Ralph Wallace Burton
(1905 - 1983)
Previously Sold Works
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Autumn Landscape
oil on paperboard laid down on card
signed lower left
16 x 19 ins ( 40.6 x 48.3 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Village in Winter
oil on board
signed lower right
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Cantley, Quebec; From the Head of MacGregor
double-sided oil on board
“Cantley, Quebec” (signed lower right); “From the Head of MacGregor (signed lower left); each titled and dated 1948 on the reverse of the frame
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Cabin in Winter; Autumn Landscape
double-sided oil on board
“Cabin in Winter” (signed lower left); “Autumn Landscape” (signed lower right)
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Spring Creek, Lanark County, Ont
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1970 on the reverse
20 x 26 ins ( 50.8 x 66 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Spring near Fitzroy Harbour
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1962
10.5 x 13.25 ins ( 26.7 x 33.7 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Spring - Masham, Que.
oil on board
signed lower left; titled and dated 1966 on the reverse
10.5 x 13.25 ins ( 26.7 x 33.7 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Farm Point, Que.
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1950 on the reverse
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Red Sleigh, Winter
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1939 lower right
22 x 27 ins ( 55.9 x 68.6 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
The Moose Hunt
oil on canvas
signed and inscribed “Rep. by R.W. Burton”” lower right
21 x 26 ins ( 53.3 x 66 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Winter Landscape with Sleigh; Autumn Landscape
double-sided oil on board
signed lower left; signed lower right on the reverse
10.5 x 13 ins ( 26.7 x 33 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Reflections in a Pond off the North Gower - Smith Falls, Ont.
oil on board
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated 1976 and inscribed “Ottawa” on the reverse
10.5 x 13.5 ins ( 26.7 x 34.3 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Farmer’s Rapids
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1940 on the reverse
10 x 14 ins ( 25.4 x 35.6 cms )
RALPH WALLACE BURTON
Autumn, McGregor Lake
pastel
signed lower left; titled and dated 1948 on the reverse of the backing
16 x 22.25 ins ( 40.6 x 56.5 cms ) ( sight )
Consignments
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Ralph Burton Biography
(1905 - 1983)
Ralph Wallace Burton was a well known Ottawa Valley artist who was a student of, regular painting companion and friend to A.Y. Jackson from the Group of Seven.[1]
His many paintings and sketches, now housed at the City of Ottawa archives, Ottawa City Hall, small galleries[2] and private collections, celebrate the rough beauty of Canadian landscapes, and the tenacity of man-made structures set in rugged natural and urban environments, particularly in the Ottawa Valley region.[3]
Burton produced numerous sketches and paintings over his lifetime, with many of his finest executed in oil on birch plywood panels.[4] He studied art professionally in Ottawa (1923–24) and was a student under A.Y. Jackson at the Banff School of Fine Arts (1947).
He later became a friend and painting companion to A.Y. Jackson, who greatly influenced his work. Over a period spanning more than 20 years, they travelled the lengths of Eastern Ontario and Quebec, as well as Alberta, Alaska and the Yukon territory together, depicting the environs, physical structures and, less frequently, the people of the regions they visited.[5]
Burton was also widely regarded in the Ottawa region as a skilled art teacher, with one student remarking on Burton's "love of colour," "assured draughtsmanship" and "powerful observation" evident in his works.[6] Another student and art historian observes that Burton's works are "very rhythmical...straight lines were rare, things are always flowing and moving through his brush strokes and the variation in colours."[5]
Despite his successful art career, Burton often had to juggle full- and part-time work to support his family. As one biographical sketch recounts, "Ralph began using his art as a bartering tool to acquire food, fuel, make car repairs -- everything necessary for survival."[5] He also occasionally took on commissions for calendars and Christmas cards. During World War II, Burton enlisted in the RCAF and worked in Ottawa as an administrative war art officer.
