Arthur Shilling
(1941 - 1986)
Previously Sold Works
ARTHUR SHILLING
The Artist’s Niece Margaret
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1972 on the reverse
25.5 x 17 ins ( 64.8 x 43.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,800.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
ARTHUR SHILLING
Self Portrait
oil on board
signed on the reverse; titled and dated circa “1978-1979” on a label on the reverse
18 x 15 ins ( 45.7 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
ARTHUR SHILLING
Forest Interior
oil on masonite
inscribed "This was painted by my husband, Arthur Shilling, in 1983" by Millie Shilling on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 in ( 26.7 x 34.3 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: September 24th 2024
ARTHUR SHILLING
Mother and Child
oil on canvas
signed lower right
32.25 x 27 ins ( 81.9 x 68.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,000.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
ARTHUR SHILLING
Self Portrait
oil on canvas board
signed and dated 1963 lower left
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $2,300.00
Sale date: June 22nd 2016
ARTHUR SHILLING
Fir Tree with Clouds
oil on board
signed and dated 1983 lower right
12 x 13 ins ( 30.5 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,300.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
ARTHUR SHILLING
Self-Portrait
gouache on board
signed and dated 1963 lower right
21 x 16.25 ins ( 53.3 x 41.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: November 7th 2023
ARTHUR SHILLING
Self Portrait
pastel
signed lower right
11 x 8 ins ( 27.9 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,840.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
ARTHUR SHILLING
Portrait of a Young Boy
pastel on paper
signed lower right
17.25 x 14.25 ins ( 43.8 x 36.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: December 12th 2019
ARTHUR SHILLING
Woman Gazing Upwards
pastel on paper
signed and dated 1967 lower right
21.75 x 17.75 ins ( 55.2 x 45.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: November 28th 2019
ARTHUR SHILLING
Train Tracks
oil on canvas board
dated 1960 and inscribed “Art Shilling” on the reverse
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
ARTHUR SHILLING
Portrait of a Girl
watercolour
signed and dated “June 6/63” lower right
15 x 11.5 ins ( 38.1 x 29.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: March 8th 2017
ARTHUR SHILLING
Train Tracks
oil on canvas board
dated 1960 on the reverse
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: March 20th 2019
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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.