Arthur Shilling

Canadian (1941 - 1986)

Arthur Shilling was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Arthur Shilling's estimated art value is C$7,000 (*)

Arthur Shilling's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$2,500 - C$25,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Arthur Shilling (1941-1986) was C$23,600 - paid for "Artist's Family" at Heffel in Vancouver on Thu, Feb 25, 2016.
ArtValue.ca has 184 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$2,500 to C$25,000.

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

The work of painter and draughtsman Arthur Shilling is distinguished for flowering during the resurgence of First Nations artistic activity in the 1960s, yet employing none of the newly-flourishing styles. Instead, Shilling melded European influences into a unique expression of his Ojibwa worldview which would become increasingly important after he reached a personal turning point in 1980. Shilling was a natural colourist and continual experimenter, whose representational works - often portraits - were rendered with a vivid characteristic palette and later in formats which would transcend European conventions (i.e. multiple figures, totem formats). Shilling attended the New School of Art and the Ontario College of Art and in 1967, was presented with the Canadian Centennial Medal.

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