Robert Genn
(1936 - 2014)
Previously Sold Works
ROBERT GENN
Village Near Lillooet
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “May ‘63” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $1,800.00
Price Realized $1,380.00
Sale date: May 28th 2015
ROBERT GENN
Chilcotin Landscape
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated “Aug. 1972” on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: March 23rd 2016
ROBERT GENN
Quay, Cleggan
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated 1972 on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: March 23rd 2016
ROBERT GENN
Morning Light
oil on board
signed lower right
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
ROBERT GENN
The Old Man and the Sea
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “March 1973” on the reverse; titled and dated to a label on the reverse
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024
ROBERT GENN
Autumn Activation
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,400.00
Price Realized $1,298.00
Sale date: May 12th 2020
ROBERT GENN
Trout Lake View
oil on panel
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
ROBERT GENN
Avro "Anson" Over North Shore Mountains
watercolour on paper board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “December 1971” on the reverse
19.75 x 25.75 ins ( 50.2 x 65.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
ROBERT GENN
Hillside Grave and Mirrored Village
oil on canvas board
signed (twice) along the lower edge; signed, titled, dated “Jan. 1964” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,150.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
ROBERT GENN
Sombre Compliment
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: December 15th 2020
ROBERT GENN
Reflection
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed, titled and inscribed “34” on the reverse
12 x 16.25 ins ( 30.5 x 41.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: April 19th 2022
ROBERT GENN
Winter Landscape
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed and dated “Oct. 15, 1971” on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
ROBERT GENN
High Arrid
oil on board
signed lower centre
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,121.00
Sale date: March 20th 2019
ROBERT GENN
Treescape, Savary Is.
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1974 on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,121.00
Sale date: October 22nd 2019
ROBERT GENN
Pattern With Papillio
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,035.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014
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Robert Genn Biography
(1936 - 2014)
Born in Victoria, BC in 1936, he attended Victoria College and the University of British Columbia and in 1958 the Art Centre School in Los Angeles. A painter of landscapes and genre subjects of British Columbia, especially the native peoples and the art and villages of the Northwest Coast but also the North American Indian culture in general. He painted the interior of BC including the Kootenay and Slocan districts, Caribou North, Skeena Valley, also Queen Charlotte Islands, the highlands of Vancouver Island and in eastern Canada he painted in Northern Ontario, Algonquin Park, also New Mexico and elsewhere. During 1973 he used an Alpine trail bike to reach areas above the snow line.
Genn carried on the tradition of the Canadian Landscape with fresh, painterly techniques and strong design, often exhibiting his devotion to painting by reducing grand themes to small panels painted in the wilderness he loved. He painted mainly in oils, acrylics and his drawings have also been reproduced by lithographs. Viewing Genn’s work in 1976 Victor Arcega noted, “He still keeps within the bounds of a happy medium between literal and painterly imagery… In addition to his obvious technical ability, Genn is a sensitive and powerful painter. His view of reality, although somewhat romantic and very therapeutic, is physically intense.” Genn’s paintings have been exhibited in galleries across North America and he is represented in numerous private collections.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume II”, compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1979