Robert Wakeham Pilot
(1898 - 1967) PRCA
Previously Sold Works
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Cottage with Cross, Newfoundland
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1938 lower left
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Sold for $34,500.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Village in Winter
oil on canvas
signed lower right
22 x 28 ins ( 55.9 x 71.1 cms )
Sold for $20,700.00
Sale date: May 31st 2016
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
October Snow, St. Agnès, Quebec
oil on canvas
signed and indistinctly dated lower left; titled and dated 1936 on the reverse
18.25 x 22 ins ( 46.4 x 55.9 cms )
Sold for $12,650.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Tadoussac Village, Summer
oil on board
signed with initials lower left; signed and titled on the reverse of the board & signed and titled “Summer - Tadoussac, P.Q.” on a label on the reverse
12.75 x 16.75 ins ( 32.4 x 42.5 cms )
Sold for $8,260.00
Sale date: June 1st 2016
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
oil on board
signed and dated 1927 lower left; titled on a label on the reverse
12.5 x 17 ins ( 31.8 x 43.2 cms )
Sold for $8,260.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Black Watch Tents, Aldershot Camp, Nova Scotia
oil on board
signed and dated 1940 lower right; titled and dated 1940 on the reverse
8 x 10.5 ins ( 20.3 x 26.7 cms )
Sold for $3,068.00
Sale date: May 28th 2019
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Hart House
oil on canvas
signed lower left
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Sold for $27,600.00
Sale date: May 29th 2014
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Bouquet de fleurs
oil on canvas
inscription by Patricia Pilot on the reverse of the stretcher: “I autheticate this picture to have been painted by my late husband Robert Pilot”
23.75 x 18.75 ins ( 60.3 x 47.6 cms )
Sold for $5,546.00
Sale date: November 28th 2018
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Harbour Scene with Sailboats
graphite drawing
8 x 11.75 ins ( 20.3 x 29.8 cms )
Sold for $767.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Quebec from Pointe Levis
etching
signed in the lower right plate; unframed
5.75 x 9 ins ( 14.6 x 22.9 cms )
Sold for $472.00
Sale date: August 27th 2015
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Robert Pilot Biography
(1898 - 1967) PRCA
Born in St. John's, Newfoundland, Robert Pilot moved to Montreal in 1910 when his widowed mother married well-known Canadian artist Maurice Cullen. Pilot found he was attracted to the artistic life as he helped his stepfather with chores in the studio and began sketching. He studied figure drawing at the Royal Canadian Academy and learned landscape painting with Cullen. As a student at the Art Association of Montreal, he was recognized as a gifted pupil by instructor William Brymner, who offered instruction to the penniless young artist free of charge on the condition that he would pay the fees when he was able.
After serving overseas in WWI he returned to Montreal and was invited to participate in the first Group of Seven exhibition in 1920. For a time he concentrated on the etching medium, with the desire to develop his own style apart from that of his stepfather. He was given the opportunity to study in Paris with the help of a generous patron and travelled to Paris in 1920. There he studied at the Academie Julian and exhibited in the Paris Salon in 1922. On his return to Canada he was elected an associate of the Royal Canadian Academy. Exhibiting with the RCA gave him more visibility and some of his works were acquired by the National Gallery of Canada. After several successful exhibitions he travelled abroad painting in France, Spain, and North Africa. In addition to oil paintings and etchings he worked in pastel and completed several mural commissions in public buildings. More successful shows followed and he continued to paint, although he served his country once again in WW2. His Canadian impressionist painting style was shaped by his years in France, the influence of his stepfather, Maurice Cullen, and the work of J. W. Morrice, whom he greatly admired. He was elected president of the Royal Canadian Academy in 1952. Pilot died in 1967 and was honored with a retrospective exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1969.
