Emily Coonan Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Emily Coonan Art Value Price Guide

May. 25, 2023
Emily Geraldine Coonan (1885-1971) Bonsecours Church 14 x 10 1/4 in. (35.6 x 26 cm.) (Painted circa 1925.)
Est: $7,000 - $10,000
Emily Geraldine Coonan (1885-1971) Bonsecours Church signed 'E. COONAN' (lower right) and inscribed with title (on the reverse) oil on board 14 x 10 1/4 in. (35.6 x 26 cm.) Painted circa 1925.
Bonhams
Jan. 09, 2020
Emily Coonan, Oil on Board, The Farmhouse
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
Emily Coonan (Canadian, 1885-1971), Oil on Board, The Farmhouse. 11.25 x 14 inches Has been authenticated.
Kavanagh Auctions
Nov. 21, 2016
EMILY GERALDINE COONAN, STILL LIFE, oil on canvas, 16 ins x 20 ins; 40.6 cms x 50.8 cms
Est: $5,000 - $6,000
EMILY GERALDINE COONANSTILL LIFEoil on canvassigned 16 ins x 20 ins; 40.6 cms x 50.8 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealLiterature:Karen Antaki, Emily Coonan (1885-1971), Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, 1987.Note:According to Karen Antaki: "... Although undated, this lot is stylistically akin to works of the late 40s, and encapsulates Coonan’s signature ability to transform mundane subjects into persuasive paintings. Carefully composed, effortlessly executed, it depicts an arrangement of meal-related items — lettuce, tomatoes, a teapot and an empty sugar bowl — set out on a kitchen tabletop. The crockery is commonplace, the produce is plain, and the space is otherwise empty. Despite its homely traits, and the familiarity of the ordinary objects, the setting remains anonymous, much like the ‘portraits’ of Coonan’s early years. In many ways this ambiguity enhances the painting’s universal appeal; the scene is knowable, if unknown. This intimated familiarity, along with the fresh naturalism of the colour scheme, serves to trigger memories of easy, breezy summer meals."Estimate: $5,000–6,000
Waddington's
Sep. 22, 2016
EMILY GERALDINE COONAN, ON THE ST. LAWRENCE NEAR CACOUNA, oil on panel, 10 ins x 14 ins; 25.4 cms x 35.6 cms
Est: -
EMILY GERALDINE COONANON THE ST. LAWRENCE NEAR CACOUNAoil on panelsigned 10 ins x 14 ins; 25.4 cms x 35.6 cms Provenance:Galerie Walter Klinkhoff Inc., MontrealArthur Leggett Fine Arts Limited, TorontoPrivate Collection, OntarioEstimate: $3,000–4,000
Waddington's
May. 06, 2015
Emily Geraldine Coonan, Canadian (1885-1971), Still Life, oil on canvas, 20 x 24 in. (50.8 x 60.9 cm)
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
signed lower right
Maynards Fine Art & Antiques
May. 15, 2013
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas Quebec Landscape 20 x 24 inches 50.8 x 61 centimeters signed and on verso titled on a label Provenance:Patricia Coonan, the Artist's sister Charlotte Tansey, Montreal A gift from Charlotte Tansey to the present Private Collection, Montreal, 1977 An early exponent of Canadian modernism, Emily Coonan first took art classes at Conseil des arts et manufactures, but her formative studies were later at the Art Association of Montreal. During this time, William Brymner became her teacher and, with his encouragement, Coonan and fellow artist Henrietta Mabel May traveled to France, Belgium and Holland in 1912. This trip allowed Coonan to see the work of the French Impressionists and greatly expanded her artistic horizons. She returned to France in 1920, enabled by a traveling grant awarded by the National Gallery of Canada. This trip proved to be significant, and subsequently her work began to indicate modernist sensibilities through increasingly simplified portraits and landscapes. Also in 1920, she became a member of the important Beaver Hall Group, and exhibited regularly at the Art Association of Montreal and the Royal Canadian Academy. Coonan frequently traveled to the Quebec countryside to paint en plein air, and this work illustrates her clear admiration of her surroundings. With its harmonious colour palette and simplified forms, Quebec Landscape is a charming work from this important female modernist.
