William Goodridge Roberts
(1904 - 1974) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Artwork from the 1950s
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Oat Field in the Sun
oil on board
signed lower right; Estate Inventory No. 2972 (inscribed on the reverse)
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Still Life
oil on canvas
signed lower right; titled and dated 1950 to two gallery labels on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Laurentian Woods
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1954 to a gallery label on the reverse
25 x 32 ins ( 63.5 x 81.3 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
To Joan for Christmas
oil on canvas, on board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1955 on the reverse
32 x 48 ins ( 81.3 x 121.9 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Baie St. Paul (1956)
oil on board
signed lower right; inscribed with Roberts Inventory No. 3017 on the reverse
19.75 x 23.5 ins ( 50.2 x 59.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $5,000.00 - $7,000.00
Price Realized $3,540.00
Sale date: September 24th 2020
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Green Landscape, Near Calumet
oil on board
signed lower right; Roberts Inventory Number 63 inscribed on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Georgian Bay
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated circa 1957 on a gallery label and inscribed with Roberts Inventory Number 1000 on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
City Houses in Winter
oil on masonite
signed lower right; titled and dated 1957 to a gallery label on the reverse; inventory number 338 inscribed on the reverse
48 x 32 in ( 121.9 x 81.3 cm )
WILLIAM GOODRIDGE ROBERTS
Nude Seated on Pink Cloth
oil on board
signed lower right; titled and dated 1958 on a gallery label on the reverse; inscribed “To Joan, Christmas 1963” on the reverse; Roberts Inventory Number (2213) inscribed on the reverse; unframed
48 x 32 ins ( 121.9 x 81.3 cms )
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Goodridge Roberts Biography
(1904 - 1974) Canadian Group of Painters, RCA
Roberts was born in Barbados in 1904 to a prominent Canadian literary family. His father, Theodore, was a poet, novelist, and journalist. Roberts began his studies at Montreal's Ecole des Beaux-Arts but, encouraged by his art-critic aunt, Mary Fanton Roberts, he enrolled at New York's Art Students League. His New York schooling would prove to be a major influence on his career.
During the 1930s, Roberts lived, painted, and taught in Ontario. He was the very first artist-in-residence at Queens University in Kingston. Refusing to incorporate nationalist content into his work, Roberts became recognized for his modernist approach. In the 1940s, Roberts moved to Montreal and continued painting and teaching. He was admired by Quebec's francophone art community who saw in his work a reflection of the modernist figurative tradition from France, known in Montreal as "living art." His works were equally divided into the themes of landscapes, portraits and still lifes; all are textbook examples of each style. The artist's last major retrospective was held at the National Gallery of Canada in 1969. He died in January 1974.
