Louis William Bonsib Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Louis William Bonsib Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 15, 2024
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $300 - $600
Cabin in the Hills 9" x 12", Oil on Board, Signed Lower Left
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Sep. 15, 2024
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
On the Road to Nashville 26" x 30", Oil on Canvas, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Aug. 18, 2024
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $2,500 - $5,000
Figures Along the Road to Nashville 26" x 30", Oil on Canvas, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Jul. 07, 2024
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $150 - $300
Vevay 8" x 10", Gouache, Signed Lower Left
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Feb. 10, 2024
Louis William Bonsib, Indiana (1892 - 1979), autumn landscape with cabin, watercolor on paper, 10 1/2"H x 14 1/2"W (sight), 16"H x 20"W (mat)
Est: $100 - $200
Louis William Bonsib Indiana, (1892 - 1979) autumn landscape with cabin watercolor on paper Signed lower right. Mat is warped. The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Gerald Skoll, and is based on a telephone interview on May 9, 2006 with John Bonsib, last surviving son of Louis William Bonsib. Relative to the painting Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula, John Bonsib believes, but he was not present the specific summer it was created, that it was painted in the late 1930's or early 1940's. His father and mother first began going to the Gaspe region in the 1920's. Louis desired that water be a major element in his paintings. John indicates that his father viewed his seminal work in this direction wasa painting of rough conditions of the North Atlantic on the Maine coast created about 1920. Louis felt that with that painting his treatment of water begin a steady improvement. The Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula was one of Louis Bonsib's favorites. Incidentally, he enjoyed fishing, but after discovering how easily he could land a fish at the Gaspe, he seldom fished thereafter, except to teach the youngsters. Louis Bonsib was essentially self-taught. The only "instruction" was provided by an aunt in 1918, whose approach was to render "...every leaf on every tree". Her tutelage was short-lived as it was in conflict with Louis's view of how to paint. The family lived in Indianapolis, where Louis was quite athletic, excelling in football and wrestling. He graduated from Indiana University in 1918. He was about to accept his first job with a firm in Wisconsin, when the Indianapolis Engraving Company made him an offer that resulted in 7 years with the firm. In about 1925 he opened his own advertising agency, building the business until he turned it over to John upon his return from the Army Air Corps in the late 1940's. Thereafter, Louis Bonsib was able to devote full time to painting. John is of the opinion that his father's work was truly of the "depression era" and the stylistic elements incorporated in his paintings of the 1930's continued throughout the rest of his career. Louis was a man of high energy; working in the early morning, late afternoons or other opportune short sessions to rapidly create a virtually finished canvas. He was generous with his talent and gifted many of his best works to friends and family that remain cherished. John says that his dad hated to pay the high prices for frames, and thus made many of his own that are still on paintings held by the family. Similarly, if he was dissatisfied with a watercolor he simply used the reverse for another creation. He also liked to write poetry and Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula has one of Louis's poems attached.
Ripley Auctions
Nov. 19, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $100 - $300
Brown County Road with Cabin 10" x 14", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 28, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $250 - $500
"Corn Shocks" 15" x 22" watercolor, signed lower right. Recent frame.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 28, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $400 - $800
"From my Garden" 20" x 16" oil on canvas, signed lower right.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 28, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $600 - $1,200
"Autumn in the Hills" 20" x 24" oil on canvas, signed lower right. Original carved frame.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 28, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Golden Autumn" 24" x 30" oil on board, signed lower left. Recently conserved; recent frame.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Aug. 27, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $100 - $200
Late Autumn Cabin 14" x 10", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Aug. 27, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $100 - $200
Snow in the Valley 10.5" x 14", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Jun. 18, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $200 - $400
Winter Road with Cabin 21" x 14", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Jun. 18, 2023
L.W. (Louis William) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $200 - $400
Fresh Lake Fish 14" x 21", Watercolor, Signed Lower Left
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Jun. 18, 2023
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $300 - $600
Smokey Mountains Landscape 12" x 16", Oil on Board, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Jun. 06, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Landscapes, Three Watercolors on Paper Largest Frame: 18 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (46.4 x 36.2 cm.)
