William Arthur Winter
(1909 - 1996) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Previously Sold Works
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Portrait of a Young Girl
oil on board
signed lower right
9.5 x 7.25 ins ( 24.1 x 18.4 cms ) ( sight )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
In the Park
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Crab Apples
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Sylvan Lake Near Red Deer, Alberta
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; inscribed “Cover June 18/1960” on the reverse; typed title [SYLVAN LAKE..NEAR RED REER (sic), ALBERTA] on the artist’s label on the reverse
24 x 23.5 ins ( 61 x 59.7 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Country Road
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1987 on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Pink Scarf; Red Hair
pair of oils on canvas board
each signed lower right; each titled to a gallery label on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms ) ( each )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Woman Knitting
oil on canvas board
signed lower right
15 x 11 ins ( 38.1 x 27.9 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Roman Candle
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled on the reverse of the frame
24 x 30 ins ( 61 x 76.2 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
Street Kids
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1981 to a gallery label on the reverse
10 x 8 ins ( 25.4 x 20.3 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
The Trellis
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
WILLIAM ARTHUR WINTER
In the Trees
oil on paper
signed and dated 1955 lower left; titled and dated on the gallery label on the reverse
8 x 9.5 ins ( 20.3 x 24.1 cms ) ( sight )
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.
