Thomas Mower Martin, "The Untouched Wilderness": the Untrodden Wilds of Canada

Thomas Mower Martin

Canadian · 1838–1934 · Painter, Illustrator

Thomas Mower Martin (1838–1934) was an English-born Canadian landscape painter dubbed "the father of Canadian art" (Wikipedia)

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87auction results1992–2026years recorded100%sold (87)$550Sign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Thomas Mower Martin, Untitled - Moonlight, Lake Superior, 1888, oil on canvasUntitled - Moonlight, Lake SuperiorLevis Fine Art Auctions · CA$9,945≈ $9,775≈ £6,093≈ €7,113Sign up to see
  2. Thomas Mower Martin, Cattle by the Stream, 1915, oil on canvasCattle by the StreamLevis Fine Art Auctions · CA$5,850≈ $4,614≈ £3,621≈ €4,294Sign up to see
  3. Thomas Mower Martin, Rapids [Beginning of a River], oil on canvasRapids [Beginning of a River]Levis Fine Art Auctions · CA$3,510≈ $2,769≈ £2,173≈ €2,576Sign up to see

Thomas Mower Martin’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price
median $550free account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
87
of 87 offered · 1992–2026
Sell-through
100%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$100$1k$10k2002200520082011201420172020202320261999-05-03 · $9071999-05-03 · $5101999-05-03 · $1891999-11-01 · $7052000-05-08 · $1,1582000-05-08 · $2512000-05-08 · $5602001-05-06 · $6762002-04-14 · $1,0862002-04-14 · $5792003-04-13 · $4352003-04-13 · $3162003-10-05 · $3222003-10-05 · $2362004-04-18 · $8532004-04-18 · $6832004-11-14 · $5792004-11-14 · $5792004-11-14 · $3862004-11-14 · $5792006-04-09 · $7022007-04-22 · $4082007-11-18 · $8252008-04-20 · $2,2742008-04-20 · $5692008-11-16 · $9572008-11-16 · $4062009-04-19 · $6762009-11-15 · $1,0562010-04-18 · $7592010-04-18 · $3502011-05-01 · $9252011-11-07 · $9,7752015-11-08 · $2,5702015-11-08 · $7542015-11-08 · $1,1082016-09-17 · $3752016-11-06 · $3482017-04-23 · $6952017-04-23 · $2172017-11-05 · $1,8392017-11-05 · $3222018-04-22 · $4632018-12-01 · $3962019-04-14 · $6152020-05-16 · $4572020-05-16 · $1252020-05-16 · $912020-11-01 · $5282021-11-07 · $1982022-04-24 · $4,6142022-04-24 · $2,7692022-11-06 · $2602022-11-06 · $3902022-11-06 · $4332023-11-05 · $1,2822023-11-05 · $1802024-03-09 · $1392024-05-18 · $3012024-05-18 · $1722024-12-07 · $7912025-05-24 · $5502025-11-02 · $5132025-12-06 · $1892026-04-25 · $526
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

22 sold lot(s) are awaiting a USD exchange rate and are excluded from averages.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings1616100%$1.7kSign up$889Sign up$9.8kSign up
Oil1616100%$1.7kSign up$889Sign up$9.8kSign up
Works on paper7171100%$575Sign up$510Sign up$2.6kSign up
Watercolor7070100%$575Sign up$510Sign up$2.6kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

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