William Goodridge Roberts
(1904 - 1974) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Baie St. Paul (1956)
oil on board
signed lower right; inscribed with Roberts Inventory No. 3017 on the reverse
19.75 x 23.5 ins ( 50.2 x 59.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $3,540.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Still Life with Tablecloth
oil on canvas
signed lower right; Roberts Inventory Number (2189) inscribed on the stretcher
22 x 30.25 ins ( 55.9 x 76.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $3,540.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Trees, Laurentians
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $3,000.00 - $4,000.00
Price Realized $3,304.00
Sale date: November 20th 2018
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Country Road
watercolour
signed and dated “June 1945” lower right
15 x 19 ins ( 38.1 x 48.3 cms ) ( sight )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $2,070.00
Sale date: May 25th 2017
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Bright Day, Laurentians
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on the artist’s label on the reverse; inventory number 1591 inscribed on the reverse
15 x 18 ins ( 38.1 x 45.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $2,500.00
Price Realized $1,770.00
Sale date: May 29th 2018
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Jug with Wild Flowers
oil on board
signed lower left
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Georgian Bay
oil on board
signed lower right; Estate Inventory Number 1485
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Oat Field in the Sun
oil on board
signed lower right; Estate Inventory No. 2972 (inscribed on the reverse)
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Green Landscape, Near Calumet
oil on board
signed lower right; Roberts Inventory Number 63 inscribed on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Autumn, Calumet
oil on board
signed lower right; inventory number 1304 inscribed on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Rocky Field Laurentians
oil on masonite
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse; Inventory Number 1243 inscribed on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Summer Landscape
oil on board
signed lower right
12 x 15.75 ins ( 30.5 x 40 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Shoreline Landscape
oil on board
signed lower right; Inventory Number 1554 inscribed on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Near Montebello
oil on masonite
signed lower right
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
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Goodridge Roberts Biography
(1904 - 1974) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Roberts was born in Barbados in 1904 to a prominent Canadian literary family. His father, Theodore, was a poet, novelist, and journalist. Roberts began his studies at Montreal's Ecole des Beaux-Arts but, encouraged by his art-critic aunt, Mary Fanton Roberts, he enrolled at New York's Art Students League. His New York schooling would prove to be a major influence on his career.
During the 1930s, Roberts lived, painted, and taught in Ontario. He was the very first artist-in-residence at Queens University in Kingston. Refusing to incorporate nationalist content into his work, Roberts became recognized for his modernist approach. In the 1940s, Roberts moved to Montreal and continued painting and teaching. He was admired by Quebec's francophone art community who saw in his work a reflection of the modernist figurative tradition from France, known in Montreal as "living art." His works were equally divided into the themes of landscapes, portraits and still lifes; all are textbook examples of each style. The artist's last major retrospective was held at the National Gallery of Canada in 1969. He died in January 1974.
