Bernice Fenwick Martin
(1902 - 1999)
Previously Sold Works
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Hollow River Rapids, Near Dorset, Ontario
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Village on the Water
oil on board
8.5 x 10.5 ins ( 21.6 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Brass Tray and Fruit
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and artist’s stamp on the reverse
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Untitled (Cloud Study)
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
10.25 x 13.5 ins ( 26 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $561.00
Sale date: May 12th 2020
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Still Life of Flowers
oil on board
signed lower right; estate stamp on the reverse; unframed
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $570.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Market Gardens of Springtime (Lampton, ON)
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $502.00
Sale date: September 29th 2020
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Young Girl in Red
oil on board
signed upper right; signed and titled on the reverse
10.5 x 8.5 ins ( 26.7 x 21.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $510.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Autumn Landscape
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower right; an unfinished sketch on the reverse with the artist’s stamp and inscribed with the artist’s name
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Blue Glass Jug and Flowers
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower left; artist’s stamp on the reverse
7 x 6 ins ( 17.8 x 15.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $374.00
Sale date: June 14th 2017
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Port Hope, Country Homestead
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse; hinged section of board present at right edge; unframed
10.5 x 13.75 ins ( 26.7 x 34.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $374.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Mabel’s Yard
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1984 on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $300.00
Sale date: March 26th 2014
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Come to the Fair
colour linocut
signed, titled and numbered 3/75 in the lower margin
9.75 x 15 ins ( 24.8 x 38.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $125.00 - $175.00
Price Realized $270.00
Sale date: February 24th 2016
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Cherry Beach
signed and titled in the lower margin; titled and dated on the reverse
5.75 x 8.75 ins ( 14.6 x 22.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $270.00
Sale date: March 23rd 2016
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Floral Still Life
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; the artist’s name and address stamped on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: March 23rd 2015
BERNICE FENWICK MARTIN
Black River, Von Koughnet, Muskoka
watercolour and graphite
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
7.5 x 9.25 ins ( 19.1 x 23.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: June 14th 2017
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Bernice Fenwick Martin Biography
(1902 - 1999)
Born in Shelbourne, Ontario, Martin studied at the Ontario College of Art under noted Canadian artists J.W. Beatty and Franklin Carmichael. After the death of Beatty in 1941, she found friendship in Peter Clapham Sheppard whom she studied and worked with until his death in 1965. Working in oil, watercolour and woodcut, Martin focuses on real scenes, Toronto harbour scenes, still life, and Northern landscapes with particular concentration on the Muskoka, Haliburton, and Algonquin Park regions of Ontario. She had works showcased at the Royal Canadian Academy from 1945-1947 and solo exhibitions of her work in Toronto galleries throughout her career. “I look back on my life and my painting hours were the happiest. I’d spend long hours and forget time…my time was always measured by the passage of light.”
(With details from Canadian Heritage Art Gallery, “A Celebration of the Art and Life of Bernice Fenwick Martin”, Kleinburg, 2010, page xi)
