William Arthur Winter
(1909 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Cherry Street Beach
oil on board
signed lower right
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: September 17th 2014
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Pink Scarf; Red Hair
pair of oils on canvas board
each signed lower right; each titled to a gallery label on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms ) ( each )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Crab Apples
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $570.00
Sale date: June 1st 2021
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Trellis
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $540.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Country Kitchen
oil on board
signed lower right; titled, dated and inscribed “9039H” on the reverse; titled and dated “December 28, 1979” to the gallery label
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $510.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Yellow Cap
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower right; titled on the artist’s label on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $460.00
Sale date: November 28th 2014
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Boy With a Shell
oil on board
signed lower right; titled to the artist label on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $480.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Miss Ponytail
pencil and oil wash
signed and dated 1990 lower right
10.75 x 8.5 ins ( 27.3 x 21.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $443.00
Sale date: February 21st 2018
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Library
oil, wash and pencil on paper
signed and dated 1955 lower right
9.25 x 7.25 ins ( 23.5 x 18.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $443.00
Sale date: July 16th 2019
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Shoppers
oil on canvas laid down on board
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: November 17th 2020
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
In the Trees
oil on paper
signed and dated 1955 lower left; titled and dated on the gallery label on the reverse
8 x 9.5 ins ( 20.3 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: October 25th 2022
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Young Dancer
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and inscribed “9 Adelaide East” on the artist’s label on the reverse
12 x 8 ins ( 30.5 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: August 15th 2023
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Seated Girl with Bouquet
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: September 17th 2014
William Winter Biography
(1909 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Born in Winnipeg in 1909, Winter received his art training under LeMoine FitzGerald at the Winnipeg School of Art. He moved to Toronto in 1937 where he established the advertising firm of Wookie, Winter and Bush. He exhibited his work widely, including 19 exhibitions at Roberts Gallery, Toronto beginning in 1959. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists. Today, classified as a Canadian post-war modernist, he is best known for his paintings of children. His work is housed in museum collections across Canada and abroad, including the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He died in England in 1996.
