Artwork by Arthur Shilling,  Portrait, 1983

Arthur Shilling
Portrait, 1983

oil on canvas
inscribed "This was painted by my husband, Arthur Shilling, in 1983" by Millie Shilling to the frame on the reverse
20 x 16 in ( 50.8 x 40.6 cm )

Auction Estimate: $6,000.00$4,000.00 - $6,000.00

Price Realized $3,600.00
Sale date: November 19th 2024

Provenance:
Private Collection, Toronto

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Arthur Shilling
(1941 - 1986)

The work of painter and draughtsman Arthur Shilling is distinguished for flowering during the resurgence of First Nations artistic activity in the 1960s, yet employing none of the newly-flourishing styles. Instead, Shilling melded European influences into a unique expression of his Ojibwa worldview which would become increasingly important after he reached a personal turning point in 1980. Shilling was a natural colourist and continual experimenter, whose representational works - often portraits - were rendered with a vivid characteristic palette and later in formats which would transcend European conventions (i.e. multiple figures, totem formats). Shilling attended the New School of Art and the Ontario College of Art and in 1967, was presented with the Canadian Centennial Medal.