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Canadian Paintings for Sale ; Is this a good time to acquire works by Canadian painters?


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The answer depends on your financial timetable. Right now, with inflation still above target, high loan rates, an economic slowdown that's becoming more and more perceptible, and Baby Boomers looking to part with their works of art now that they're retired and move into smaller apartments... it's easy to understand why art prices are tending to drop significantly.

 

If you have significant sums of money at your disposal and your sales timetable remains medium to long-term, you may be able to acquire works of art at a reduced price due to the low demand and high supply on the market.  Millennials don't seem to be active on the market yet, as they tend to settle in much more slowly than previous generations.  They tend to acquire more contemporary works, and have no intention yet of considering art as an investment vehicle.  However, they are likely to join the art market within the next 10 years.

 

The recommendation of many of the experts consulted is therefore aimed at people who have liquid sums at their disposal that do not have to be recovered before the next decade.  Opt for sure values, particularly artists whose estates remain active and concerned with maintaining the value of their works.  You may be able to acquire paintings for a fraction of the original purchase price from sellers who wish to recoup even a portion of their investment.

 

However, buying paintings purely for speculation could prove disappointing in the long run. First and foremost, you should choose an art object for the pleasure of owning and exhibiting it.  It's also better to invest a larger sum and acquire fewer works that are more expensive, but which will retain their initial value or increase in value over the next 10 years.

 

And finally, don't hesitate to use the services of appraisal experts before completing your purchase.  Some works of art are plagiarized, difficult to detect and often ignored by their owners who are acting in good faith.

 

So it's a good time to buy, but remain cautious and above all... patient for the next decade.

 

Here's an alphabetical list of Canadian painters.

 

A

 

- Isabella Mary Abbott (en) (1890-1955) - artist

- Melita Aitken (1866-1945) - artist

- Phil Alain (d) (1968- )

- Amelia Alcock-White (en) (1981- )

- Stephen Andrews (1956-)

- William Armstrong (en) (1822-1914) - landscape watercolorist

- Léo Ayotte (1909-1976) - painter

- Philip Aziz (1923-2009) - painter, sculptor

 

B

 

- Earl W. Bascom (1906-1995) - American painter, printmaker and sculptor, raised in Canada

- Robert Bateman (1930- ) - naturalist and painter

- François Malepart de Beaucourt (1740-1794) - painter

- Arnold Belkin (1930-1992) - Mexican painter, known as "the Canadian son of Mexican Muralism".

- Lina Bélisle (1962- ) (known as BEL) painter

- William Von Moll Berczy (1744-1813) - pioneer and painter

- Clément Bérini (1930-1996) recognized painter in Ontario in the 20th century, promoter of Franco-Ontarian culture

- André Biéler (1896-11989): Swiss-born painter

- David Bierk (en) (1944-2002) - Canadian painter of American origin

- Bruno Bobak (1923-2012) - Canadian painter of Polish origin

- Molly Lamb Bobak (1922- ) - painter

- Louis Boekhout (1919-2012) Dutch-Canadian landscape painter

- Blanche Bolduc (1906 or 1907-1999) Quebec painter

- Paul-Émile Borduas (1905-1960) - painter known for his abstract works

- Fritz Brandtner (1896-1969)

- Sandra Brewster (1973-), painter, multimedia artist, art teacher

- Bertram Richard Brooker (1888 - 1955) - writer, painter, musician and pioneer of Canadian abstract expressionism

- William Blair Bruce (1859-1906), Impressionist painter

- William Brymner (1855-1925) - landscape painter

- Ralph Wallace Burton (1905-1983)

- Jack Bush (1909-1977) - abstract expressionism

 

 

C

 

- Franklin Carmichael (1890-1945) - artist, member of the Group of Seven

- Emily Carr (1871-1945) - artist and writer inspired by the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest (en)

- Alfred Joseph Casson (1898-1992) - painter of landscapes, forests and farms, member of the Group of Seven

- Jack Chambers (1931-1978) - painter and filmmaker

- Benjamin Chee Chee (1944-1977) - Ojibwe painter

- Victor Child (en) (1897-1960) - newspaper illustrator, painter and printmaker

- Pierre Clerk (1928- ) painter, sculptor and engraver

- Alex Colville (1920-2013) - painter

- Bruno Côté (1940- ) - landscape painter

- Holly Coulis (en) (1968- ) - painter

- Josephine Crease (1864-1947) - watercolorist

- Sarah Lindley Crease (1826-1922) - watercolorist and botanical illustrator

 

