Robert Paananen

Canadian (1934)
Robert Paananen is a Canadian painter.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an acrylic painting work attributed to Robert Paananen (1934) was C$1,440 - paid for "Northern Reflections" at Waddington's in Toronto on Thu, Feb 17, 2022.
ArtValue.ca has 146 auction art sale records for their acrylic painting results, with prices in the range of C$25 to C$2,500.

The Spirit of the Seal
limited edition print 243/495
Dimensions - 39.37 cms x 52.1 cms x 60.96 cms (15.5 ins x 20.51 ins x 15.5 ins)

Lot for sale by Saskatchewan NAC Auction House, Regina
Lot# 391
Sat, May 16, 2020

Estimate $80 - $120
Sold for CAD $37

Saskatchewan NAC Auction House Biography and Notes

Robert Paananen was born February 26, 1934 in a Finnish homestead in Wahnapitae, just outside of Sudbury, Ontario. His family moved to Kirkland Lake when he was just six years old. It was at Kirkland Lake where he developed an appreciation for nature, and he lived there until 1979. In 1974 he moved back up North to teach art classes for the Kirkland Lake Board of Education. He began to work on paintings that featured Inuit people and animals. He travelled to the Arctic to paint accurate depictions of the Inuit culture, and their way of life living closely tied to the land they have inhabited for centuries.

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