Jack Bush: A Master of Colour Cowley Abbott is delighted to be offering six significant artworks by the celebrated Canadian artist Jack Bush in our Spring Live Auction of Select Masterworks of Canadian and International Art on May 28th, spanning the painter’s storied career. A master of colour, Jack Bush said facing a large empty expanse of canvas… Read more »
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Two Masterworks by Frances Anne Hopkins in the Spring Live Auction
The two watercolours in the May 28th live auction represent major subjects of Frances Anne Hopkins’s artistic oeuvre. Canoes in a Fog, Lake Superior, is one of several sketches that Hopkins made during her first trip on Lake Superior in July 1864 and formed the basis for the first painting by her to be accepted… Read more »
First 5 à 7 of 2025
Thursday, April 10 marked our first 5 à 7 event of the year and Cowley Abbott was delighted to host familiar friends and new collectors! The evening was highlighted with talks from Art Specialist Eryn Brobyn and Senior International and Canadian Specialist Perry Tung. Attendees had the opportunity to view current works up for our… Read more »
Rob Cowley speaks with Global Halifax about Cowley Abbott’s National Valuation Tour
Rob Cowley and Anna Holmes speak with CBC Prince Edward Island during Cowley Abbott’s Valuation Day event at the Confederation Centre for the Arts in Charlottetown
Artwork from the Estate of Jaan Poldaas Online Auction (February 11th to 25th)
Jaan Poldaas (1948-2018) was born in Sweden to Estonian refugees and grew up in Northern Ontario. Initially trained as an architect at the University of Toronto, Poldaas began painting in the geometric abstract style for which he is known, but from a consistently experimental and conceptual perspective. Cowley Abbott and the estate of Jaan Poldaas… Read more »