D

 

- Kathleen Daly (en) (1898-1994) - painter

- Ken Danby (en) (1940-2007) - painter

- Charles Daudelin (1920-2001) - sculptor and painter

- Forshaw Day (en) (1837-1903) - painter and educator

- Claire Desjardins (en) (1965- ) - painter

- Mary Dignam (en) (1860-1938) - painter and activist

- Edmond Dyonnet (1859-1954) - painter

 

E

 

- Allan Edson (1846-1888) - landscape painter

 

F

 

- Henriette Fauteux-Massé (1924-2005) - painter

- George Fertig (en) (1915-1983) - painter and photographer

- LeMoine Fitzgerald (en) (1890-1956) - artist member of the Group of Seven

- Nehemiah Ford (en) (?-1858/1862) - politician and painter

- Marc-Aurèle Fortin (1888-1970) - painter

- Karine Fréchette (1985-) - painter

 

G

 

- Clarence Gagnon (1881-1942) - Quebec painter

- Vaughan Grayson (en) (1894-1995), Saskatchewan painter and printmaker

- Chantale Guy (1954-) - Quebec painter

 

H

 

- Kazuo Hamasaki (en) (1925-2005) - Japanese painter

- Théophile Hamel (1817-1870) - painter and portraitist

- Mary Riter Hamilton (1873-1954) - painter, pioneering woman artist

- John A. Hammond (en) (1843-1939) - adventurer, photographer, artist, printmaker and educator

- Lawren Harris (1855-1970) - painter, member of the Group of Seven

- Robert Harris (1848-1919) - painter known for his portraits of the Fathers of Confederation

- Ted Harrison (en) (1926-2015) - painter

- HERMINE (1972- ) - Caroline Tremblay painter, sculptor, photographer

- Prudence Heward (1896-1947) - painter and member of the Beaver Hall group

- Edwin Holgate (1892-1977) - artist, painter and printmaker, member of the Group of Seven

 

J

 

- A. Y. Jackson (1882-1974) - painter, founding member of the Group of Seven

- Charles William Jefferys (1869-1951) - painter, illustrator, author and teacher

- Frank Johnston (1888-1949) - artist member of the Group of Seven

- Henry Wanton Jones (1925-) - painter and sculptor

- Hugh G. Jones (1872-1947) - architect and painter

- Léonel Jules (1953- ) - painter

 

K

 

- Paul Kane (1810-1871) - Irish-Canadian personality painter of the First Nations of Western Canada and Oregon Country

- Aart Kemink (de) (1914-2006) - Dutch-Canadian (en) painter

- Bert Kloezeman (en) (1921- ) - painter and educator

- Harold Klunder (en) (1943- ) - Canadian painter of Dutch origin

- Dorothy Knowles (en), (1927- ), painter

- Cornelius Krieghoff (1815-1872) - Dutch landscape painter

- Maya Kulenovic (en) (1975- ) - painter

- William Kurelek (1927-1977) - artist and writer

 

L

 

- Stephen Lack (1946- ), actor, painter

- Raynald Leclerc (1961- ), painter

- Ozias Leduc (1864-1955) - Quebec painter

- Joseph Légaré (1795-1855) - painter

- René Lemay (1934-2015) - painter

- Serge Lemoyne (1941-1998) - artist and painter

- Alphonse Lespérance (1914-2003) - painter in the classical tradition and church restorer

- Maud Lewis (1903-1970) - painter

- Édith Liétar (1945- ), Belgian-Canadian painter[24].

- Robert Henry Lindsay (en) (1868-1938) - painter

- Oleg Lipchenko (en) (1957- ) - painter, graphic artist and illustrator

- Arthur Lismer (1881-1969) - painter and member of the Group of Seven

- Laura Muntz Lyall (1860-1930) - Impressionist painter

- John Lyman (1886-1967)

 

M

 

- J. E. H. MacDonald (1873-1932) - painter and member of the Group of Seven

- Landon Mackenzie (en) (1954- ) - painter

- Arthur N. Martin (en) (1889-1961) - painter

- Guylaine Malo (en) (1959- ) - international Canadian painter and craftswoman.

