William Arthur Winter
(1909 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Gondolas, Grand Canal
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Green Jacket
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
School Kids - Paris
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Visitors
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Child in a Parka
graphite and coloured pencil
signed lower right
10.5 x 8 ins ( 26.7 x 20.3 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Fishing Boat
graphite drawing
signed and dated 1970 lower right
10 x 17.25 ins ( 25.4 x 43.8 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Semi-Nude with Flowers
mixed media on paper
signed and dated 1968 lower right
14.5 x 10.5 ins ( 36.8 x 26.7 cms ) ( sight )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Library
oil, wash and pencil on paper
signed and dated 1955 lower right
9.25 x 7.25 ins ( 23.5 x 18.4 cms ) ( sight )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Country Road
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Three Portraits
“Portrait of a Child Sitting” (signed, dated 1972, 11.75 x 18 inches); “Young Boy in a Parka” (signed, dated 1971, 18 x 12 inches) and “Portrait of a Girl” (signed, dated 1972, 11 x 8.25 inches)
18 x 12 ins ( 45.7 x 30.5 cms ) ( largest )
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.
