Ronald York Wilson
(1907 - 1984) RCA, OSA
Previously Sold Works
RONALD YORK WILSON
Parallelism, Mexico
watercolour on paper
signed, titled and dated 1977 on an artist label on the reverse
5.75 x 3.75 ins ( 14.6 x 9.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: July 20th 2021
RONALD YORK WILSON
Crowd of Ghoules
ink and wash on paper
signed and titled on a label on the reverse
14 x 21.25 ins ( 35.6 x 54 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $240.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
RONALD YORK WILSON
Posturing Dancers
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $400.00
Sale date: June 1st 2021
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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.
Reference:
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