Robert Francis Michael McInnis
(1942)
Previously Sold Works
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Herding the Cattle
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1997 lower centre; signed and inscribed 1-10-2-1997 on the stretcher
30 x 36 ins ( 76.2 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,760.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Prairie, Late Summer
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1989 lower center; signed, titled and inscribed “1-30-7-89” on the reverse
12 x 80 ins ( 30.5 x 203.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Black Firs, Burnaby, B.C.
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1975 lower left; signed, titled and dated on the reverse
38 x 40 ins ( 96.5 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,714.00
Sale date: April 18th 2018
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Tree and Window Series, Winter
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1982 lower centre; signed, titled and dated “1-28-3-82” on the reverse
36 x 36 ins ( 91.4 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,006.00
Sale date: March 20th 2019
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
What Have We to Fear
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled, and dated 1975 on the reverse
40 x 34 ins ( 101.6 x 86.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,180.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Saskatchewan Prairie
oils on board (triptych, framed together)
signed and dated 1979 on the middle panel
12 x 9 ins ( 30.5 x 22.9 cms ) ( each panel )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,121.00
Sale date: October 22nd 2019
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Brockville, Ont.
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1984 lower middle; signed, titled and dated “H-26-11-84” on the reverse; titled to a gallery label on the reverse
30 x 30 ins ( 76.2 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: September 12th 2023
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Flatiron Building, Toronto
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1973 on the stretcher
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: March 26th 2014
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Prairie Elevators
oil on canvas
signed lower centre; signed and dated “1-29-12-95” on the stretcher
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $690.00
Sale date: September 20th 2017
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Autumn Wheat
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled, dated 1974 and inscribed “near Seagrave” on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $708.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Backyard, Winter, Rigaud, Qué.
oil on board
signed and dated 1985 lower center; signed, titled and inscribed “3-26-2-85” on the reverse
12 x 15.75 ins ( 30.5 x 40 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Dry Heat, Alberta Pacific
oil on board
signed and dated 1988 lower middle; signed, titled and inscribed “1-4-12-88” and “Redwater, Alberta” on the reverse; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $660.00
Sale date: July 19th 2022
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Selection of 8 Artworks
mixed media
“Figure with Large Red Hat”- conte; signed and dated 1979 in the lower margin (25.5 ins x 19.75 ins); “Barker Fairley Almost 99”- graphite on paper; signed, titled and dated “8 April 1986” in the lower margin (13.75 ins x 11 ins); matted; “Dancers”- monotype; signed, dated 1984 and inscribed “Lido Series” in the lower margin (17 ins x 14 ins); “Audience”- monotype; signed, dated 1984 and inscribed “Lido Series” in the lower margin (17 ins x 14 ins); “Marla, Blouse Open”- oil on paper; signed and dated 2009 at the lower edge, inscribed “mm 23-10-09” in the lower margin (16 ins x 15 ins); “Reclining Model”- etching; signed within the plate, signed, titled, dated 1987 and numbered 23/25 in the lower margin (18 ins x 25 ins); “Red-Headed Model”- watercolour; signed and dated “1.6.93” lower left (24 ins x 19 ins); “Ottawa Backyards”- ink drawing; sogned and dated “23 May 1966” lower right (20.25 ins x 20 ins); all unframed
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $413.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
The Blue Chair
oil on board
signed lower middle right; signed, titled and dated “May 1977” on the reverse; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
15.75 x 12.25 ins ( 40 x 31.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
ROBERT FRANCIS MICHAEL MCINNIS
Girl in Green Stockings
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1980 lower right; signed, titled, dated May 1980 and inscribed “2-16-5-80” on the reverse
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $531.00
Sale date: March 20th 2019
RFM McInnis Biography
(1942)
RFM McInnis was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1942. After receiving a Diploma in Fine and Applied Arts in 1961 he spent five years in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a photographer. "It was the nearest to making pictures I could do and still earn a living in those days". Thus began a career of traveling and painting. McInnis has lived and painted in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec. These experiences have provided McInnis an opportunity to get to know the history, the people, the terrain, and the art scene of most of Canada. During his stay in Calgary in the late 1970's he was commissioned to do portraits of the leaders of the Progressive Conservative Party which currently hang in the National Headquarters building in Ottawa. In 2006 he relocated to the city of Winnipeg. On November 16, 2017, McInnis was elected a fellow of the Canadian Geographical Society, the Society noting that the honour is a “form of recognition given [the artist’s] remarkable travels in Canada and stunning landscapes.” The artist finds inspiration in the city's locations and landscapes and has completed a series of paintings of views from his studio window.
