Robert Harris

Canadian (1849 - 1919)

Robert Harris was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Robert Harris's estimated art value is C$20,000 (*)

Robert Harris's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$1,000 - C$250,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Robert Harris (1849-1919) was C$204,000 - paid for "Indian Chief Of The North West, Canada" at Waddington's in Toronto on Mon, Nov 18, 2019.
ArtValue.ca has 54 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$1,000 to C$250,000.

Portrait Of Robert Hamilton
oil on canvas
Dimensions - 67.3 cms x 52.1 cms (26.5 ins x 20.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 119
Mon, May 28, 2018

Estimate $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for CAD $7,800

Waddington's Auction House Biography and Notes

Robert Harris (1849-1919), a founding member of the Royal Canadian Academy (1880) and its president (1893), was the most highly respected portrait painter in Canada from the 1880s to the 1910s. After travelling abroad to study and develop his art, Harris settled in Montreal. From early in his career, he had aspired to become a portrait painter, and by the time of his death, he had painted more than 200 portraits of the major political, business and social figures of his day. He was best known for his large work, Meeting of the Delegates of British North America to Settle Terms of Confederation, Quebec, October 1864 which he completed in 1883. It was lost in the fire that destroyed the Parliament Buildings in 1916.

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