Ronald York Wilson
(1907 - 1984) RCA, OSA
Previously Sold Works
RONALD YORK WILSON
Mexican Dreamer
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
10 x 12 ins ( 25.4 x 30.5 cms )
RONALD YORK WILSON
Young Dancer
oil on board
signed lower right; titled on an exhibition label on the reverse
36.25 x 24 ins ( 92.1 x 61 cms )
RONALD YORK WILSON
Haida Totem
gouache on paper
signed lower right; titled and dated 1971 on a gallery label on the reverse
12.25 x 10.25 ins ( 31.1 x 26 cms ) ( sheet )
RONALD YORK WILSON
Prehistoric Enigma
mixed media on paper
signed lower right; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
8.75 x 9 ins ( 22.2 x 22.9 cms ) ( sight )
RONALD YORK WILSON
Taormina Reviewed
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated 1974 on the gallery label
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
RONALD YORK WILSON
Zapopan - Mexico
oil on board
signed lower left; titled and dated 1965 on the artist’s label on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
RONALD YORK WILSON
Two Gondolas
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled on an artist label on the reverse; sold together with “York Wilson” (Paul Duval, Wallack Galleries, Ottawa, 1978)
28 x 20 ins ( 71.1 x 50.8 cms )
RONALD YORK WILSON
Untitled Abstract
oil on canvas
signed lower right; signed on the gallery label on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
RONALD YORK WILSON
Oaxaco Remembered
acrylic on canvas
signed lower right; titled twice on the reverse
32.25 x 24 in ( 81.9 x 61 cm )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $1,920.00
Sale date: August 20th 2024
RONALD YORK WILSON
Blues-Paris
colour screenprint
signed, titled, dated 1966 and numbered 24/50 in the lower margin; unframed
18.75 x 25.5 in ( 47.6 x 64.8 cm ) ( sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $300.00
Price Realized $204.00
Sale date: January 28th 2025
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York Wilson Biography
(1907 - 1984) RCA, OSA
York Wilson studied commercial art at Central Technical School and first worked at Brigden's engraving house in Toronto (1926), where he was influenced by Charles Comfort and Will Ogilvie. Wilson was first recognized for paintings of the burlesque, such as those he exhibited with the Canadian Group of Painters at the World's Fair in New York (1939), and other social commentary pictures. He became a full-time painter in 1950. Trips to Mexico in 1950 and 1953 exposed him to the influence of Rico Lebrun and stimulated an interest in mural painting.
Wilson was best known for his commissioned murals, including those for McGill University's library (Montréal, 1954) and the Imperial Oil Building (Toronto, 1957). In the later 1950s, his interest in "picture construction" led him to abstract painting and then, in the 1960s, into geometric art.
Reference:
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/ronald-york-wilson
