Stanley Francis Turner
(1883 - 1953) OSA, ARCA
Previously Sold Works
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Montcalm House, Quebec
etching
signed and titled with artist’s stamp in the lower margin
7.25 x 6.5 ins ( 18.4 x 16.5 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Map of Elgin House on Lake Joseph
colour lithograph
signed lower left in the plate; unframed
9 x 14.5 ins ( 22.9 x 36.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $450.00
Sale date: September 21st 2016
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Lower Town, Quebec
etching
signed and titled in the lower margin
10.75 x 7.25 ins ( 27.3 x 18.4 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: February 28th 2023
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa
sampson matthews silkscreen
unframed
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Three Works: Lower Town, QC; Notre Dame des Victoires, QC; Untitled
etchings
- “Lower Town, Quebec”: signed, titled and inscribed “Little Champlain Street, Quebec” in the lower margin (15 x 11.25 ins [sheet]); unframed
- “Notre Dame des Victoires, QC”: signed, titled and inscribed “No 14” in the lower margin (15 x 11 ins [sheet]); unframed
- “Untitled”: signed, dated 1921 and numbered 42/50 in the lower margin (14.5 x 9 ins [sheet]); unframed
15 x 11.25 ins ( 38.1 x 28.6 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $270.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Four Vacation Maps of Ontario and Quebec Designed by Stanley Turner; Two Publications
maps and books
The four “vacation maps / carte de vacances” included: Bas St. Laurent; Ottawa Valley and Eastern Ontario; Southwestern Ontario; Gaspésie et de la Baie des Chaleurs (this lot includes two copies of each map)
Publications: “A Portfolio of Pictures from the Canadian Section of Fine Arts - British Empire Exhibition, London 1924” (back cover missing and front cover detached)
“The Canadian Graphic Art Year Book” (Ryerson Press, 1931): contains an unsigned woodcut “Cathedral Mountain” by T. W. McLean
x ins ( 0 x 0 cms )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: February 23rd 2021
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Two Works: Design for Christmas Card; Timber Line
gouache; etching
“Design for Christmas Card” - gouache, signed lower left, titled on label on the reverse, 5.75 x 5.25 ins (Exhibited: Canadian Society of Graphic Art, Seventh Annual Exhibition, Toronto, 1930)
Sold together with: “Timber Line” - etching, signed, titled and numbered “no 18” in the lower margin, 11.5 x 8.25 ins sheet size, unframed
11.5 x 8.25 ins ( 29.2 x 21 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
STANLEY FRANCIS TURNER
Farm Scene
etching
signed and inscribed “no 12” in the lower margin
7 x 6 ins ( 17.8 x 15.2 cms ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $75.00 - $100.00
Price Realized $59.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019
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S.F. Turner Biography
(1883 - 1953) OSA, ARCA
Stanley Turner was born in Aylesbury, England, in 1883, and studied at the South Kensington School of Art in London, England. He immigrated to Canada and farmed near Yorkton, Saskatchewan, while continuing to make sketches. In 1911 he moved to Toronto and joined the advertising department of T. Eaton Company and in 1913 won first prize for the Eaton Jubliee Cover competition. In 1918 he joined the design and advertising firm of Rous and Mann Press Ltd., and worked under Franklin Carmichael. He received an Eaton scholarship to attend the Ontario College of Art in Toronto where he studied with George Reid and J.W. Beatty.
Turner is perhaps best known for his expertly wrought etchings of Toronto and Quebec City street scenes that depict the respective city's distinctive architecture and monuments, as well as for colour woodcuts that exhibit the influence Japanese art had on the artist. Turner is also celebrated for his illustrations in Canadian historical novels and magazines,including McLean's.
The silkscreen of 'Parliament Buildings, Ottawa' was a proud moment for Turner. A sense of Canadian pride was creeping into a national identity, and he recognized this in an illustrative narrative. It was different than most in the series, not typical to idealize a country not yet a century old. The hints of car and truck rooftops speeding over a modern bridge, and the tugboat working were symbols of a country on the move. Even the sky seems to be bending to the will of the buildings thrust toward it. His sense of Canadian pride would have been a subtle reminder as to what the men overseas, and everyone back home, caught up in the war effort were fighting for, without becoming heavy handed.
In 1930 Turner was elected an Associate of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. He was twice commissioned by The Globe and Mail during World War II to prepare illustrated war maps. His paintings can be found in many national museums including Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, The Canadian War Museum, The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Hart House, Toronto, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, McCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, New Brunswick Museum, St. John, NB, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England.
