Sydney Hollinger Watson

Canadian (1911 - 1981)

Sydney Hollinger Watson was a Canadian painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, Sydney Hollinger Watson's estimated art value is C$2,000 (*)

Sydney Hollinger Watson's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$1,000 - C$2,500, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to Sydney Hollinger Watson (1911-1981) was C$2,400 - paid for "The Cup" at Waddington's in Toronto on Mon, May 27, 2019.
ArtValue.ca has 13 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$1,000 to C$2,500.

Presbyterian Church, Niagara on the Lake
gouache

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 38537
Tue, Nov 30, 2021

Sold for CAD $510

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

Canadian artist Sydney Hollinger Watson was born and educated in Toronto, and was a scholarship student at the Central Technical School from 1926–1928, though he was mainly self-taught. He was employed as a commercial artist during the 1930s in diverse fields, and from 1940 to 1944, he held the position of Art Master at Lakefield Preparatory School. In 1946 he joined the Ontario College of Art as a teacher, becoming Vice-Principal of the Design Department from 1949 to 1954, and finally Principal of the College from 1955 to 1970. During his tenure as Principal, the Ontario College of Art expanded its visual art disciplines and added three new buildings, becoming Canada's top art school.

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