David Brown Milne
(1882 - 1953) Canadian Group of Painters
Previously Sold Works
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place (Hilltop) within the Colophon
drypoint etching, printed in colours
This work is contained within “The Colophon: A Book Collectors' Quarterly, Part V”, Colophon Ltd., Edited by Elmer Adler, Burton Emmett, and John T. Winterich, New York, 1931
signed within the margin
10.5 x 8.5 ins ( 26.7 x 21.6 cms ) ( sheet - sight )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place (Hilltop)
drypoint etching, printed in colours
signed in the lower margin
6 x 8 ins ( 15.2 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Relaxation; Lillies; From the Routing House; Haystack; Adirondack Camp; Boston Corners
6 colour lithographs
each unframed
15 x 17.25 ins ( 38.1 x 43.8 cms ) ( each sheet )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place
drypoint in colours
signed in the margin lower left
6 x 7.5 ins ( 15.2 x 19.1 cms ) ( sight )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Boston Corners
sampson matthews silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada” printed in the margin; a Sampson Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
19.75 x 26.75 ins ( 50.2 x 67.9 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Boston Corners
sampson-matthews silkscreen
artist name, title and “Issued by the National Gallery of Canada” printed in the margin; a Sampson Matthews label on the reverse; unframed
19.75 x 26.75 ins ( 50.2 x 67.9 cms ) ( sheet )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place
drypoint print in colours
signed in the lower margin; unframed
4.75 x 6.75 ins ( 12.1 x 17.1 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Main Street, Uxbridge
drypoint etching
signed and numbered “39/40” in the lower left margin; titled, dated 1942 and inscribed “C/O Douglas Duncan, 3 Charles St., West, Toronto” and “State IV, later printing” on the reverse
6.5 x 8.5 ins ( 16.5 x 21.6 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place
drypoint in colours
signed in the lower margin
4.75 x 6.75 ins ( 12.1 x 17.1 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place
drypoint in colours
signed in the lower margin
4.75 x 6.75 ins ( 12.1 x 17.1 cms ) ( plate size )
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Breeze from the West
watercolour
signed and dated 1938 upper left; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse; catalogue raisonné no. 306.39
9.5 x 13.75 in ( 24.1 x 34.9 cm ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $14,000.00 - $18,000.00
Price Realized $16,800.00
Sale date: May 21st 2024
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place (Hilltop)
drypoint etching
signed in the lower margin
4.5 x 6.5 in ( 11.4 x 16.5 cm ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $960.00
Sale date: July 23rd 2024
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place
drypoint etching in colours
signed in the lower margin
4.75 x 6.75 in ( 12.1 x 17.1 cm ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,800.00
Sale date: August 20th 2024
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place
colour drypoint etching
signed in the lower margin
4.75 x 6.75 in ( 12.1 x 17.1 cm ) ( subject )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,080.00
Sale date: May 21st 2024
DAVID BROWN MILNE
Painting Place
colour etching
signed in the margin and initialled in the plate
4.75 x 6.5 in ( 12.1 x 16.5 cm ) ( plate size )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,200.00
Price Realized $1,608.00
Sale date: February 25th 2025
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David Milne Biography
(1882 - 1953) Canadian Group of Painters
Milne was born near Paisley, Ontario. A childhood interest in art, which revived while he was teaching, led him to take a correspondence course and eventually he travelled to New York City to continue his studies. This was somewhat of an exception in the early twentieth-century Canadian art scene as the majority of artists went to Europe to study. While in New York City, Milne worked as a commercial illustrator for several years before deciding to give up this work and devote his time to painting. Shortly after making this decision he moved to Boston Corners in New York.
Throughout his life Milne sought the peace and solitude of a rural life. In his paintings, Milne explored different viewpoints. He greatly admired the work of Tom Thomson but had little interest in the nationalistic approach of the Group of Seven. His themes range from landscapes to views of towns and cities, still lifes and imaginary subjects. His experiments with different media and changing viewpoints show his interest in the process of painting itself. In 1929, Milne returned to settle permanently in Canada, stopping for brief periods in Temagami, Weston, and Palgrave. He built a secluded cabin at Six Mile Lake, north of Orillia, and spent the next six years painting, for the most part, alone. Milne was interested in 'pure' painting, in "adventures in shape, colour, texture and space" as he called his watercolours of the 1930s and 1940s. The change from the less vibrant drybrush "adventures" to the fantasy watercolours is often attributed to the birth of his only child, David Jr., born to Milne's second wife when Milne was sixty. His young son encouraged him to adopt a new, vibrant and often whimsical approach to his art. Milne spent the rest of his life in Uxbridge, north of Toronto, exploring the Haliburton and Bancroft areas as well as the city of Toronto.
