William Arthur Winter
(1909 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Crossroads
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1981 on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Spanish Night
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1965 on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Early Spring
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
On the Street
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Running Children
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Country Road
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Bouquet for Mother
wash drawing
signed and dated 1990 lower left
10.75 x 8 ins ( 27.3 x 20.3 cms ) ( sight )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Miss Ponytail
pencil and oil wash
signed and dated 1990 lower right
10.75 x 8.5 ins ( 27.3 x 21.6 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Street Scene, Seville
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
William Winter Biography
(1909 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Born in Winnipeg in 1909, Winter received his art training under LeMoine FitzGerald at the Winnipeg School of Art. He moved to Toronto in 1937 where he established the advertising firm of Wookie, Winter and Bush. He exhibited his work widely, including 19 exhibitions at Roberts Gallery, Toronto beginning in 1959. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy and the Ontario Society of Artists. Today, classified as a Canadian post-war modernist, he is best known for his paintings of children. His work is housed in museum collections across Canada and abroad, including the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He died in England in 1996.