Est: $50 - $100
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Landscapes, Three Watercolors on Paper
Weschler's
May. 31, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Four Unframed Watercolors on Paperboard Largest: 19 x 26 in. (48.3 x 66 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Four Unframed Watercolors on Paperboard
Weschler's
May. 31, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Seven Unframed Watercolors Depicting Rural Scenes with Trees Largest: 15 1/4 x 22 1/2 in. (38.7 x 57.2 cm.)
Est: $50 - $100
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Seven Unframed Watercolors Depicting Rural Scenes with Trees
Weschler's
May. 31, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Five Unframed Watercolors of Various Scenes Largest: 22 x 22 1/2 in. (55.9 x 57.2 cm.)
Est: $30 - $50
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Five Unframed Watercolors of Various Scenes
Weschler's
May. 31, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Seven Watercolors and One Unframed Oil Depicting Various Scenes Largest: 22 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (57.2 x 39.4 cm.)
Est: $50 - $100
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Seven Watercolors and One Unframed Oil Depicting Various Scenes
Weschler's
May. 31, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Six Unframed Watercolors of Various Scenes Largest: 22 x 28 1/2 in. (55.9 x 72.4 cm.)
Est: $40 - $60
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Six Unframed Watercolors of Various Scenes
Weschler's
May. 31, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Six Unframed Watercolors on Paperboard, Largest: 22 x 28 1/2 in. (55.9 x 72.4 cm.)
Est: $40 - $60
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Six Unframed Watercolors on Paperboard,
Weschler's
May. 31, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Rural Landscape with Red Roof House, Oil on Canvas Frame: 26 1/2 x 28 in. (67.3 x 71.1 cm.)
Est: $200 - $400
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), Rural Landscape with Red Roof House, Oil on Canvas
Weschler's
May. 31, 2023
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), ‘On the Pigeon River’, Oil on Canvasboard, Frame: 26 x 28 1/4 in. (66 x 71.8 cm.)
Est: $200 - $400
Louis William Bonsib (American, 1892–1979), ‘On the Pigeon River', Oil on Canvasboard,
Weschler's
Apr. 16, 2023
L.W. (Louis William) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $200 - $400
The Smokies 14" x 21" watercolor, signed lower right.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Apr. 16, 2023
L.W. (Louis William) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $200 - $400
North Carolina Home 14" x 21" watercolor, signed lower left.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Apr. 16, 2023
L.W. (Louis William) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $200 - $400
Early Snow 14" x 21" watercolor, signed lower right.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Apr. 16, 2023
L.W. (Louis William) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $200 - $400
Autumn Road 14" x 21 watercolor, signed lower left.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Apr. 16, 2023
L.W. (Louis William) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $200 - $400
Snowy Cabin 14" x 21" watercolor, signed lower right.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Apr. 16, 2023
L.W. (Louis William) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $400 - $800
Autumn Road 24" x 30" oil on canvas, unsigned. Recently cleaned; recent frame.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 02, 2022
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $150 - $300
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979) 6" x 11" watercolor, The Old Cottage, signed lower right. The following biography is from the fineestateart.com website: Louis Bonsib grew up in Indianapolis, received a BA from Indiana University and began working in 1918 as an engraver for the Indianapolis Engraving Company. He left after seven years and founded his own printing and advertising company in Fort Wayne, IN. After serving for the Army Air Corp. in the second World War, he returned to Fort Wayne but put the business under his son and devoted his full energies to painting. Bonsib was extremely prolific and his works are in numerous public and private collections throughout the state. Louis Bonsib (1892-1979) was born in Vincennes, Indiana, and received his BA degree from Indiana University in 1916. Although he was employed as an insurance salesman for most of his life, he later was awarded an honorary doctorate from Vincennes University in 1971. He was the president of the Fort Wayne Art School from 1948-1949 and widely exhibited in the Hoosier Salon. His paintings included impressionism and realism, and depicted landscapes of Brown County and scenes from Ogunquit, Maine. You can see the bio on our site https://fineestateart.com/artists/louis_william_bonsib
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Jul. 10, 2022
Louis Bonsib O/C Landscape Painting
Est: $400 - $450
Louis William Bonsib (Indiana, 1892-1979) oil on canvas painting depicting a river flowing through a landscape with evergreen trees and a mountain range partially covered with snow in the background. Signed "LW Bonsib" lower right. Ink inscription reading "given to Mab/1955/LWB" en verso of canvas. Housed in a carved giltwood frame. Sight: 24 1/2" H x 29 1/2" W. Framed: 29 1/2" H x 34 3/4" W. Includes an information brochure about Bonsib reprinted from INDIANA BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, circa 1961, and seven postcards of Bonsib's work with an information card.
Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
Apr. 03, 2022
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Can Spring be Far Behind" 16" x 20" oil on board, signed lower right. Recent frame. The following biography is from the fineestateart.com website: Louis Bonsib grew up in Indianapolis, received a BA from Indiana University and began working in 1918 as an engraver for the Indianapolis Engraving Company. He left after seven years and founded his own printing and advertising company in Fort Wayne, IN. After serving for the Army Air Corp. in the second World War, he returned to Fort Wayne but put the business under his son and devoted his full energies to painting. Bonsib was extremely prolific and his works are in numerous public and private collections throughout the state. The following information was submitted by a site visitor: Louis Bonsib (1892-1979) was born in Vincennes, Indiana, and received his BA degree from Indiana University in 1916. Although he was employed as an insurance salesman for most of his life, he later was awarded an honorary doctorate from Vincennes University in 1971. He was the president of the Fort Wayne Art School from 1948-1949 and widely exhibited in the Hoosier Salon. His paintings included impressionism and realism, and depicted landscapes of Brown County and scenes from Ogunquit, Maine. To see this biography on our site, visit: https://fineestateart.com/artists/louis_william_bonsib
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Feb. 20, 2022
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $150 - $300
Barns & Silos 10" x 14.5", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Feb. 20, 2022
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib
Est: $200 - $400
Snow Scene with Kids Sledding 9" x 16", Watercolor, Signed Lower Right
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Jan. 15, 2022
Louis Bonsib "Peyto Valley" Oil On Canvas
Est: -
Beautiful oil on canvas painting by listed Indiana artist Louis Bonsib (1892-1979). The painting features the Peyto Valley in the Canadian Rockies and is signed in the lower right. Sight measures approximately 29.75" tall by 35.75" across, framed it measures 32.75" tall x 39" across.
Kraft Auction Service
Jan. 04, 2022
LOUIS BONSIB, QUIET LAKE 1987 ART
Est: -
All items are sold as-is. The absence of a condition report does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free of defects, imperfections, or wear and tear.
Aether Auctions
Oct. 10, 2021
Louis W. Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $300 - $600
Haying 14" x 22" watercolor, signed lower right. Housed in all acid-free materials and a recent frame.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Sep. 22, 2021
LOUIS WILLIAM BONSIB Signed Oil on Canvas
Est: $100 - $400
LOUIS WILLIAM BONSIB Signed Oil on Canvas, signature reads Bonsib, artist biography affixed to reverse, subject a figure standing on a snowy farm with a dog, measures 25 1/4 x 35 3/8 inches, gilt wooden frame, surface wear to frame, some losses to surface of painting, professionally framed, not examined out of frame, Louis William Bonsib (1892 - 1979) was active/lived in Indiana. Louis Bonsib is known for Landscape and still life painting, teaching, commercial art - Ask Art Louis William BONSIB, signed, oil on canvas, oil painting, artwork, landscape, winter landscape, 20th century art, wall art, home decor. 11
The Benefit Shop Foundation Inc.
