Jack Leonard Shadbolt
(1909 - 1998) RCA
Previously Sold Works
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Sea Edge 5
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1978 lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
48.5 x 61.5 ins ( 123.2 x 156.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $13,500.00
Sale date: June 2nd 2020
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Winter Barns
watercolour and gouache
signed and dated 1936 lower left
22.5 x 30 ins ( 57.2 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $5,520.00
Sale date: June 15th 2022
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Red, Black and White
mixed media
signed lower right
14 x 17 ins ( 35.6 x 43.2 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $3,910.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Contexts: Variations on Primavera Theme
acrylic on poster
signed and titled on the reverse
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,070.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Mexican Evening
colour serigraph
signed, titled, dated 1981 and numbered 5/50
22.5 x 29 ins ( 57.2 x 73.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,725.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Bird of the Myth; Winter Birds
two lithographs
“Bird of the Myth” (signed, titled and inscribed “100 C.” in the lower margin, 25 x 38.25 inches (sight));
“Winter Birds” (signed, titled, dated 1990 and numbered 86/90 in the lower margin, 20.25 x 31 inches (sight))
25 x 38.25 ins ( 63.5 x 97.2 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,298.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Hornby Suite (Homage to Emily Carr) (partial)
portfolio of 13 prints
each signed and numbered 79/150 in the lower margin; each housed in original portfolio with accompanying title page
Please note: Prints 3 and 10 are not included in this portfolio
Condition noted: foxing and staining present on portfolio
24 x 15.5 ins ( 61 x 39.4 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Study for Space Between Column 2; Study for Space Between Column 3
inks on paper (2)
“Study for Space Between Column 2” (signed and dated 1965 lower right, titled and dated “17 Aug. ‘65” on the reverse - 14.75 x 18 ins); “Study for Space Between Column 3” (signed and dated “17 titled on the reverse, dated “17 Aug. ‘65” - 14.75 x 18 ins); unframed
14.75 x 18 ins ( 37.5 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $633.00
Sale date: February 24th 2016
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Emerging Presence
colour lithograph
signed, titled, dated 1977 and numbered 30/30 in the lower margin
30 x 18 ins ( 76.2 x 45.7 cms ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $649.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
The Hornby Suite #6
lithograph
signed, titled “6” and numbered 51/150 in the lower margin
22.75 x 14.5 ins ( 57.8 x 36.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $173.00
Sale date: September 21st 2016
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Fallen Branch
ink and gouache on paper
signed and dated 1958 lower right; titled and dated 1957 on the reverse
21.75 x 29.5 ins ( 55.2 x 74.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,500.00 - $4,500.00
Price Realized $2,950.00
Sale date: June 13th 2018
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Blue Theme on Red
gouache on paper
signed and dated ‘61 lower right; titled and dated to the paper backing on the reverse
18.75 x 24.75 ins ( 47.6 x 62.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,124.00
Sale date: July 14th 2020
Jack Shadbolt Biography
(1909 - 1998) RCA
Jack Shadbolt was a dominant figure in the Vancouver art scene beginning in the 1940s, alongside B.C. Binning. Shadbolt drew from many sources of inspiration, including Cubism, Surrealism, American Regionalism and Northwest Coast Native American art. He drew on these various sources to help him express his deep affinity for nature and its cultural representation.
Shadbolt emigrated from England in 1912 and moved first to the BC interior before settling in Victoria in 1914. He met Emily Carr in 1930 while attending Victoria College, who left a strong impression on his life and work. Although their artistic styles varied considerably from one another, they were both inspired by the spiritual unity with nature apparent in Northwest Coast Native American art. Shadbolt was an official war artist in the Canadian Army during World War II. After the war, he resumed his post as a faculty member at the Vancouver School of Art, and in 1987 founded the Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts with his wife Doris (now The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts). Shadbolt studied at the Art Students' League in New York, London, and Paris, and with Group of Seven member Frederick Varley at the Vancouver School of Art. He received numerous accolades during his lifetime, including Officer of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia.
