We are both proud and thrilled to orchestrate the private placement of A.Y. Jackson ’s magnificent canvas, “Night on the Skeena River” of 1927 from its original family of owners to a new generation of stewardship. This important composition was originally featured in the iconic exhibition of Canadian West Coast...

Claude A. Simard was born in Quebec City in 1943. He studied Graphic Design at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto. He worked as a Graphic Designer until 1984 and from then on, he devoted all his time to painting and teaching. Simard left a distinguished career at Laval...

Featuring works by Claude Tousignant, Lawren Harris, Alfred J. Casson, Frederick S. Coburn, John Little and others. On Thursday, March 28, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff will be opening an online exhibition of our latest releases of Important Canadian Art. This special exhibition and sale will be posted on klinkhoff.com at approximately...

In the March 9-10 Global Edition of The New York Times my all time favourite art writer, Souren Melikian, wrote: 'Until World War II, dealers dominated the market. Then, by the early 1950s, galleries began to lose ground to auction houses, and within 20 years, these became the locomotive pulling...

On Thursday, February 14th, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff will be opening an exhibition of works by Joseph Plaskett. This exhibition and sale will be posted on klinkhoff.ca at approximately 12pm, with select works on view at the gallery. We invite you to purchase one of these outstanding compositions by the master.

'Sotheby’s Canada is getting out of what it calls the “theatre” of auctions as a way to sell important Canadian art after an often tumultuous run of more than 45 years.' Read the whole article by James Adams from the Globe and Mail: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/sothebys-citing-weak-margins-quits-live-auctions/article8285168/

As many of our readers will now know, Sotheby's Canada yesterday announced its withdrawal from the 'theatre' of Canadian art auctions. While this is being hailed in some corners as a victory for competing Canadian auction houses, in our opinion it is an affirmation of the growing popularity of no-risk...

I will begin this retrospective with the comment that in my career I cannot recall a holiday season as vigorous as this. Contemporary art, the market arguably most affected by global economic concerns, surged to levels we have not recently seen. I am as delighted to report this to our...

The highlight of the fall season for me had to be 'Painting Canada: Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven', the McMichael Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario, hosted brilliantly under the relatively new leadership of Dr. Victoria Dickenson. This was the same presentation that fortunate spectators had previously enjoyed in London...

In conjunction with Sandra Paikowsky, we are delighted to make the following presentation of paintings by John Fox. The career of John Fox spans over 50 years and can be divided into 3 overlapping phases: figuration, abstraction and refiguration. A life-long resident of Montreal, his extensive stays in Paris, Florence...

In Canadian art, the number of collectible artists is limited and, at least as concerns the 19th Century greats and those up to the pre-World War ll period, their most celebrated works have generally long been in the collections of the major museums, never to return to the marketplace. The...

Unsurpassed expertise, quality, value-added service and market-leading experience: We have been operating under the same ownership for over 60 years with unique first-hand and proprietary knowledge. By buying from us at a fixed-price, you are assured of reliability, authenticity and quality in what is an excellent group of works of...

It is my opinion that a gallery which provides a genuine and market respected expertise is a gallery that serious collectors should pursue to assist in the vetting of their art collection. The only obvious alternatives that comes to mind as I write these musings is that if the venue...

Featuring works by Jean Paul Lemieux, Cornelius Krieghoff, Robert Pilot and others On Friday, September 28, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff will be opening an online exhibition of our latest releases of Important Canadian Art. This special exhibition and sale will be posted on klinkhoff.com at approximately 12pm, with select works on...

On Friday, June 29, Galerie Walter Klinkhoff will be opening an online exhibition of our latest releases of Important Canadian Art. This special exhibition and sale will be posted on klinkhoff.com at approximately 12pm, with select works on view at the gallery. Sellers can maximize value and minimize risks by...

Predictable auction results confirm the advantages of private sales One of our distinguished colleagues, Chris Varley, recently distributed summary of his observations regarding a trio of auction sales including many with which we agree. I would also choose add a few comments of my own: Essentially what we are seeing...

In David Hanna's gazette article about Griffintown, an area close to the downtown core which is being redeveloped wholesale Professor Hanna outlines a strong defense for an urban heritage policy; “When heritage is given value, culture is preserved, property values soar, quality of life improves.” Using the impending demolition of...

// Tweet Vernissage May 12 - from 10 am. until 4 pm. Danielle Lanteigne will be in attendance at the vernissage. ** Exhibition continues through May 26, 2012. * All paintings are subject to prior sale. ** At select times only.

Dear clients and friends of Galerie Walter Klinkhoff and artist Claude A. Simard, Recent news articles have reported that one of the promoters of an art-donation scheme in the municipality of Larouche in the Saguenay region was convicted of tax evasion before the Court of Quebec in Montréal. We would...

by theartmarket.ca JONATHAN KLINKHOFF website: www.klinkhoff.com twitter: @klinkhoff_com when you look across the country and examine the galleries selling historical canadian art, one will notice an obvious trend. these are family businesses. the knowledge learned in one generation is passed on to the next so that the young talent emerges...