Sep. 11, 2021
Louis William Bonsib, Indiana (1892 - 1979), untitled homestead and landscape, oil on canvas board, 15"H x 19"W (image), 24"H x 20"W (frame)
Est: $500 - $700
Louis William Bonsib Indiana, (1892 - 1979) untitled homestead and landscape oil on canvas board signed lower right. In original carved and gilt frame. The following information was submitted in August of 2006 by Gerald Skoll, and is based on a telephone interview on May 9, 2006 with John Bonsib, last surviving son of Louis William Bonsib. Relative to the painting Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula, John Bonsib believes, but he was not present the specific summer it was created, that it was painted in the late 1930's or early 1940's. His father and mother first began going to the Gaspe region in the 1920's. Louis desired that water be a major element in his paintings. John indicates that his father viewed his seminal work in this direction wasa painting of rough conditions of the North Atlantic on the Maine coast created about 1920. Louis felt that with that painting his treatment of water begin a steady improvement. The Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula was one of Louis Bonsib's favorites. Incidentally, he enjoyed fishing, but after discovering how easily he could land a fish at the Gaspe, he seldom fished thereafter, except to teach the youngsters. Louis Bonsib was essentially self-taught. The only "instruction" was provided by an aunt in 1918, whose approach was to render "...every leaf on every tree". Her tutelage was short-lived as it was in conflict with Louis's view of how to paint. The family lived in Indianapolis, where Louis was quite athletic, excelling in football and wrestling. He graduated from Indiana University in 1918. He was about to accept his first job with a firm in Wisconsin, when the Indianapolis Engraving Company made him an offer that resulted in 7 years with the firm. In about 1925 he opened his own advertising agency, building the business until he turned it over to John upon his return from the Army Air Corps in the late 1940's. Thereafter, Louis Bonsib was able to devote full time to painting. John is of the opinion that his father's work was truly of the "depression era" and the stylistic elements incorporated in his paintings of the 1930's continued throughout the rest of his career. Louis was a man of high energy; working in the early morning, late afternoons or other opportune short sessions to rapidly create a virtually finished canvas. He was generous with his talent and gifted many of his best works to friends and family that remain cherished. John says that his dad hated to pay the high prices for frames, and thus made many of his own that are still on paintings held by the family. Similarly, if he was dissatisfied with a watercolor he simply used the reverse for another creation. He also liked to write poetry and Inlet at Gaspe Peninsula has one of Louis's poems attached.
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 09, 2021
LOUIS WILLIAM BONSIB (Indiana, 1892-1979), "Bow Falls" (Canadian Rockies)., Oil on board, 22" x 30". Framed 27" x 35".
Est: $300 - $500
LOUIS WILLIAM BONSIB Indiana, 1892-1979 "Bow Falls" (Canadian Rockies). Signed lower right "L.W. Bonsib". Titled verso.
Eldred's
Apr. 18, 2021
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $200 - $400
Lumber Mill 14" x 20" mixed media, signed lower left.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Apr. 18, 2021
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Golden Autumn 24" x 30" oil on board, signed lower left. Recent frame.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 04, 2020
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $750 - $1,500
Summer Fishing 16" x 20" oil on board, signed lower left.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 04, 2020
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Wash Day in Tennessee 25" x 30" oil on canvas, signed lower right.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 04, 2020
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Spring in East Tennessee 25" x 30" oil on canvas, signed lower right.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Oct. 04, 2020
Louis William (L.W.) Bonsib (1892-1979)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Old Trail Road 30" x 36" oil on canvas, signed lower right.
Jacksons Auction & Real Estate Company
Aug. 29, 2020
Louis W. Bonsib - Untitled - Counry Scene - Watercolor
Est: - $300
Louis William Bonsib was born in Vincennes, Indiana in 1892 and died in Fort Wayne, Indiana in 1979. He was employed as an engraving salesman in 1920 and as the president of an advertising company in 1930, which occupation he pursued for many years until he turned it over to his son, after which Bonsib could devote full time to painting. Bonsib was active as a painter and teacher, serving as president of the Fort Wayne Art School in 1948 and 1949. He earned his AB Degree from Indiana University in 1918, and in 1971 was awarded an honorary doctorate by Vincennes University. He exhibited widely including the Hoosier Salon, Herron Art Institute, and Maine Art Museum in Ogunquit, Maine. His paintings are displayed in Fort Wayne public schools, Ft. Wayne Public Library, and at the Fort Wayne Art Museum. Seven of his paintings are in the collection at the Indiana Memorial Union, one watercolor and six oil paintings. Bonsib is mentioned is Who Was Who in American Art by Falk, Who's Who in American Art in various years, Mallett's Index of Artists, and Davenport's Art Reference and Price Guide. Source: askART.com
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