Posts By: Cowley Abbott

Cowley Abbott’s June Online Auction features a plethora of captivating works, from the bold geometry of Roy Lichtenstein’s Pop Art to the meditative landscapes of Alexander Young Jackson and John William Beatty. These works celebrate the diversity of modern painting and the enduring legacy of artists who continue to shape our visual and cultural heritage. … Read more »

Our nation’s post-war artists were on strong display during the May 28th spring live auction with Cowley Abbott featuring paintings and sculpture by artists from across Canada that dazzled collectors during weeks of previews in Calgary and Toronto. The excitement during the viewings carried to sale night as rapid bidding carried prices well within estimate… Read more »

This season, Cowley Abbott’s offerings of early Canadian paintings and works on paper provided collectors the opportunity to bid upon examples that represented our country’s creators starting from Confederation. These examples excited collectors throughout our previews and drove bidders to raise their paddles high (in the auction gallery, on the telephone and online), pressing several… Read more »

From rare 1880s watercolours by Frances Anne Hopkins to an electric diptych by Wanda Koop, the Cowley Abbott spring live auction featured rare and important work from celebrated female Canadian artists, spanning more than 150 years of creation. Regardless of the period of the artwork, the rarity and quality of the paintings and works on… Read more »

Cowley Abbott’s international art department has continued to grow steadily over the past five years, attracting artwork of note by artists globally to a collecting audience across Canada and beyond. Importantly, these offerings are providing an opportunity for Canadian collectors to acquire international artworks within our borders, while also serving our clients around the globe…. Read more »

The Group of Seven were represented strongly in the Cowley Abbott spring live auction last week with eight of the ten members of the celebrated association featured. Many of the exceptional Group artworks made their auction debut, inspiring fierce bidding and driving strong results. Here are some of the artworks by the Group that excited… Read more »

Foremost Canadian Female Artists in the Spring Live Auction

Celebrated Female Artists Featuring Emily Carr Cowley Abbott is delighted to share Fir Trees, circa 1935 by Emily Carr this auction season. Carr’s oil on paper sketches are amongst her most important contributions to Canadian art. No other Canadian painter explored the idea of the sketch more intensely and brilliantly than Emily Carr and this work is a prime example. … Read more »

Peter Clapham Sheppard: Chronicler of the Urban Environment Cowley Abbott is delighted to be entrusted with a rare and masterful work by Peter Clapham Sheppard, The Bridge Builders, Construction, Bloor Street Viaduct, 1915.  P.C. Sheppard was one of the first among Toronto’s early twentieth century modernists to record the urban experience during a period of dynamic growth and… Read more »