Robert Samuel Alexander
Canadian (1840 - 1923)
Robert Samuel Alexander was a Canadian artist.
From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an art work attributed to Robert Samuel Alexander (1840-1923) was C$650 - paid for "Untitled" at Hodgins in Calgary on Tue, May 30, 2006.
ArtValue.ca has 2 auction art sale records for their art results, with prices in the range of C$100 to C$1,000.
ArtValue.ca has 2 auction art sale records for their art results, with prices in the range of C$100 to C$1,000.
Heffel Auction House Biography and Notes
Robert Samuel Alexander graduated from the Vancouver School of Art in 1947. A member of the B.C. Society of Fine Arts and the Royal Canadian Academy, he was commissioned to paint several important mural commissions around Vancouver. Also a portrait specialist, this is one of two portraits Alexander painted of W.P. Weston. At the time of the sitting, Weston would have been considered a towering figure in the Vancouver art community.