Ronald York Wilson
(1907 - 1984) RCA, OSA
Previously Sold Works
RONALD YORK WILSON
Tribute to the Group of Seven
oil on canvas
signed lower centre right
56 x 52 ins ( 142.2 x 132.1 cms )
Sold for $10,030.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
RONALD YORK WILSON
Bowery Wall
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; titled on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Sold for $1,610.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
RONALD YORK WILSON
Pieces of Early Rome
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
36 x 26 ins ( 91.4 x 66 cms )
Sold for $1,180.00
Sale date: September 17th 2019
RONALD YORK WILSON
Ganga Puja- Dravidians (India)
oil on canvas laid down on board
signed lower left; titled on an artist label on the reverse
11.75 x 15.75 ins ( 29.8 x 40 cms )
Sold for $885.00
Sale date: March 20th 2019
RONALD YORK WILSON
Market By Day
oil on board
signed lower right
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms )
Sold for $885.00
Sale date: November 28th 2019
RONALD YORK WILSON
Red Boat, Mexico (1956)
oil on board
signed lower centre
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Sold for $767.00
Sale date: November 29th 2013
RONALD YORK WILSON
Fort Churchill
oil on board
signed lower left, titled and dated Jan. 1946 on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Sold for $767.00
Sale date: September 24th 2015
RONALD YORK WILSON
Three Moroccans
oil and sand on canvas
signed lower right; signed on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Sold for $460.00
Sale date: June 14th 2017
RONALD YORK WILSON
Gold Figure
mixed media and collage on board
signed lower left; unframed
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Sold for $472.00
Sale date: June 5th 2019
RONALD YORK WILSON
Domingo in Antigua - Guatemala, Jan. 1978
watercolour
signed; titled and dated on the reverse
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
Sold for $443.00
Sale date: September 17th 2019
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.
Reference:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/ronald-york-wilson
