Charles Jones (C. J.) Way

Canadian (1834 - 1919)

Charles Jones (C. J.) Way was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Charles Jones (C. J.) Way's estimated art value is C$6,000 (*)

Charles Jones (C. J.) Way's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$1,000 - C$25,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for a watercolour work attributed to Charles Jones (C. J.) Way (1834-1919) was C$24,000 - paid for "Niagara Falls" at Cowley Abbott in Toronto on Wed, Jun 15, 2022.
ArtValue.ca has 88 auction art sale records for their watercolour results, with prices in the range of C$1,000 to C$25,000.

The Noon Gun, Quebec (1899)
watercolour
Dimensions - 53.3 cms x 91.4 cms (21 ins x 36 ins)

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 31081
Tue, Nov 20, 2018

Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for CAD $8,260

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

Charles Jones Way was born at Dartmouth, Devon, England in 1835. He studied at the South Kensington School or Art before coming to Canada in 1858 and settling in Montreal. He exhibited in Montreal in 1864. In 1870 he was President of the Society of Canadian Artists which was formed in Montreal in 1867. He was awarded a silver medal at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition in 1876 for oil and watercolor paintings. In 1880 he was a charter member of the Royal Canadian Academy. In 1890 he left Canada and went to Switzerland to live and resided at Lausanne until his death in 1919. He was also a member of the Society of Painters and Sculptors in Switzerland.

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