William Edwin Atkinson
(1862 - 1926)
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
Shades of Evening
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1923 lower left; titled and dated on the reverse of the frame
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: March 1st 2022
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
Spring in the Hills
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1917 lower right
8 x 10.5 ins ( 20.3 x 26.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: March 1st 2022
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
Boats on the River
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1893 lower left
11.75 x 16.25 ins ( 29.8 x 41.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
The Lonely House
watercolour
signed and dated 1895 lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
6.25 x 9.75 ins ( 15.9 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: October 26th 2021
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
Moonlight, Holland
oil on masonite
signed and dated 1897 lower left
29.5 x 40 ins ( 74.9 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $540.00
Sale date: March 1st 2022
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
The Cascade in Duke’s Woods, Peter Tavy, Devon
watercolour
signed and dated 1924 lower right; titled and dated November 1924 on the reverse
15 x 9.75 ins ( 38.1 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: May 31st 2022
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
Winter Landscape
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1920 lower right
27 x 35 ins ( 68.6 x 88.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: April 18th 2023
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
October Day
watercolour
signed lower right
14.75 x 10.75 ins ( 37.5 x 27.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: December 14th 2021
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
Sheep Going Home Near Rockwood
watercolour, heightened with white
signed and dated 1921 lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
20 x 17.5 ins ( 50.8 x 44.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
Untitled (Barn)
watercolour
signed and dated 1923 lower right
9.5 x 13 ins ( 24.1 x 33 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $236.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019
WILLIAM EDWIN ATKINSON
Summer Landscape
watercolour
signed and dated 1925 lower left
6.75 x 9.75 ins ( 17.1 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $118.00
Sale date: October 22nd 2019
W.E. Atkinson Biography
(1862 - 1926)
Born in Toronto, Ontario, he studied at the Central Ontario School of Art in 1881; The Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts under Thomas Eakins where he roomed with Donald McNab and G. A. Reid, 1883-4; the Académie Julian and the Académie Delance, 1889-90. He made a brief contact with Gaugin at Pont Aven in 1890. E. F. B. Johnston found simple beauty and dignity in his pastoral scenes. He won a prize at the Salon d’Apollon in the Louvre, 1891, for landscape. He was a founder-member of the Canadian Art Club in Toronto, 1907, and a member of the Royal Canadian Academy (A.R.C.A.). He is represented in the National Gallery of Canada by two landscapes.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume I: A-F", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1977