Robert Reginald Whale

Canadian (1805 - 1887)

Robert Reginald Whale was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Robert Reginald Whale's estimated art value is C$30,000 (*)

Robert Reginald Whale's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$1,000 - C$250,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Robert Reginald Whale (1805-1887) was C$120,750 - paid for "Panoramic View Of Niagara Falls With A Michigan Central Railway Train" at Waddington's in Toronto on Tue, May 27, 2008.
ArtValue.ca has 10 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$1,000 to C$250,000.

Portrait Of Ellen Whale (The Artist’S Daughter)
oil on canvas, laid down on board
Dimensions - 68.59 cms x 53.3 cms (27 ins x 21 ins)

Lot for sale by Waddington's Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 27
Mon, May 25, 2015

Estimate $3,000 - $5,000
Sold for CAD $9,680

Waddington's Auction House Biography and Notes

A native of Cornwall, Robert Reginald Whale’s greatest influence was Sir Joshua Reynolds whose pictures he studied on trips up to London prior to emigrating to Canada. Whale became one of Southern Ontario’s earliest professional artists. Together with his brother and sons, the Whale family of painters exhibited widely, winning enough prizes and awards to cause friction among other professional painters of the day. While it was for his panoramic views that Whale is best-remembered, this quiet portrait of a young girl - his daughter - clasping a posy, is equally unforgettable.

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