Jack Leonard Shadbolt
(1909 - 1998) RCA
Previously Sold Works
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Hornby Suite (Homage to Emily Carr) (partial)
portfolio of 13 prints
each signed and numbered 79/150 in the lower margin; each housed in original portfolio with accompanying title page
Please note: Prints 3 and 10 are not included in this portfolio
Condition noted: foxing and staining present on portfolio
24 x 15.5 ins ( 61 x 39.4 cms ) ( each sheet )
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Sketch for “Muskeg-Country”
oil on paper on board
signed and dated 1963 lower right; titled and dated on the reverse, with sketch of a nude man on the reverse
14.5 x 19.75 ins ( 36.8 x 50.2 cms )
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Owls in a Northern Landscape
oil on paper, laid on board
signed and dated 1976 lower right
26 x 40 ins ( 66 x 101.6 cms )
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Parturition II
etching
signed, titled, dated 1998 and numbered 33/50 in the lower margin
16.5 x 15.75 ins ( 41.9 x 40 cms ) ( plate size )
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Vermilion Tokens (Improvisation on Borrowed Forms)
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1960 lower right; titled on the stretcher on the reverse
39 x 32 ins ( 99.1 x 81.3 cms )
Auction Estimate: $4,000.00 - $6,000.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: October 10th 2023
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Untitled Abstraction
mixed media
signed and dated 1956 lower right
22 x 30 ins ( 55.9 x 76.2 cms ) ( sight )
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Of Birds and Bush #2
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1980 lower right
49 x 66 ins ( 124.5 x 167.6 cms )
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Buccaneer Bay (R131)
oil on paper on board
signed and dated 1947 lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse; inscribed “R131” to a piece of tape on the reverse
22.25 x 28.5 in ( 56.5 x 72.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $7,000.00 - $9,000.00
Price Realized $18,000.00
Sale date: May 21st 2024
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Untitled (Boats)
watercolour
signed and dated 1946 lower left
13 x 19.5 in ( 33 x 49.5 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $2,400.00
Sale date: July 23rd 2024
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Boats, Buccaneer Bay, B.C. (B78)
watercolour and ink
signed and dated 1946 lower left; titled and dated to a gallery label on the reverse
14.5 x 19.5 in ( 36.8 x 49.5 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $2,500.00 - $3,500.00
Price Realized $4,000.00
Sale date: April 23rd 2024
JACK LEONARD SHADBOLT
Northern Elegy #1
oil and lucite on canvas
signed and dated 1964 lower right; signed, titled, dated 1964 on the stretcher on the reverse; unframed
36 x 49 in ( 91.4 x 124.5 cm )
Auction Estimate: $6,000.00 - $8,000.00
Price Realized $7,800.00
Sale date: March 25th 2025
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Jack Shadbolt Biography
(1909 - 1998) RCA
Jack Shadbolt was a dominant figure in the Vancouver art scene beginning in the 1940s, alongside B.C. Binning. Shadbolt drew from many sources of inspiration, including Cubism, Surrealism, American Regionalism and Northwest Coast Native American art. He drew on these various sources to help him express his deep affinity for nature and its cultural representation.
Shadbolt emigrated from England in 1912 and moved first to the BC interior before settling in Victoria in 1914. He met Emily Carr in 1930 while attending Victoria College, who left a strong impression on his life and work. Although their artistic styles varied considerably from one another, they were both inspired by the spiritual unity with nature apparent in Northwest Coast Native American art. Shadbolt was an official war artist in the Canadian Army during World War II. After the war, he resumed his post as a faculty member at the Vancouver School of Art, and in 1987 founded the Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts with his wife Doris (now The Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts). Shadbolt studied at the Art Students' League in New York, London, and Paris, and with Group of Seven member Frederick Varley at the Vancouver School of Art. He received numerous accolades during his lifetime, including Officer of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia.
