George Douglas Pepper
(1903 - 1962) Canadian Group of Painters, OSA, RCA
Previously Sold Works
GEORGE DOUGLAS PEPPER
Newfoundland Fishing Village
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “O.S.A. Little Picture & Sculpture Exhibition, 1951” on the reverse; inscribed “The Spirit of the Place” on the reverse of the framing
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $3,840.00
Sale date: July 19th 2022
GEORGE DOUGLAS PEPPER
Norman’s Cove, Newfoundland
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1950 on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,360.00
Sale date: March 23rd 2015
GEORGE DOUGLAS PEPPER
Storm on the Laurentians
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
12.5 x 14.5 ins ( 31.8 x 36.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $3,068.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
GEORGE DOUGLAS PEPPER
Portrait of A.Y. Jackson
oil on canvas board
inscribed “Jackson” on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,770.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
GEORGE DOUGLAS PEPPER
Snow-covered Backyards
linocut
signed lower right
7 x 5.5 ins ( 17.8 x 14 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $443.00
Sale date: July 18th 2018
GEORGE DOUGLAS PEPPER
Chinese Boy
oil on board
signed upper right; water damage present, causing some warping and discolouration of the artwork; this artwork is sold “as is” and is not subject to return
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: March 23rd 2015
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George Pepper Biography
(1903 - 1962) Canadian Group of Painters, OSA, RCA
A native of Ottawa, George Pepper studied for four years at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto (1920-1924) and then went to Italy and France to perfect his technique, notably at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris. He lived first in Ottawa, and then Toronto where he began to teach at the Ontario College of Art in 1930. He became vice-principal of that institution in 1950. He enlisted in March 1943 as a war artist and served until June 1946.
The themes of his paintings include anti-aircraft defences in England and troop training in western Canada. It was, however, in North-West Europe that he spent most of his time, painting the men and officers of the Second Canadian Infantry Division. After the war he returned to teaching. He lived in Newfoundland and the Arctic and in Spain in 1956. He was one of the founding members of the Canadian Group of Painters and was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1956. He died six years later in Toronto, in 1962.
