George Sumner

(1940)

George Sumner is a painter.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to George Sumner (1940) was C$900 - paid for "Hawaiian Volcano On The Island Of Kilauea, 1985" at Waddington's in Toronto on Thu, Feb 27, 2020.
ArtValue.ca has one auction art sale record for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$500 to C$1,000.

Hawaiian Volcano On The Island Of Kilauea, 1985 (1985)
oil on canvas
Dimensions - 48 cms (18.9 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 50
Thu, Feb 27, 2020

Estimate $700 - $900
Sold for CAD $900

George Sumner was born in San Francisco, CA and studied at the San Francisco Art Institute. He is an environmental activist who began his career by creating marine-themed abstracts in the 1970s. He had an unusual method of painting large canvases which involved application of his paints with baby diapers prior to blending and layering. This painting depicts the Hawaiian volcano on the island of Kilauea, 1985.

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