- Doris McCarthy (1910- ) - artist specializing in abstract landscapes

- Helen McNicoll (1879-1915) landscape painter

- Ray Mead (en) (1921-1998) - abstract expressionist painter and member of the Eleven painters

- Kenneth G. Mills (en) (1923-2004) - painter

- David Milne (1882-1953) - painter, printmaker and writer

- Lisa Milroy (en) (1959- ) - painter

- Berge Missakian (en) (1933- ) - painter

- Guido Molinari (1933-2004) - abstract painter

- James Wilson Morrice (1865-1924) - landscape painter

- Kathleen Moir Morris (1893-1986) - painter and member of the Beaver Hall group

- Norval Morrisseau (1932-2007) - painter

- Thomas Mower Martin (en) (1838-1934) - landscape painter

- Kathleen Munn (en) (1887-1974) - painter

 

N

 

- Jack Nichols (1921- ) - painter

- Guido Nincheri (1885-1973) - Italian stained-glass and fresco artist

- Louis de Niverville (1933-2019) - painter

- Guity Novin (1944- ) - Iranian-Canadian painter (en)

 

O

 

- Will Ogilvie (en) (1901-1989) - painter

- Kim Ondaatje (en) (1928- ) - painter, photographer and filmmaker

- Toni Onley (en) (1928-2004) - landscape painter

 

P

 

- Alfred Pellan (1906-1988)

- Sophie Pemberton (1869-1959) - painter

- William Perehudoff (en), (1918-2013) painter

- Lipa Pitsiulak (1943-2010) - drawing, print and sculpture

- Joseph Plaskett (1918- ) - painter

- Mary Pratt (1935- ) - still life painter

- Jon Pylypchuk (1972- ) - painter and sculptor

 

R

 

- Monique Régimbald-Zeiber (1947 - )

- Moses "Moe" Reinblatt

- Jean-Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) - Quebec painter and sculptor

- Goodridge Roberts (1904-1974) - painter

- Danièle Rochon (1946- ) - Quebec painter

- Trisha Romance (en) (1951- ) - Ontario painter

- William Ronald (1926-1998) - abstract painter

 

S

 

- Anne Douglas Savage (1896-1971) - painter and teacher, member of the Beaver Hall group

- Jacques Schyrgens (en) (1923- ) - Belgian-born Canadian painter and illustrator

- Marian Dale Scott (1906-1993) - painter

- Regina Seiden (1892-1991) - painter and member of the Beaver Hall group

- Irène Senécal (1901-1978) painter

- Jack Shadbolt (en) (1909- ) - painter and teacher

- Henrietta Shore (1880-1963) - painter

- Claude A. Simard (1943- ) - painter

- Edith Smith (en) (1867-1954) - painter and teacher

- Freda Pemberton Smith (en) (1902-1991) - painter

- Gordon A. Smith (en) (1919- ) - painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher

- Philippe Sokazo (1962-) - painter

- David G. Sorensen (1937-2011) - painter

- Owen Staples (en) (1866-1949) - painter, engraver, caricaturist

- Godfrey Stephens (en) (1939- ) - painter, sculptor

- John Edmund Strandberg (1911-1996) Swedish-Canadian landscape painter

- Marc-Aurèle de Foy Suzor-Coté (1869-1937) - painter and sculptor

 

T

 

- Daniel Taylor (painter) (en)Daniel Taylor (1955- ) - realist painter

- Tom Thomson (1877-1917) - artist mentor of the Group of Seven

- Gideon Tomaschoff (en) (1956- ) - artist

- Gentile Tondino (en) (1923-2001) - artist and educator

- Tristan Tondino (d) (1961- )

- Laurent Torregrossa (1964- ) - (known as LO) hyperrealist artist.

- Fernand Toupin (1930- ) - Quebec abstract artist

- Caroline Tremblay (1972- ) - (known as HERMINE) painter, sculptor, photographer

- Cory Trépanier (en) (1968- ) - landscape painter and filmmaker

- Stéfanie Thompson (1985- ) - painter

 

V

 

- François Vaillancourt (en) (1967- ) - painter

- Frederick Varley (1881-1969) - painter and member of the Group of Seven

- James Verbicky (en) (1973- ) - artist

- Andrée Vézina (1952- ) - painter

- Roy Henry Vickers (en) (1946- ) - Native American painter

- Denis Villemure (1956- ) - painter

 

W

 

- Carol Wainio (1955) - painter

- Horatio Walker (1858-1938) - painter

- Darrell Wasyk (en) (1958- ) - painter

- Terry Watkinson (single) (1940- ) - painter, illustrator and musician

- Homer Watson (1855-1936) - landscape painter

- Joyce Wieland (1930-1998) - filmmaker and painter

- York Wilson (1907-1984) - painter and muralist

- Robert E. Wood (1919-1980) (en) - landscape painter


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