Ralph Wallace Burton
(1905 - 1983)
Previously Sold Works
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Untitled (Stream in Winter)
oil on board
signed lower left; a landscape with a stream and rocks on the reverse
10 x 13 ins ( 25.4 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,140.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Log Mill, Perkin Mills, Que.
oil on panel
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
10.5 x 13.25 ins ( 26.7 x 33.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $978.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Farm Scene; Walking down the Path
double-sided oil on board
signed lower right recto; signed lower left verso; unframed
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $978.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Cabin in Winter; Autumn Landscape
double-sided oil on board
“Cabin in Winter” (signed lower left); “Autumn Landscape” (signed lower right)
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: November 17th 2020
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Winter Landscape with Sleigh; Autumn Landscape
double-sided oil on board
signed lower left; signed lower right on the reverse
10.5 x 13 ins ( 26.7 x 33 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Beaver Dam Near Burrits Rapids, Ontario, Autumn
oil on panel
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated 1972, and inscribed “Autumn” and “10 Brisbane Rd Ottawa” on the reverse; titled on the gallery label
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Clear Lake, Ontario
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated “May, 1961” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $944.00
Sale date: November 28th 2018
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
The Nation River (Chesterville, Ontario)
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1960 and inscribed “Sketched at Chesterville, Ont.” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: December 13th 2022
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Winter Near Wilson’s Corner, Que.
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated 1980 and inscribed “Cantley” on the reverse
10.25 x 13.25 ins ( 26 x 33.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $900.00
Sale date: March 26th 2024
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Snowy Mountainscape
oil on canvas
signed lower right; inscribed “The Estate of Ralph Burton” on the reverse; unframed
12.5 x 17.75 ins ( 31.8 x 45.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $805.00
Sale date: June 13th 2018
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
The Brown Farm, Cantley, Que
oil on panel
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated 1960 on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Spring Near Chénéville, Que.
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1961 and inscribed “Ottawa” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: May 12th 2020
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Autumn Landscape
oil on paperboard laid down on card
signed lower left
16 x 19 ins ( 40.6 x 48.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Spring Near Ripon, Quebec
oil on panel
signed lower left; signed, titled dated 1966 and inscribed “Ottawa” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $748.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
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Ralph Burton Biography
(1905 - 1983)
Ralph Wallace Burton was a well known Ottawa Valley artist who was a student of, regular painting companion and friend to A.Y. Jackson from the Group of Seven.[1]
His many paintings and sketches, now housed at the City of Ottawa archives, Ottawa City Hall, small galleries[2] and private collections, celebrate the rough beauty of Canadian landscapes, and the tenacity of man-made structures set in rugged natural and urban environments, particularly in the Ottawa Valley region.[3]
Burton produced numerous sketches and paintings over his lifetime, with many of his finest executed in oil on birch plywood panels.[4] He studied art professionally in Ottawa (1923–24) and was a student under A.Y. Jackson at the Banff School of Fine Arts (1947).
He later became a friend and painting companion to A.Y. Jackson, who greatly influenced his work. Over a period spanning more than 20 years, they travelled the lengths of Eastern Ontario and Quebec, as well as Alberta, Alaska and the Yukon territory together, depicting the environs, physical structures and, less frequently, the people of the regions they visited.[5]
Burton was also widely regarded in the Ottawa region as a skilled art teacher, with one student remarking on Burton's "love of colour," "assured draughtsmanship" and "powerful observation" evident in his works.[6] Another student and art historian observes that Burton's works are "very rhythmical...straight lines were rare, things are always flowing and moving through his brush strokes and the variation in colours."[5]
Despite his successful art career, Burton often had to juggle full- and part-time work to support his family. As one biographical sketch recounts, "Ralph began using his art as a bartering tool to acquire food, fuel, make car repairs -- everything necessary for survival."[5] He also occasionally took on commissions for calendars and Christmas cards. During World War II, Burton enlisted in the RCAF and worked in Ottawa as an administrative war art officer.
