity in the 1960s, yet employing none of the newly-flourishing styles. Instead, Shilling melded European influences into a unique expression of his Ojibwa worldview which would become increasingly important after he reached a personal turning point in 1980. Shilling was a natural colourist and continual experimenter, whose representational works - often portraits - were rendered with a vivid characteristic palette and later in formats which would transcend European conventions (i.e. multiple figures, totem formats). Shilling attended the New School of Art and the Ontario College of Art and in 1967, was presented with the Canadian Centennial Medal.
