Hugh Seaforth MacKenzie

Canadian (1928)

Hugh Seaforth MacKenzie is a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Hugh Seaforth MacKenzie's estimated art value is CAD $4,000 (*)

Hugh Seaforth MacKenzie's work could be available for sale through Art Galleries or at public auction with prices in the range of CAD $2,500 - $5,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Hugh Seaforth MacKenzie (1928) was CAD $3,840 - paid for "Untitled (Blowing Bubblegum), 1978" at Cowley Abbott in Toronto on Tue, Jan 28, 2025.
ArtValue.ca has 6 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of CAD $2,500 - $5,000.

Notable Art Works

Untitled (Blowing Bubblegum), 1978 (1978)
oil on board
28.6 cms x 52.1 cms (11.25 ins x 20.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 47713
Tue, Jan 28, 2025

Estimate CAD $1,000 - $2,000
Sold for CAD $3,840

Swimmer (2003)
aquatint on zinc paper
10.19 cms x 14.6 cms (4 ins x 5.75 ins)

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 39464
Tue, Feb 1, 2022

Estimate CAD $150 - $250
Sold for CAD $120

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

Born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Hugh A. MacKenzie, he studied at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, where he received first class honours. He travelled in Europe and worked in Paris (1952). He took further study at Mount Allison University under Alex Colville (1952-54), where he received his B.F.A. MacKenzie began to attract attention in group shows as early as 1953. One of his oil paintings, “Freight Yards”, was reproduced in the Windsor Daily Star during the exhibition “Young Contemporaries” at the Willistead Art Gallery. For about four years, he worked as a commercial artist in Toronto (1954-59).

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