Heffel
Feb. 28, 2013
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas on
Est: $12,000 - $16,000
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas on board Still Life 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches 59.7 x 49.5 centimeters signed Provenance: A gift from the Artist to the present Private Collection, Montreal Emily Coonan studied at the Art Association of Montreal under William Brymner, a very influential teacher who supported the work of his most talented students long after they had left his tutelage. Through him, Coonan was exposed to the work of the French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, including Canadian Impressionist James Wilson Morrice. These artists, with their concern for the effects of light, atmosphere and colour, would influence her work throughout her career. Coonan traveled to France with Henrietta Mabel May in 1912, and saw the work of these painters first-hand. She also visited Italy, Belgium and Holland, and as a result, her work has an international flavour. Coonan paid attention to subtle, delicate details, such as the folds in the tablecloth in this charming still life. The variation of the cloth's colour as light strikes the crisp fabric and changes into shadow as it passes over the creases in the cloth is especially fine. Coonan is both one of Canada's early modernists and Impressionists.
Heffel
Nov. 26, 2012
EMILY GERALDINE COONANSTILL LIFE, 1942, oil on canvas; signed 18 ins x 21 ins; 45 cms x 52.5 cms
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
EMILY GERALDINE COONANSTILL LIFE, 1942, oil on canvas; signed 18 ins x 21 ins; 45 cms x 52.5 cms $4,000-6,000
Waddington's
Nov. 22, 2012
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas on
Est: $18,000 - $22,000
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas on board Still Life 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches 59.7 x 49.5 centimeters signed Provenance:A gift from the Artist to the present Private Collection, Montreal Emily Coonan studied at the Art Association of Montreal under William Brymner, a very influential teacher who supported the work of his most talented students long after they had left his tutelage. Through him, Coonan was exposed to the work of the French Impressionists and Post-Impressionists, including Canadian Impressionist James Wilson Morrice. These artists, with their concern for the effects of light, atmosphere and colour, would influence her work throughout her career. Coonan traveled to France with Henrietta Mabel May in 1912, and saw the work of these painters first-hand. She also visited Italy, Belgium and Holland, and as a result, her work has an international flavour. Coonan paid attention to subtle, delicate details, such as the folds in the tablecloth in this charming stilllife. The variation of the cloth's colour as light strikes the crisp fabric and changes into shadow as it passes over the creases in the cloth is especially fine. Coonan is both one of Canada's early modernists and Impressionists.
Heffel
May. 17, 2012
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas
Est: $15,000 - $20,000
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas Landscape with House 9 1/4 x 12 inches 23.5 x 30.5 centimeters signed Provenance:Private Collection, Toronto Emily Coonan's formative studies were at the Art Association of Montreal, where William Brymner was her mentor. She greatly admired the French Impressionists, and in 1912 traveled to France, Belgium and Holland to see their work and expand her artistic horizons. In 1920 she became a member of the Beaver Hall Group in Montreal, and exhibited regularly in annual shows at the Art Association of Montreal and the Royal Canadian Academy. Landscape with House is a charming example of the work of this Montreal modernist.
Heffel
May. 26, 2011
EMILY GERALDINE COONAN 1885 - 1971
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
EMILY GERALDINE COONAN 1885 - 1971 STILL LIFE 1942 signed lower left E. COONAN; titled and dated on a label on the reverse oil on canvas 45.8 by 53.3 cm. 18 1/8 by 21 in.
