Lucius Richard O'Brien
(1832 - 1899) OSA, PRCA
Previously Sold Works
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Through the Rocky Mountains, a Pass on the Canadian Highway
watercolour
signed and dated 1887 lower right
40 x 27.5 ins ( 101.6 x 69.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $15,000.00 - $20,000.00
Price Realized $72,000.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Farm, Washago
watercolour
signed (twice) and dated 1873
10.5 x 19.75 ins ( 26.7 x 50.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $3,450.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Percé Rock, Gaspé, Quebec
watercolour
signed and dated 1882 lower left
13.5 x 20.5 ins ( 34.3 x 52.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $18,000.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
On the Bostonnais River
watercolour and ink
signed lower left; titled [On the Bostonais (sic) R] on the reverse
12 x 4.5 ins ( 30.5 x 11.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $5,428.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
On the St. Lawrence River
watercolour
signed lower left
7.75 x 11.5 ins ( 19.7 x 29.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $4,484.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Horseshoe Falls, Niagara, 1893
watercolour over graphite and laid down on card
signed and dated 1893 at centre of left side
26.25 x 15.75 in ( 66.7 x 40 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,120.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Summer in the Canadian Rockies
watercolour on paper mounted to paper
signed and dated “July 3rd 1887” lower left
14 x 20 ins ( 35.6 x 50.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,280.00
Sale date: December 14th 2021
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Untitled (Boats on the River Bank)
watercolour
signed and dated 1893 lower right
15.5 x 23.25 ins ( 39.4 x 59.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,040.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Paddle Steamer Leaving Toronto Harbour, Evening
watercolour
signed and dated 1886 lower right
6.75 x 10 ins ( 17.1 x 25.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,416.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
The Beacon
watercolour
signed lower right
13.5 x 10.25 ins ( 34.3 x 26 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: December 14th 2021
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Untitled (Pastoral Landscape with Barn)
watercolour
signed and dated "June 1898" lower right
9.25 x 13 in ( 23.5 x 33 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: August 20th 2024
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
In High Park, Toronto
watercolour on paper mounted to card
signed and dated 1896 lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
10 x 15.25 ins ( 25.4 x 38.7 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Fort Chambly
watercolour on paper mounted to card
signed, titled and dated “May 21st 1889” lower left
14.75 x 11.75 ins ( 37.5 x 29.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: December 14th 2021
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
On the St. Clair Flats
watercolour
signed and dated 1876 lower right; titled on the mounting card
5.75 x 11 ins ( 14.6 x 27.9 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
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Lucius O’Brien Biography
(1832 - 1899) OSA, PRCA
Lucius O'Brien was born in 1832 in Shanty Bay, Ontario. He studied at Upper Canada College and worked as a civil engineer until 1872 at which time he devoted himself to painting. O'Brien excelled at landscape painting, both in oil and watercolour, and his subject matter spans locations across the country. O'Brien served as vice-president to the Ontario Society of Artists, was the founding president of the Royal Canadian Academy (1880), and contributed a large number of drawings to Picturesque Canada (1882) of which he was the editor.
