Mary Evelyn Wrinch
(1878 - 1969) OSA, ARCA
Previously Sold Works
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
French Canadian Cottage
oil on board
signed and dated 1926 lower right; signed “M.W. Reid” on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $14,400.00
Sale date: December 1st 2022
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Falling Leaves
oil on canvas on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on a label on the reverse
10 x 9 ins ( 25.4 x 22.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: June 8th 2023
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Beach Scene with Children
oil on board
signed lower left
25.5 x 20 ins ( 64.8 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $3,220.00
Sale date: March 8th 2017
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Waterfall, Montreal River
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on an artist label on the reverse
7.5 x 9.25 ins ( 19.1 x 23.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $5,192.00
Sale date: November 28th 2019
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Funchal, Madeira
oil on board
signed and dated 1914 lower right; titled and dated on a label on the reverse
7 x 5.25 ins ( 17.8 x 13.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $4,012.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Temagami Stream
oil on board
signed lower right; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Gravenhurst
oil on board
titled and inscribed “Riverhouse of Mrs. G.A. Reid” on the reverse
5.5 x 7 ins ( 14 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Roses and Petunias; Water Lilies; Snowdrops
three woodcuts in colours
- “Roses and Petunias” (signed, titled and numbered “8/100” in the lower margin - 7.25 x 7 ins. [image]);
- “Water Lilies” (signed and titled in the lower margin - 6.75 x 7.75 ins. [image]);
- “Snowdrops” (signed and titled in the lower margin - 5 x 5 ins. [image]);
each unframed (matted)
7.25 x 7 ins ( 18.4 x 17.8 cms ) ( largest (image) )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Ponte Vecchio, Florence
oil on board
signed and dated 1914 lower right, titled and dated on a label on the reverse
5.5 x 7 ins ( 14 x 17.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,180.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Breaking Clouds; The Jagged Cliffs of Scarboro; Village by the St. Lawrence
three woodcuts in colours
- “Breaking Clouds” (signed, titled and numbered “35/100” in the lower margin; signed and titled to a label on the reverse - 9 x 10.25 ins. [image]);
- “The Jagged Cliffs of Scarboro” (signed, titled and numbered “18/100” in the lower margin - 10 x 7.5 ins. [image]);
- “Village by the St. Lawrence” (signed, titled and numbered “7/100” in the lower margin - 7.5 x 9.25 ins. [image])
9 x 10.25 ins ( 22.9 x 26 cms ) ( largest (image) )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Three Steeples
blockprint
signed and titled in pencil in the lower margin
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: October 17th 2018
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
Northern Bloodroot
colour woodcut
signed and titled in the lower margin
8.75 x 8.25 ins ( 22.2 x 21 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: February 24th 2016
MARY EVELYN WRINCH
The Valley of the St. Lawrence, St. Joachim
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on a label on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
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M.E. Wrinch Biography
(1878 - 1969) OSA, ARCA
A painter and printmaker, Mary Wrinch immigrated to Toronto from England in 1885. The artist made this city her home base, from which she ventured into the Ontario northland to paint, particularly around Lake Muskoka. Remarkably, Wrinch adapted her modernist style to this landscape years before the Group of Seven became famous for depicting the same region. Her art education began at the Central Ontario School of Art in Toronto (now OCAD), where Wrinch studied under Robert Holmes, Laura Muntz, and G. A. Reid (whom she later married, in 1922), graduating in 1893. She subsequently travelled to London, England, to further her training at the Grosvenor Life School under Walter Donne until 1899, and to study miniature painting under Alyn Williams. Her education continued at the Art Students' League in New York, where she also received private lessons in miniature painting from Alice Beckington. She was elected an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1918, and was also a member of the American Society of Miniature Painters (1902), the Ontario Society of Artists, the Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers, the Canadian Society of Graphic Art, the Women's Art Association of Canada, and the Canadian Handicrafts Guild. In addition to exhibiting with these associations, she participated in the Canadian Painting Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Toronto (where her work was displayed alongside that of several members of the Group of Seven), the British Empire Exposition in Wembley, England (1924), and in a show at the Tate Gallery, London (1938), among many other exhibitions. She is represented in the collections of the Art Gallery of Ontario, and the National Gallery of Canada.
