Historical Canadian Art Highlights
This page provides details on a selection of works of art sold in our Historical Canadian Art which concluded on July 25, 2023. Select an item for more details. All posted prices include Buyer's Premium.
JAMES HENDERSON
Young Moon
oil on canvas
titled and inscribed “painting from Port Qu’Appelle, Saskatchewan” on the reverse
9 x 12 ins ( 22.9 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
FREDERICK SPROSTON CHALLENER
Deer in the Trees
oil on canvas
signed lower right
36 x 28 ins ( 91.4 x 71.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
BERTHE DES CLAYES
Old House St. Sauveur
oil on board
signed lower right and titled on the framing plaque
11 x 14 ins ( 27.9 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
JOSEPH-CHARLES FRANCHÈRE
Untitled (Landscape)
oil on canvas
signed lower right
12 x 17.5 ins ( 30.5 x 44.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $900.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
LUCIUS RICHARD O'BRIEN
Landscape with Creek
watercolour
signed and dated 1898 lower right
12.75 x 17.25 ins ( 32.4 x 43.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $1,500.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
DANIEL FOWLER
Paestum
pencil and ink on paper
titled and inscribed “original on-site sketch, on the artist’s ‘grand tour’ - from which at least 3 larger works done later” on the reverse; titled and dated “10th April, 1835” on an exhibition label attached to the reverse
6.5 x 9.75 ins ( 16.5 x 24.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
FREDERICK SPROSTON CHALLENER
Serenade in a Landscape
watercolour
signed and dated 1913 lower right
4.5 x 14.5 ins ( 11.4 x 36.8 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $720.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
HOMER RANSFORD WATSON
Landscape with Trees; Study of Two Trees
two mixed media on paper
- “Landscape with Trees” 4.25 x 5.75 ins. [sight]; framed;
- “Study of Two Trees” 4.75 x 5.5 ins. [sight]; framed
4.25 x 5.75 ins ( 10.8 x 14.6 cms ) ( largest (sight) )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
JOSEPH THOMAS ROLPH
Untitled Landscape
watercolour on paper
signed lower right
6.75 x 9.25 ins ( 17.1 x 23.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $450.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
JOHN HERBERT CADDY
On the Spanish River, Algoma
watercolour on paper
signed and titled on the reverse
2 x 4 ins ( 5.1 x 10.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
THOMAS HARRISON WILKINSON
Man with Cart and Horses
watercolour on paper
signed lower left
18 x 25 ins ( 45.7 x 63.5 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
OTTO REINHOLD JACOBI
Untitled Landscape
watercolour on paper
signed and dated 1887 lower right
10 x 14.25 ins ( 25.4 x 36.2 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
GEORGE HARLOW WHITE
Untitled Landscape
watercolour
signed lower left
5 x 8.5 ins ( 12.7 x 21.6 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $100.00 - $150.00
Price Realized $180.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
OTTO REINHOLD JACOBI
Untitled Landscape
oil on board
signed and dated 1890 lower right
5.5 x 8.25 ins ( 14 x 21 cms )
Auction Estimate: $150.00 - $200.00
Price Realized $132.00
Sale date: July 25th 2023
Previous Auctions
Select from a list of previous auctions to view specific sale highlights.
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Abstract vs. Figural: Prints from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- A Modern Eye: Canadian Art from the Collection of Robert Noakes (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Drawn to Places: Landscapes on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 25, 2025
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 28, 2025
- Select Canadian Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Holiday Sale (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Photography from the Collection of Salah Bachir (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 10, 2024
- Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art
- Sale Closed: November 27, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Works for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Canadian Abstraction (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 19, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)_
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- The Group of Seven & Their Associates (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 22, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Picasso & His Contemporaries (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- International Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Mousseau and Friends (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 24, 2024
- Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Three Dimensions (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 20, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- The Grand Tour (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- Books & Reference: From the Library of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 23, 2024
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- First Nations & Inuit Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Works from the Estate of William Ronald (Part II) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- The Artwork of Sir Frederick Banting (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 25, 2024
- Spring Live Auction (Session 1 & 2)
- Sale Closed: May 30, 2024
- Modern & Contemporary International Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Group of Seven (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Works from the Estate of Dennis Reid (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- The Artwork of David Blackwood (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: May 21, 2024
- Capture (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Modern Forms (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: April 23, 2024
- International Prints, Multiples & Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Celebrating Women Artists (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- La belle province (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Art Gallery of Hamilton (Auction of Donated Artwork for Fundraising) (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: March 26, 2024
- Coast to Coast (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- En plein air (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Watercolours & Drawings (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Canadian Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: February 27, 2024
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- 20th Century Works on Paper (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Academy (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- Inuit & First Nations Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: January 23, 2024
- The Collection of Joe & Anita Robertson (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- Bidding in a Winter Wonderland (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: December 12, 2023
- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
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- Fall Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: December 6, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- British & Continental Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Toronto: Represented and Abstracted (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Auction to Benefit NSCAD (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Artwork from a Private Collection (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: November 7, 2023
- Select Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Little Pictures (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: October 10, 2023
- Prints & Multiples (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- The Canadian Landscape (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Art of Quebec (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: September 12, 2023
- Still Life & Figural Work (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Works on Paper & Prints (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: August 15, 2023
- Art of Atlantic Canada (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Historical Canadian Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Post-War & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: July 25, 2023
- Modern & Contemporary Art (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- The Art of Europe (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Canadians at Home & Abroad (Online Auction)
- Sale Closed: June 27, 2023
- Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian & International Art (Session 1)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
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- An Important Private Collection of Canadian Art (Session 2)
- Sale Closed: June 8, 2023
( Download PDF )
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