Helen Billie Lucas

Canadian (1931)

Helen Billie Lucas is a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Helen Billie Lucas's estimated art value is C$1,000 (*)

Helen Billie Lucas's work could be available for sale through Art Galleries or at public auction with prices in the range of C$500 - C$2,500, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an acrylic painting work attributed to Helen Billie Lucas (1931) was C$1,770 - paid for "Advance Party" at Saskatchewan NAC in Regina on Sun, Jun 4, 2023.
ArtValue.ca has 13 auction art sale records for their acrylic painting results, with prices in the range of C$500 to C$2,500.

Advance Party (1999)
acrylic on canvas
Dimensions - 177.8 cms x 10,849.61 cms x 111.76 cms (70 ins x 4,271.5 ins x 70 ins)

Lot for sale by Saskatchewan NAC Auction House, Regina
Lot# 27
Sun, Oct 16, 2022

Estimate $4,500 - $5,000
(Not sold)

Saskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and Notes

SKNAC Bio: Helen Lucas was born in 1931 in Weyburn, Saskatchewan and grew up in Saskatoon. Her parents had emigrated from Greece, and Lucas was raised with traditional Greek Orthodox observances and studied theology for a time. Lucas studied painting at the Ontario College of Art (Toronto), then was Drawing and Painting Master at Sheridan College (Oakville, Ontario) from 1973 to 1979. In a career spanning 50 years, Helen Lucas received innumerable solo exhibitions, while key publications include Roots to the Present - A Retrospective (York University, 2017), This is My Beloved - Sometimes (Mintmark Press, 1981) and the documentary film Helen Lucas - Her Journey, Our Journey (Donna Davey). Her artwork can be found in many important public collections, such as Art Gallery of Ontario, York University (Toronto), Kenderdine Gallery (University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon), McGill University (Montreal), City of Toronto Fine Art Collection, Museo di Arte e Culture (Abruzzo, Italy), Soviet Women's Committee (Moscow) In 1991 Lucas was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by York University, and In 2012 received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Helen Lucas currently lives in King Township, Ontario.

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