Sotheby's
Jun. 02, 2010
Painting by Emily Coonan
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Canadian (1885-1971), Still Life, Oil on canvas, signed; signed, titled & dated 1942 by the artist on a label verso 18 x 21 IN, 45.5 x 53.5 CM, Provenance: Petley Jones Gallery, Vancouver
Walker's
Nov. 19, 2008
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
Emily Coonan 1885 - 1971 Canadian oil on canvas Evelina 26 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches 66.7 x 46.3 centimeters signed and on verso inscribed ""99"" and stamped G. Rowney & Co. London. W. Quality B. Literature:Sandra Paikowsky and Karen Antaki, Emily Coonan (1885 - 1971), Concordia Art Gallery, 1987, page 19, reproduced page 41 Evelyn Walters, The Women of the Beaver Hall - Canadian Modernist Painters, 2005, page 31 Provenance:W. Scott & Sons, Montreal Private Collection, Montreal Exhibited:The Art Association of Montreal, Annual Spring Exhibition, 1910, exhibited as Evelina, 1830 Concordia Art Gallery, Montreal, Emily Coonan (1885 - 1971), September 16 - October 24, 1987, catalogue #2 An early exponent of Canadian modernism, Coonan was brought up in Point St. Charles, Montreal. She took art classes first at Conseil des arts et manufactures, and later at the School of the Art Association of Montreal, where William Brymner became her teacher and mentor. Another important influence was the work of James Wilson Morrice, whose work she admired. Coonan became a member of the Beaver Hall Group, an important assembly of artists in Montreal which came together in 1920, named after their studio location at 305 Beaver Hall Hill. Figurative work was a primary focus for Coonan in the early part of her career. She took a modernist approach in which the emphasis was less that of a traditional portrait that seeks to express the personality of the model, but more on the aesthetic concerns of the painting as a whole - form rather than content. Importantly, the exhibition of this work in the 1910 Annual Spring Exhibition at the Art Association of Montreal was a significant landmark for Coonan. Antaki writes, "With the inclusion of Evelina, 1830, and three other works in this, the 26th Spring show, her 'professional' career was well underway. What is most striking in Evelina is its utterly unselfconscious demeanor and the confident, yet delicate manner in which it was executed." The Herald newspaper reviewed t e show, proclaiming that, "the oil Evelina, 1830 an arrangement in lavender, violet and white indicates the work of a born colorist of more than average talent." There is speculation that the model could possibly be Coonan's sister Eva, as she had painted her before in period costume in the 1907 work Eva and Daisy. There is also the possibility that the image derives from Fanny Burney's novel Evelina (or a Young Lady's Entrance into the World), as Coonan was an avid reader and loved the classics. In any case, although Coonan uses a more historical form of dress, the work is distinctly modern in its treatment, with the sensitive modulated background stripped of all detail, and the very painterly, brushy approach to the details of the dress. The stance in profile makes the work less a portrait and more a classic universal study in feminine beauty and grace, with an evocative, lyrical mood. It also gives emphasis to the wall and floor, whose sensitive colour surfaces contribute to the atmosphere of the work. In this refined and beautiful painting, Coonan fully explores the formal aesthetic qualities of art through the figure. It is interesting to note that Evelina sold for $50 - quite a considerable price in 1910 and a reflection of her importance. In 1987, this magnificent painting was included in Concordia University's important one-woman exhibition of Coonan's work, and was illustrated in the catalogue for the show. Coonan traveled to Europe in 1912 with Beaver Hall Group member Mabel May, visiting France, Belgium and Holland. She was awarded a National Gallery of Canada traveling scholarship in 1914, but because of the war had to wait until 1920 to 1921 to enjoy a full year painting in Europe. Most of her exhibiting history took place in the first part of her life; between 1908 and 1924 Coonan contributed to many of the annual exhibitions at the Art Association of Montreal and the Royal Canadian Academy. After 1925 she exhibited less frequently, with 1933 being her last show. Although other women from the Beaver Hall Group continued their ties throughout their lives, Coonan did not. However, she continued to paint until the end of her life, and for the next 30 years she chose to work on her own, sketching en plein air during regular excursions in the Quebec countryside with her family. Her landscapes derived in style from the continuing landscape tradition in Quebec. Although Coonan's paintings, due to her more private life after 1933, were not often seen for a time, the recent attention to the fine work of the Beaver Hall artists has brought the spotlight to her accomplished career again.
Heffel