William Arthur Winter
(1909 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Street Kids
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1981 to a gallery label on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,680.00
Sale date: October 25th 2022
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Painted Ladies, Toronto
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse; titled on two gallery labels on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,680.00
Sale date: April 18th 2023
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Country Road
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,200.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,380.00
Sale date: June 14th 2017
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Visitors
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,416.00
Sale date: October 17th 2018
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
On the Donkey
oil on canvas board
signed lower right, titled on the reverse
12 x 16 in ( 30.5 x 40.6 cm )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: January 28th 2025
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Indoor Circus
oil on board
signed lower right
12 x 18 ins ( 30.5 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,150.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
On the Street
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,150.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Boy With A Net
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the artist’s label on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,020.00
Sale date: March 23rd 2016
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Bright Marble
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $1,003.00
Sale date: June 23rd 2020
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.
