Horatio Walker
Horatio Walker
1858 - 1938
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Horatio Walker is best known for his paintings of rural Canadian life, particularly his images of Île d’Orléans, Quebec. He first visited the region in 1870 while accompanying his father on a business trip. Walker’s painting changed very little over the years and the artist almost always worked under the same conditions using the same principles, and his paintings displayed nostalgia for the countryside.
Walker was born in Listowel, Ontario and showed a proficiency for drawing from a young age. At the age of 15, Walker moved to Toronto and began to work at Notman-Fraser photographic studios, where he met Homer Watson, who became a lifelong friend. In 1876, Walker settled in Rochester, New York, where he worked as a photographer and hand-tinted photographs until 1885. Walker first visited Europe in 1882, where he was greatly influenced by the Barbizon painter Jean-François Millet and the Dutch artists of The Hague School. Walker emulated the peasant subject matter of The Hague School paintings in his scenes of habitants in the Quebec countryside. In 1883, Walker rented a studio in Quebec City and engaged the Montross Gallery in New York as his dealer. He moved to New York in 1885, but continued to spend his summers in Quebec. In 1900, Walker’s work was included in an exhibition at the Art Association of Montreal alongside the paintings of the famed Maris brothers of The Hague School.
That same year, Walker moved to London to expand his market. He lived there until 1905, but continued to return to the Île d’Orléans, which eventually became his primary residence. By 1907, Walker held prominence as Canada’s most famous artist, having found success both nationally and internationally. The Canadian Art Club in Toronto championed Walker’s work, and in 1915, Walker replaced his friend Watson as the club’s president. The following year he received an honorary degree from the University of Toronto.

Beginning in the 1920s, collectors such as Louis-Athanase David and C.J. Simard began to collect Walker’s paintings, as they felt that his work was an authentic cultural statement and part of the national heritage. Walker’s oil Oxen Drinking, 1899, was one of the first major purchases of the National Gallery of Canada, and it was acquired for $10,000, an enormous sum at that time.
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The Ice Cutters, Île d’Orléans by Horatio Walker vendu pour $87,750
Horatio Walker
The Ice Cutters, Île d’Orléans
6 1/4 x 9 3/8 in, 15.9 x 23.8 cm
circa 1904
huile sur papier sur carton
Estimation : 35 000 $ - 45 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 87 750 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Spring 2011 - 2nd Session, mardi, 17 mai 2011
Moonrise, A Canadian Pastoral by Horatio Walker vendu pour $43,250
Horatio Walker
Moonrise, A Canadian Pastoral
28 1/4 x 38 in, 71.8 x 96.5 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 40 000 $ - 60 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 43 250 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Important Canadian Art, jeudi, 25 novembre 2021
Sunset Over a Snowbound Pasture by Horatio Walker vendu pour $16,520
Horatio Walker
Sunset Over a Snowbound Pasture
28 x 38 in, 71.1 x 96.5 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 15 000 $ - 25 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 16 520 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fall 2015 - 2nd Session, jeudi, 26 novembre 2015
The Woodcutter, Horse and Sled, Winter by Horatio Walker vendu pour $16,100
Horatio Walker
The Woodcutter, Horse and Sled, Winter
14 1/2 x 18 1/2 in, 36.8 x 47 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 7 000 $ - 9 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 16 100 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
May 2006 - 3rd Session, samedi, 27 mai 2006
Plowing the Field by Horatio Walker vendu pour $12,650
Horatio Walker
Plowing the Field
11 x 16 in, 27.9 x 40.6 cm
huile sur panneau
Estimation : 5 000 $ - 7 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 12 650 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2005, jeudi, 24 novembre 2005
First Snow, Île d'Orléans by Horatio Walker vendu pour $12,500
Horatio Walker
First Snow, Île d'Orléans
17 x 13 in, 43.2 x 33 cm
huile sur toile sur panneau
Estimation : 10 000 $ - 15 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 12 500 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Canadian, Impressionist & Modern Art, mercredi, 29 mai 2019
The Wood Gatherers by Horatio Walker vendu pour $9,360
Horatio Walker
The Wood Gatherers
24 x 18 in, 61 x 45.7 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 7 000 $ - 9 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 9 360 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
February 2014 - 2nd Session, jeudi, 27 février 2014
Siesta by Horatio Walker vendu pour $8,260
Horatio Walker
Siesta
18 x 26 1/8 in, 45.7 x 66.3 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 8 000 $ - 10 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 8 260 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
May 2014 - 4th Session, samedi, 31 mai 2014
Retour des noces by Horatio Walker vendu pour $6,900
Horatio Walker
Retour des noces
16 x 21 1/2 in, 40.6 x 54.6 cm
fusain sur papier
Estimation : 4 000 $ - 5 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 6 900 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2006, vendredi, 24 novembre 2006
Evening, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec by Horatio Walker vendu pour $6,490
Horatio Walker
Evening, Ile d'Orleans, Quebec
28 1/8 x 38 1/8 in, 71.4 x 96.8 cm
huile sur lin
Estimation : 7 000 $ - 9 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 6 490 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
November 2015 - 4th Session, samedi, 28 novembre 2015