Toni Onley
(1928 - 2004) ARCA
Previously Sold Works
TONI ONLEY
Across our Street
graphite on paper
signed lower right; titled and dated lower left
7 x 9 ins ( 17.8 x 22.9 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: April 26th 2019
TONI ONLEY
Valley to the Sea
serigraph
signed, titled and numbered “AP iii/vi” in the lower margin
20.75 x 24.5 ins ( 52.7 x 62.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: September 17th 2019
TONI ONLEY
Still Life
lithograph
signed, titled and numbered 42/50 in the lower margin
12.5 x 14.5 ins ( 31.8 x 36.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: July 20th 2021
TONI ONLEY
Nara, Japan
serigraph
signed, titled, numbered 20/49
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $144.00
Sale date: February 26th 2014
TONI ONLEY
Drift Logs - Ambleside
colour serigraph
signed, titled and inscribed “A.P. 32/45” in the lower margin; unframed
13 x 20 ins ( 33 x 50.8 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $120.00
Sale date: February 24th 2016
TONI ONLEY
Still Life in a Landscape
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 19/20 in the lower margin
11.25 x 15 ins ( 28.6 x 38.1 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $115.00
Sale date: June 22nd 2016
TONI ONLEY
Silent Pavillion
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 3/20 in the lower margin
11 x 15 ins ( 27.9 x 38.1 cms ) ( image )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $115.00
Sale date: June 22nd 2016
TONI ONLEY
Villa Fiesole
graphite on paper
signed lower right; titled and dated “May 12 1972” lower left; unframed
6.5 x 8.5 ins ( 16.5 x 21.6 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: June 26th 2019
TONI ONLEY
San Carlos Tower
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 14/40 in the lower margin; unframed
20.75 x 23 ins ( 52.7 x 58.4 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $250.00
Price Realized $89.00
Sale date: September 29th 2020
TONI ONLEY
China Beach
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 2/37
12.25 x 16 ins ( 31.1 x 40.6 cms ) ( sight )
Price Realized $20.00
Sale date: July 19th 2022
TONI ONLEY
Windowsill
colour silkscreen
signed, titled and numbered 18/65 in the lower margin
10.5 x 11 ins ( 26.7 x 27.9 cms ) ( subject )
TONI ONLEY
Still Land
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 8/20 in the lower margin
23.5 x 22.5 ins ( 59.7 x 57.2 cms ) ( sight )
TONI ONLEY
Nara, Japan
colour serigraph
signed, titled and numbered 29/49 in the lower margin; unframed
19.75 x 24 ins ( 50.2 x 61 cms ) ( sheet )
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.
