Marmaduke Matthews

Canadian (1837 - 1913)

Marmaduke Matthews was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Marmaduke Matthews's estimated art value is C$8,000 (*)

Marmaduke Matthews's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$5,000 - C$10,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Marmaduke Matthews (1837-1913) was C$9,200 - paid for "Artist Sketching In The Rocky Mountains" at Waddington's in Toronto on Tue, Nov 20, 2007.
ArtValue.ca has 125 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$5,000 to C$10,000.

Untitled
watercolour on paper
Dimensions - 50.8 cms x 33.02 cms (20 ins x 13 ins)

Lot for sale by Saskatchewan NAC Auction House, Regina
Lot# 51
Sat, Jun 2, 2018

Estimate $200 - $300
Sold for CAD $177

Saskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and Notes

Marmaduke Matthews was born in Warwickshire, England in 1837. He studied watercolour painting at Oxford University before moving to Toronto in 1860 and embarking on a career as an painter of Canadian landscapes. He was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway to paint the Canadian prairies and rocky mountains and made several cross-country trips, especially in the 1880s. Matthews is also notable for playing a founding role in the Ontario Society of Artists and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts as a watercolour painter. His work can be found in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and the National Gallery of Canada, among many other public collections.

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