Frances Anne Johnston
(1910 - 1987)
Previously Sold Works
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Mixed Flowers and Fruit
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $1,560.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Cineraria and Books
oil on canvas
signed lower left; titled to the gallery label on the reverse
20 x 24 ins ( 50.8 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $1,140.00
Sale date: August 23rd 2022
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Still Life with ‘Mums
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse, dated 1981 on a gallery label on the reverse
20 x 16 ins ( 50.8 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $863.00
Sale date: September 20th 2017
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Daisies and Fruit
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
18 x 24 ins ( 45.7 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $1,000.00 - $1,500.00
Price Realized $826.00
Sale date: September 29th 2020
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Edge of the Lake
oil on board
signed lower left; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
7.75 x 9.25 ins ( 19.7 x 23.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $600.00 - $800.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: June 27th 2023
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Untitled (Forest Interior)
oil on board
signed and dated indistinctly lower left; signed and inscribed “#23” on the reverse
12 x 15 ins ( 30.5 x 38.1 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $840.00
Sale date: March 26th 2024
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Still Life with Old Italian Tea Pot
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $250.00 - $350.00
Price Realized $590.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Plant and Peppers
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse; titled on a gallery label on the reverse
18 x 14 ins ( 45.7 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: March 21st 2023
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Flowers in Chinese Bowl with Chinese Figure
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
24 x 20 ins ( 61 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $561.00
Sale date: August 11th 2020
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Flowers in Chinese Bowl with Chinese Figure
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
24 x 20 ins ( 61 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $420.00
Sale date: March 30th 2021
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Still Life with Iris
oil on canvas board
signed lower right; signed and titled on the reverse; unframed
18 x 14 ins ( 45.7 x 35.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $330.00
Sale date: September 21st 2016
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Ile d’Orleans Roue
oil on board
signed lower left; titled and dated 1980 on the reverse; unframed
12 x 15.65 ins ( 30.5 x 39.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: June 22nd 2016
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Still Life with Anemonies
oil on canvas, laid down on board
signed lower left, dated “Dec. 30/70”; signed, titled, dated and inscribed “Fiesole, Italy” on the reverse
16 x 12 ins ( 40.6 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: September 20th 2017
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Cayoose Pass Lillooet B.C.
oil on board
signed lower left; titled and dated 1979 on the reverse; unframed
11.75 x 15.75 ins ( 29.8 x 40 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $173.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
FRANCES ANNE JOHNSTON
Moonflowers
oil on canvas board
signed lower left; signed and titled on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
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Frances Anne Johnston Biography
(1910 - 1987)
Born in Toronto, Ontario, the daughter of artist Franz Johnston and Florence Jamieson, she received her education at the North Toronto Collegiate and at the Ontario College of Art where she won two scholarships. She met her husband Franklin Arbuckle at the Ontario College of Art. They married five years later in 1934 after the worst part of the Depression passed and settled down in Toronto.
She was particularly interested in landscapes which she did very well but in 1937 her first daughter was born and she was no longer free to paint out-of-doors. She turned to painting interior studies and is one of Canada's most accomplished artists in this subject. For many years she was known for her Christmas cards and much later did a series of Canadian Wild Flower studies for Murray's Restaurants which were reproduced as part of the decoration for the menus. Her husband was moved to Montreal in 1941 while an employee of Bomac Engravers' and they lived there until 1958 when they returned to Toronto.
Much of her time had been taken up with the raising of her two daughters and it was not until the mid 1970s that she had been able to devote more of her time to painting. She had exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy and with other Societies. Johnston passed away in 1987 at the age of 77.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume I: A-F", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1977
