John Joy
(1925 - 2012)
Previously Sold Works
JOHN JOY
Sherbourne Street
oil on masonite
signed lower right; titled on the reverse of the framing
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $780.00
Sale date: July 19th 2022
JOHN JOY
Leslie St.; Gull River
two oils on board
“Leslie St.” (signed and dated 1991 lower left, titled on the reverse, 8 x 10 ins);
“Gull River” (signed and dated 1989 lower left; titled on the reverse, 8 x 10 ins)
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: April 19th 2022
JOHN JOY
Logan Avenue
oil on board
signed and dated 2007 lower right; titled on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: July 19th 2022
JOHN JOY
Petty Harbour, Nfld.
oil on board
signed middle right; signed and titled on the reverse of the frame
8 x 9.75 ins ( 20.3 x 24.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: April 18th 2023
JOHN JOY
King St. West
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $561.00
Sale date: April 26th 2019
JOHN JOY
Holly's Pond
acrylic on canvas laid down on board
signed and dated 1996 lower left; titled on the reverse; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
8 x 10 in ( 20.3 x 25.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $570.00
Sale date: February 25th 2025
JOHN JOY
Farm in Winter
watercolour
signed lower left
20.5 x 28.5 ins ( 52.1 x 72.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $374.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
JOHN JOY
Carlaw Avenue
oil on masonite
signed and dated 1987 lower left; titled on the reverse; artist’s stamp on the reverse of the frame
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $390.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
JOHN JOY
Landscape at Dusk
watercolour
signed and dated 1987 lower left
21 x 29 ins ( 53.3 x 73.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $316.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
JOHN JOY
Autumn River Landscape
acrylic on board
signed and dated 1989 lower left; unframed
21 x 30 ins ( 53.3 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $259.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
JOHN JOY
Arctic Landscape
acrylic on board
signed lower right
27.75 x 35.75 ins ( 70.5 x 90.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $173.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
John Joy Biography
(1925 - 2012)
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Joy studied at the Central Technical School under Peter Haworth, Doris McCarthy and Carl Schaeffer, also at the Ontario College of Art. A portrait and landscape painter in oils, watercolours, charcoal, and pen and ink. Joy’s work was well received, with special note paid to his winter scenes, weather beaten houses, barns and ancient farm machinery.
Joy held a number of one man shows including the following: at North York Public Central Library, Willowdale (Nov. 1964), the Markham Centennial Library, Ontario (Sept. 1968) and a two man show at the Sobot Gallery, Toronto (Apr. 1965). Joy gave a number of demonstrations throughout Ontario and was represented by the following galleries: Malloney’s Gallery at Ontario House (London, England); the Lillian Morrison Gallery (Tor., Ont.); the Sobot Gallery. (Tor., Ont.), and the Tamarack Studio (Banff, Alta.). One of his paintings of Algoma is represented in the permanent collection of the Educational Corporation of Chicago, Illinois, having been chosen for the Corporation’s World Book Encyclopedia.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume 3: Jacobi-Lismer", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1979
