Walter Edwin Huntley
(1887 - 1931)
Previously Sold Works
WALTER EDWIN HUNTLEY
Schooner Elsie
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and inscribed “From his race with the ‘Blue Nose’” on the reverse
15.5 x 18 ins ( 39.4 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $2,160.00
Sale date: April 19th 2022
WALTER EDWIN HUNTLEY
Muskoka Lake
oil on board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
9.5 x 11 ins ( 24.1 x 27.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $1,200.00
Sale date: April 19th 2022
W.E. Huntley Biography
(1887 - 1931)
Born in Newark, N.J., he studied at the Arts Students’ League under Bridgeman and Chase. He came to Canada in 1917 and settled in Winnipeg for three years, and later moved to Toronto in 1920. A landscape painter and commercial artist he became a member of the Canadian Society of Graphic Art (Pres. 1924), the Ontario Society of Artists (1925) and the Arts and Letters Club, Toronto. He exhibited in the Canadian Arts Section of the British Empire show (1924) and in the Canadian exhibit in Paris (1927) where his work was highly commended. He died in Toronto at the age of 44.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume II”, compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1979
