Doris Jean McCarthy
(1910 - 2010) RCA, OSA
Previously Sold Works
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Bed and Breakfast at Cashel, Connemara
watercolour
signed lower right
15 x 22 ins ( 38.1 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,220.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
From Whistler Parking Lot
watercolour
signed lower right; partial, signed Rockies landscape, titled and dated “970604” (June 4, 1997) on the reverse
15 x 22.5 ins ( 38.1 x 57.2 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: December 3rd 2020
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Exshaw Near Banff
acrylic on board
signed lower right; titled on gallery label on the reverse; inscribed “760928B” on the reverse (indicating the artist’s date of September 28, 1976)
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,990.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Kitchen of the Knothole
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1959 and inscribed “590804” on the reverse; inscribed “Painting recording original condition of Knothole Kitchen” on a note affixed to the reverse (the note completed by the artist on August 24, 2001)
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,832.00
Sale date: November 19th 2019
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
The Rapids on Crowe River
watercolour
signed lower right
14 x 21.5 ins ( 35.6 x 54.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,300.00
Sale date: November 22nd 2016
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Icebergs in Sunlight, Wellington
oil on board
signed lower right
11.5 x 13.5 ins ( 29.2 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,300.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Air Strip at Broughton Island
oil on board
signed lower right; titled to a label on the reverse
11.75 x 15.75 ins ( 29.8 x 40 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $10,148.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Newfoundland Tickle
oil on panel
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “99069” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $6,000.00
Sale date: September 24th 2015
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Brixham Harbour (Lake Shoreline)
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and dated “390810” on the reverse
11.5 x 13.5 ins ( 29.2 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $5,400.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Athabaska River, North of Jasper
oil on board
signed lower right; inscribed “770623” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,600.00
Sale date: November 29th 2013
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Autumn Lake
double-sided oil on board
signed lower right; an unfinished shore landscape on the reverse
10.5 x 13 ins ( 26.7 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $4,800.00
Sale date: March 22nd 2022
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Village on the North Shore
watercolour
signed lower right
22.5 x 30.5 ins ( 57.2 x 77.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,500.00 - $4,500.00
Price Realized $3,700.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Low Tide on Fjord (2004)
watercolour
signed lower right
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $4,080.00
Sale date: March 22nd 2022
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Red Top in the Badlands
oil on board
signed lower right; signed (on October 19. 2001 “with [her] left hand”) and dated “820420” (April 20, 1982) on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,080.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
DORIS JEAN MCCARTHY
Evening at Pangnirtung (1989)
watercolour
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “890805” & “DM6464” on the reverse
22 x 30 ins ( 55.9 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $3,450.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
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Doris McCarthy Biography
(1910 - 2010) RCA, OSA
Born in Calgary, Alberta, McCarthy attended the Ontario College of Art from 1926–1930 where she was awarded various scholarships and prizes. She became a teacher shortly thereafter and taught most frequently at Central Technical School in downtown Toronto from 1932 until she retired in 1972. She spent most of her life living and working in Scarborough, Ontario though she travelled abroad extensively and painted the landscapes of various countries including: Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Japan, India, England and Ireland. McCarthy was probably best-known for her Canadian landscapes and her depictions of Arctic icebergs.
McCarthy's work has been exhibited and collected extensively in Canada and abroad, in both public and private art galleries including: The National Gallery of Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, and The Doris McCarthy Art Gallery. McCarthy also penned three autobiographies chronicling the various stages of her life: A Fool in Paradise (Toronto: MacFarlane, Walter & Ross, 1990), The Good Wine (Toronto: MacFarlane, Walter & Ross, 1991), and Ninety Years Wise (Toronto: Second Story Press, 2004). She was also the recipient of the Order of Ontario, the Order of Canada; honorary degrees from the University of Calgary, the University of Toronto, Trent University, the University of Alberta, and Nipissing University; and an honorary fellowship from the Ontario College of Art and Design. She died on November 25, 2010.
