William Arthur Winter
(1909 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Green Jacket
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Winnipeg Street Scene
watercolour
unframed
13 x 16.75 ins ( 33 x 42.5 cms ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $354.00
Sale date: October 27th 2020
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
In the Park
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $360.00
Sale date: July 20th 2021
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Fish for Dinner
watercolour and graphite on paper
signed lower right
16 x 22 ins ( 40.6 x 55.9 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $330.00
Sale date: November 17th 2020
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Blue Eyed Boy
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 $300.00
Sale date: September 17th 2014
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Spanish Night
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1965 on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: March 8th 2017
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Fishing Boat
graphite drawing
signed and dated 1970 lower right
10 x 17.25 ins ( 25.4 x 43.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: October 17th 2018
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Boy with a Cat
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $295.00
Sale date: June 23rd 2020
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Three Portraits
“Portrait of a Child Sitting” (signed, dated 1972, 11.75 x 18 inches); “Young Boy in a Parka” (signed, dated 1971, 18 x 12 inches) and “Portrait of a Girl” (signed, dated 1972, 11 x 8.25 inches)
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $266.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Greeks
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1967 on the reverse; titled and dated to two gallery labels on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $264.00
Sale date: January 23rd 2024
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Portrait of a Young Girl
oil on board
signed lower right
9.5 x 7.25 ins ( 24.1 x 18.4 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $252.00
Sale date: July 20th 2021
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.
