Arthur Lismer: career timeline

1885–1969 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 36 of 57 lots (63% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.

Arthur Lismer: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1910s	3	3	$713Sign up	Lithograph
1920s	6	5	$466Sign up	Woodcut / linocut
1930s	3	2	$2kSign up	Drawing
1940s	4	4	$2.1kSign up	Drawing
1950s	8	6	$12.9kSign up	Oil
1960s	12	11	$6.6kSign up	Oil

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1910s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $713Sign up
Average: $696Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 13.5 in (39 × 34 cm)
Mediums: Lithograph (3)
Subjects: Sea & coast (2), Harbours & ports (1)

1918 Minesweepers at Sea [Submarine Chasers RNCVR]$713Sign up
1918 Home Again [Landing at Pier 2, Halifax]$764Sign up
1919 The Sentinels [the Coast Defence Battery, Halifax]$611Sign up

1920s 6 works

Sold: 5 of 6
Median: $466Sign up
Average: $3.3kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 6.5 in (17 × 16 cm)
Mediums: Woodcut / linocut (2), Lithograph (1), Etching (1)
Subjects: Harbours & ports (1)

1925 Small Craft$466Sign up
1925 Untitled - Small Crafts$360Sign up
1925 Small Craft$324Sign up
1925 Untitled - Fishing Boats at DockUnsold
1926 Storm Clouds$12.7kSign up
1926 Drawing for Quebec Uplands$2.5kSign up

1930s 3 works

Sold: 2 of 3
Median: $2kSign up
Average: $2kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 7 in (24 × 18 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (3)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Figures & portraits (1)

1932 Twisted Tree$1.4kSign up
1935 Windswept Pine, Georgian Bay$2.6kSign up
1936 Untitled - Portrait of a South African Woman, 1936Unsold

1940s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $2.1kSign up
Average: $7.7kSign up
Typical size: 7 × 5.5 in (18 × 14 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (2), Other (1), Oil (1)
Subjects: —

1942 Untitled - Four Cartoons$1kSign up
1943 Untitled - Alma Duncan and Friends$1kSign up
1945 Untitled - Louise Lismer$3.2kSign up
1947 Little Dead Pine, Georgian Bay$25.7kSign up

1950s 8 works

Sold: 6 of 8
Median: $12.9kSign up
Average: $12.5kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 16 in (31 × 40 cm)
Mediums: Oil (6), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (3), Beach scenes (2), Sea & coast (1)

1950 Forest Cedars$2.7kSign up
1950 Untitled - Trees, Rocks and Water$16kSign up
1950 Untitled - Frolicking on the Beach$27.8kSign up
1950 Untitled - Beach Litter/Beach Treasure$9.7kSign up
1952 High Tide, Cape Breton CoastUnsold
1956 Star Fish, Van. I. B.C.Unsold
1957 Untitled - Forest Floor$16.8kSign up
1959 Boy with a Pig$2kSign up

1960s 12 works

Sold: 11 of 12
Median: $6.6kSign up
Average: $7.7kSign up
Typical size: 15.5 × 12 in (40 × 31 cm)
Mediums: Oil (8), Drawing (4)
Subjects: Landscapes (6), Harbours & ports (1), Beach scenes (1)

1960 Big Spruce, B.C.$7.7kSign up
1960 Nova Scotia Dock$6.7kSign up
1960 Untitled - Beach Cornucopia$6.6kSign up
1960 Untitled - Forest Floor$4.2kSign up
1960 Sombre Spruce, B.C.Unsold
1962 Tangle of the Forest, B.C.$22.8kSign up
1963 Untitled - Tree Trunk$1.4kSign up
1963 Georgian Bay Study$2.2kSign up
1964 West Coast Van. Is.$20.6kSign up
1964 Great Tree, Vancouver Island$10.3kSign up
1964 Untitled - Footpath in a Forest$1.2kSign up
1965 Untitled - Tree Trunk$616Sign up

Creation date not recorded

21 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.

Undated, sold in the 2000s 10 works

Sold: 10 of 10
Median: $729Sign up
Average: $19.6kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 9 in (24 × 23 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (9), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Beach scenes (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2001 Untitled - Design for a Stained Glass Window for E.W.G.$288Sign up
sold 2001 The Lycenium Club - MacGregor Bay Section$288Sign up
sold 2003 Untitled - Forest Undergrowth$395Sign up
sold 2003 Untitled - Skunk Cabbage Study$751Sign up
sold 2003 Untitled - Beach Scene$869Sign up
sold 2004 Old Mill, Baie St. Paul$190kSign up

Show 4 more (2000s)

sold 2006 Untitled - Sketch for Painting$357Sign up
sold 2007 Deep Forest$707Sign up
sold 2007 Chief Wicka-Nin-Nish Trail Maker Extols the Tribe$868Sign up
sold 2007 Untitled - Farm House at Lake Egmont, N. S. 1918$1.5kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 2 works

Sold: 2 of 2
Median: $974Sign up
Average: $974Sign up
Typical size: 16.5 × 18 in (42 × 46 cm)
Mediums: Screenprint (1), Drawing (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2016 Tale of Spruce$341Sign up
sold 2018 Rocky Shoreline$1.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 9 works

Sold: 9 of 9
Median: $836Sign up
Average: $4.4kSign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 10 in (24 × 25 cm)
Mediums: Drawing (4), Oil (2), Screenprint (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (4), Figures & portraits (2)

sold 2020 Untitled - Forest Undergrowth$836Sign up
sold 2020 Roches et Racines, Baie Georgienne$2.7kSign up
sold 2021 Isles of Spruce$423Sign up
sold 2021 Untitled - Skunk Cabbage Study$1.9kSign up
sold 2022 Forest Interior, B.C.$11.1kSign up
sold 2023 Dark Horizontal Forest$21.6kSign up

Show 3 more (2020s)

sold 2024 Untitled - Man Resting$505Sign up
sold 2024 Untitled - Forest Undergrowth$357Sign up
sold 2025 Untitled - Portrait of a Woman$464Sign up

Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Arthur Lismer auction results →