Toni Onley
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Previously Sold Works
TONI ONLEY
Quiet Zone
oil and collage on board
signed and dated 1964 lower left; titled on the reverse
20 x 25 ins ( 50.8 x 63.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $6,325.00
Sale date: November 23rd 2017
TONI ONLEY
Glacial Boulders, Savary Island, B.C.
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1984 on the stretcher
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $5,192.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
TONI ONLEY
Arctic Bay
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled and dated 1975 on the stretcher
29.25 x 33.25 ins ( 74.3 x 84.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,242.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
TONI ONLEY
Iceberg, Lancaster Sound
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated “Dec. 13, 1979” on the reverse
29.75 x 39.75 ins ( 75.6 x 101 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $4,320.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
TONI ONLEY
Abstraction
oil on paper laid down on board
signed and dated 1961 lower right
22.5 x 17.5 ins ( 57.2 x 44.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,760.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
TONI ONLEY
Chilpancingo
mixed media on paper laid down on board
signed and dated 1961 lower right; titled on the reverse; unframed
17.5 x 22.5 ins ( 44.5 x 57.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $2,596.00
Sale date: June 13th 2018
TONI ONLEY
Long Lake, Pointe au Baril, Ontario
watercolour
signed lower right, titled and dated “August 1, 1984” lower left
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $2,124.00
Sale date: May 12th 2020
TONI ONLEY
Old Orchard, Browning Bay, North Pender Island, B.C.
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “3 September 1998” in the lower margin
10.5 x 14 ins ( 26.7 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,180.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
TONI ONLEY
Franklin’s Last Camp, Beachy Island
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “September 20 1974” at the lower edge
20 x 22 ins ( 50.8 x 55.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,062.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
TONI ONLEY
Savage Point, Tumbo Island B.C.
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “July 18 1978” lower left
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,062.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
TONI ONLEY
Bay at East Point Saturna Island, BC
watercolour
signed, titled and dated “September 3 1977” lower left
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,062.00
Sale date: February 20th 2019
TONI ONLEY
Montague Bay, Galliano Island, B.C.
watercolour
signed, titled and dated 3 October 2003 in the lower margin
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $944.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
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T. Onley Biography
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Widely known for his distinctive landscapes, British Columbia artist Toni Onley was born in 1928 on the Isle of Man and was educated in England and Mexico. He made his first trip to the Arctic in 1974 and later published “Onley's Arctic: Diaries and Paintings of the High Arctic”. His work has been the subject of a critical study by Roger Boulet entitled “Toni Onley, A Silent Thunder”. A recipient of the Order of Canada, Onley published Toni Onley's “British Columbia: A Tribute”(Raincoast, 1999) and an autobiography, “Flying Colours: The Toni Onley Story” (Harbour Publishing, 2003), as told to Gregory Strong, which recounts his victory as a 'Rolls-Royce rebel' who fought against Revenue Canada on a personal taxation issue, threatening to burn his paintings.
Onley died on February 29, 2004 in a single-plane accident when he crashed his plane into the Fraser River while presumably practicing landings and take-offs.
