Summer saw heightened interest in post-war figurative, emphasis on historical validation Not that many years ago for us and likely for many of our colleagues as well, summer was traditionally a season spent planning and then waiting for clients to return in the fall. For a number of years back...

17 août 2011 Nous vous invitons à visiter Galerie Walter Klinkhoff pour visionner les événements à venir.

This sketch by James Wilson Morrice, a real jewel, however is not directly related to any known drawing or canvas. Although hard to date exactly, it is very typical of the kind of 'Etudes' that he showed in Paris after 1905. Since it is signed there is a strong likelihood...

Prévost, Québec is a scene that Borenstein returned to many times to paint. There are several winter versions of this panorama. This one is obviously done at the height of autumn.

Prévost, Québec featured in Academy Award Nominated film by Joyce Borenstein Special Contributor SAM BORENSTEIN (1908-1969) 'Prévost, Québec', 1960 Oil on canvas 34' x 42 1/4' Provenance: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Montreal; Private Collection, Toronto. Illustrated: This painting appears in the film Colours of My Father: A Portrait of Sam Borenstein...

Did you see this written by Globe and Mail art writer James Adams describing the May 27, 2011 Joyner Waddington’s Canadian Art auction? “A hefty 35 per cent of its offerings - 89 lots - went unsold on Friday, and those that did sell more often than not went for...

Lawren Harris, 'North Shore, Lake Superior, Pic Island II', one of eight Lawren Harris landscapes offered in the Vancouver auction. Estimated at between $250,000-$350,000, it sold for a hammer price of $230,000.

Vancouver auction review On Tuesday night in Vancouver, Eric, Alan and I attended the first of the major spring auctions of important Canadian art. There were few surprises. Post-war and contemporary art continued to receive ever-more attention, however, the somewhat erratic participation of novice buyers and speculators was reflected in...

This painting, 'Adèle', represents a unique opportunity to complement a collection of Jean Philippe Dallaire works of art with not only an early Dallaire but an extraordinary early Dallaire and one with significant aesthetic appeal. I first visited Adèle 27 years ago at her home, meeting a lady who by...

I n 1972 the important Toronto-based artist, Alan Collier , traveled and painted in the Arctic as guest on the CCGS d'Iberville. In gratitude at a later date, he give this fine painting to its Captain, Captain Henri St-Pierre.

Emily Coonan’s approach to the figure, particularly as evidenced in her early work, is remarkable for its richly evocative character.

Sam Borenstein's 'The Pink Bouquet', 13 August, 1960 was described by Walter Klinkhoff in his memoirs and was one of his more memorable and controversial sales. Over fifty years later we are pleased to offer it to a new generation of collectors.

CANADIAN ART ON CONSIGNMENT: THE NUMBERS, THE QUALITY AND 'THE MYSTERY BOX' Our fixed price art gallery business is supply driven making the challenge that of securing a supply of very high quality works of art to advise our clients to purchase. Unlike art auction houses where, according to the...

James Wilson Morrice loved to paint the beaches of the world. Before 1900, they were mostly backdrops for human activity: gathering oysters or kelp, drying sheets; more rarely for bathers or people at leisure. It is true that beach resorts were still a recent phenomenon, whose development paralleled that of...

It is never easy - sometimes impossible - to collect the complete set of prints by an artist of an earlier period.

Why it's worth the drive: This gallery is almost as iconic as the artists it represents. In business since 1950, it sells masterpieces from Group of Seven artists as well as Cornelius Krieghoff , Jean Paul Lemieux and Jean-Paul Riopelle .

The year 2010 has represented a particularly exciting year highlighted both by sales of numerous extraordinary works of art of great quality, and the strides we have made to improve our ability to communicate with our friends and clients, with a view in mind to serving their interests better and...

The Globe and Mail recently interviewed Alan Klinkhoff on the subject of one auction house's controversial new practice of ink-stamping works of art with their commercial details. The following is an excerpt from the article Heffel to stop ink-stamping artworks by James Adams. Alan Klinkhoff agrees. President of Montreal’s venerable...

It was a busy week for sure, looking at countless good, very good works of art for sale at auction and a limited number of excellent and popular works as well. The press releases resonate successes with announcements of “aggregates” (the total value of their sales) including their buyer’s premium....

Powered by the dearth of available masterworks, an undeniable strength in the market for Old Master, Impressionist and Modern Canadian art was accented by very selective bidding at the auctions this fall. To no surprise, great paintings with favourable estimates, colours, subject matter, and that were not competing against other...