Ronald York Wilson
(1907 - 1984) RCA, OSA
Current Sale
RONALD YORK WILSON
As Free as a Dance
mixed media on canvas
signed and dated 1981 lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
24 x 24 in ( 61 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Next bid is: $1,600.00
Closes January 28th at 02:45:00 PM EST
RONALD YORK WILSON
Blues-Paris
colour screenprint
signed, titled, dated 1966 and numbered 24/50 in the lower margin; unframed
18.75 x 25.5 in ( 47.6 x 64.8 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Next bid is: $150.00
Closes January 28th at 03:00:00 PM EST
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York Wilson Biography
(1907 - 1984) RCA, OSA
York Wilson studied commercial art at Central Technical School and first worked at Brigden's engraving house in Toronto (1926), where he was influenced by Charles Comfort and Will Ogilvie. Wilson was first recognized for paintings of the burlesque, such as those he exhibited with the Canadian Group of Painters at the World's Fair in New York (1939), and other social commentary pictures. He became a full-time painter in 1950. Trips to Mexico in 1950 and 1953 exposed him to the influence of Rico Lebrun and stimulated an interest in mural painting.
Wilson was best known for his commissioned murals, including those for McGill University's library (Montréal, 1954) and the Imperial Oil Building (Toronto, 1957). In the later 1950s, his interest in "picture construction" led him to abstract painting and then, in the 1960s, into geometric art.
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