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
Fourty Below, Baffin Bay
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated 1986 on the reverse
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $5,040.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
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
Blue Stone
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated “January 1982” on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $5,000.00
Price Realized $3,000.00
Sale date: November 22nd 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
Ancient Stones
acrylic on panel
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed "Silent River" on the reverse
20 x 25.75 in ( 50.8 x 65.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $900.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: March 25th 2025
TONI ONLEY
MacCoy Island, Georgian Bay, Ontario
watercolour
signed lower right, titled and dated “17 July 1993” lower left
10.75 x 14.5 ins ( 27.3 x 36.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,320.00
Sale date: February 27th 2024
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.
