Gertrude Des Clayes

Canadian (1879 - 1949)

Gertrude Des Clayes was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Gertrude Des Clayes's estimated art value is C$3,000 (*)

Gertrude Des Clayes'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 an oil painting work attributed to Gertrude Des Clayes (1879-1949) was C$3,125 - paid for "Portrait of a Lady" at Heffel in Vancouver on Thu, Aug 29, 2019.
ArtValue.ca has 19 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$2,500 to C$5,000.

Barbara, Daughter of F. Pitcher Esq.
pastel on paper

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 37413
Tue, Jul 20, 2021

Sold for CAD $2,640

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

Gertrude Des Clayes was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1879, she studied at the Bushey School of Art, England. She later attended the Academie Julian, in Paris. She returned to Britain and lived in London from 1909 to 1912, where she became a member of the National Portrait Society. She moved to Canada with her sister, Berthe, in 1912. Their younger sister, Alice, also an artist, joined them two years later. They settled in Montreal, setting up a studio in Beaver Hall Square, a favourite haunt of artists and architects. She lived and worked in Montreal for the next 24 years, after which time she returned to Britain. She died in London at the age of 70.

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