Jack Leonard Shadbolt
(1909 - 1998) RCA
Previously Sold Works
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Parturition II
etching
signed, titled, dated 1998 and numbered 33/50 in the lower margin
16.5 x 15.75 ins ( 41.9 x 40 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
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
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 )
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 LEONARD SHADBOLT
Vermilion Tokens (Improvisation on Borrowed Forms)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1960 lower right; titled on the stretcher on the reverse
39 x 32 ins ( 99.1 x 81.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
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.