Robert Wakeham Pilot
(1898 - 1967) PRCA
Previously Sold Works
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Atlantic Coast
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1965 on the reverse
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: July 19th 2022
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
March Day - St. Margaret’s, Quebec
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,560.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Smelt Fishers, Quebec
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1955 on the reverse; signed, titled and dated 1956 to a label on the reverse
8 x 10.5 ins ( 20.3 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,320.00
Sale date: September 28th 2021
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Victoria Basin, Montreal
oil on board
signed lower right; signed and dated 1961 on the reverse
8 x 10.5 ins ( 20.3 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $4,200.00
Sale date: September 28th 2021
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
The Reversing Falls, St. John, N.B.
oil on canvas laid down on board
signed, titled and dated 1957 on the reverse
12.5 x 16.75 ins ( 31.8 x 42.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,000.00
Sale date: June 24th 2021
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Collection of Six Drawings/ Sketches
pencil and charcoal on paper
6 pencil and charcoals on paper (framed together)
signed, dated 1920 and inscribed “Paris” lower right
4 x 5.5 ins ( 10.2 x 14 cms ) ( each sight )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: September 27th 2022
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Sillery from the Battlefields Park
pencil on paper
signed, titled and dated 1926 along the lower edge
8.75 x 5.75 ins ( 22.2 x 14.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: May 30th 2023
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Church at Chambly
etching
signed and titled in the lower margin
2.75 x 3.5 ins ( 7 x 8.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Harbour Scene with Sailboats
graphite drawing
8 x 11.75 ins ( 20.3 x 29.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Two Studies of Venice
pencil and ink
- "Study of Venice" pencil; initialled lower right; 5 x 7.75 ins. (sheet);
- "Study of Venice" ink; initialled lower right; 4.25 x 6.75 ins. (sheet);
framed together
5 x 7.75 in ( 12.7 x 19.7 cm ) ( sheet (largest) )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: July 23rd 2024
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
The Habitant Farm, Chambly
etching
signed, titled and numbered VI in the lower margin; signed and titled on a gallery label on the reverse
7 x 9.75 ins ( 17.8 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $510.00
Sale date: June 24th 2021
ROBERT WAKEHAM PILOT
Autumn, Piedmont, Quebec
oil on board
signed and dated 1955 lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
12.75 x 17 ins ( 32.4 x 43.2 cms )
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 )
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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.
