Joseph Francis Plaskett
(1918 - 2014) RCA, Order of Canada
Previously Sold Works
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Summer Landscape
pastel
signed and dated 1977 lower right
19 x 23 ins ( 48.3 x 58.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: September 25th 2013
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
New Westminster Series #72
pastel
signed and dated “15.1.65” lower right
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $575.00
Sale date: June 14th 2017
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Dans les Jardins du Palais Royal
pastel
signed and dated 1964 lower right; titled on the reverse
9.25 x 25 ins ( 23.5 x 63.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: November 28th 2019
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Parisian Scene
pastel
signed and dated 1961 lower right
18.5 x 24 ins ( 47 x 61 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Canal in Amsterdam
pastel
signed and dated 1958 lower right
18.5 x 24.75 ins ( 47 x 62.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: February 28th 2023
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Still Life with Garlic
coloured etching
signed, titled, dated 1999 and numbered 29/99 in the lower margin
7 x 8.75 ins ( 17.8 x 22.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $207.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Boundary Bay B.C. Cemetery
charcoal and tempera on paper
signed and dated 1939; titled on the reverse; minor tears and creasing on periphery of paper; unframed
23.75 x 17.75 ins ( 60.3 x 45.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $195.00
Sale date: March 20th 2019
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
The Artist at 2 Rue Pecquay
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1975 lower right
25.5 x 31.5 ins ( 64.8 x 80 cms )
JOSEPH FRANCIS PLASKETT
Floral Still Life
pastel on paper, laid down on card
signed and indistinctly dated lower right
18.75 x 24.5 ins ( 47.6 x 62.2 cms ) ( sight )
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Joseph Plaskett Biography
(1918 - 2014) RCA, Order of Canada
Joseph Plaskett is a painter known for his colourful palette, light-drenched still-lifes and portraits. He exhibits his pastels and canvases, which he describes as searches for "meaning" in colour, in both international and Canadian galleries. Plaskett was born in 1918 in New Westminster, BC. After graduating from UBC, he taught History in schools for six years while attending the Vancouver School of Art at night. He studied in Banff, San Francisco, New York, London, and Paris before moving to Paris in 1951. The romance of Paris and its society nurtured him. He painted still lifes, intimate interiors, and portraits of friends in his space. "Everything can happen within the space of a room" the artist once said. He spends part of the year in England and continues to paint his chosen subjects. As the art critic Michael Scott writes: "What hasn't changed is Plaskett's remarkable assurance with paint. He may be deconstructing his still lifes, but the superb quality of painting is the same. Surfaces are built of layers of pigment, smooth skins of colour glowing from beneath. And where Plaskett pulls away the surface colour saturated corals, pungent mauves, lime greens, bursts of lemon show through." His works are in public art gallery collections from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Plaskett received the Order of Canada in the spring of 2001 for excellence in the field of visual art.
