Charles-Ernest de Belle

Canadian (1873 - 1939)

Charles-Ernest de Belle was a Canadian artist.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Charles-Ernest de Belle's estimated art value is C$4,000 (*)

Charles-Ernest de Belle's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$2,500 - C$5,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a pastel work attributed to Charles-Ernest de Belle (1873-1939) was C$5,000 - paid for "Five Young Girls" at Waddington's in Toronto on Mon, May 28, 2018.
ArtValue.ca has 19 auction art sale records for their pastel results, with prices in the range of C$2,500 to C$5,000.

Waiting
pastel
Dimensions - 37.1 cms x 11.9 cms (14.6 ins x 4.7 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 51
Thu, Mar 5, 2015

Estimate $600 - $800
Sold for CAD $564

Waddington's Auction House Biography and Notes

Born in Budapest, Charles-Ernest de Belle studied in Paris and lived in London prior to his arrival in Montreal. Best known for portraits of children and winter landscapes, de Belle developed his own method of fixative for the artwork he executed in pastel and chalks. His ethereal compositions seem to float atop a backdrop of meringue. Here we see a young woman poised in anticipation. We question what or whom she is waiting for: her ghost-like figure, downy and warm, and her sense of longing encapsulated between glass.

(*) Value is calculated as an average of the top pastel sale records from ArtValue.ca database.
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