William (1830) Drake Paintings & Artwork for Sale | William (1830) Drake Art Value Price Guide

Apr. 20, 2025
William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
Est: $240 - $320
ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office. CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: Accepting consignments for upcoming Western & Native American Indian Auction SKU#: 120096 US SHIPPING: $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).
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Apr. 13, 2025
William Henry Drake (NY,CA,1856-1926) gouache painting antique
Est: $500 - $625
ARTIST: William Henry Drake (New York, California, 1856 - 1926) TITLE: Lake Landscape YEAR: 1885 MEDIUM: gouache on paper. Paper applied to canvas. CONDITION: One patch-repaired tear with corresponding paint losses by the upper right corner. Minor damages to frame. ART SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 x 17 inches / 38 x 43 cm SIGNATURE: lower right LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 131047 US SHIPPING: $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: William Henry Drake (June 4, 1856 - 1926) born in New York, was an American painter and illustrator known for his illustrations of The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.Drake studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, with Jean-Joseph Benjamin-Constant and Henri Lucien Doucet.Back from Europe, he studied at the Cincinnati School of Design, and would often go to the zoo, where he could draw the animals. He was then employed by the Museum of Natural History. He continued to study at the Art Students League of New York. In 1878 he worked as a freelance pen-and-ink artist for such periodicals as Century or Harper's with animal studies, still lifes and landscapes.Having developed skills in drawing wild animals, particularly wild cats, in 1894, he received commissions to illustrate books, including The Jungle Books, by Kipling. In 1902 he was made an associate member of the National Academy of Design. Drake moved to California in 1920.
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Apr. 13, 2024
William Robl Bluebill Drake Duck Decoy
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Oshkosh, WI, glass eyes, solid body, original paint, gunning wear, some shot marks, some flaking on head, slight separation at neck seam, makers initials carved in bottom, Roger Ludwig Collection, 15"L, est. 300 - 500
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Apr. 13, 2024
William Fahrenkrug Mallard Drake Duck Decoy
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Neenah, WI, glass eyes, solid body, combination of original & old working paint with some gunning wear, nice crazing & patina to surface of body, slight neck seam separation, hard to find example in any condition, 17"L, est. 500 - 800
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Apr. 13, 2024
William Walton Canvasback Drake Duck Decoy
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St. George, ONT, glass eyes, solid body, strong original paint with detailed combing on back & sides, a few small chips to edge of bill & light paint loss to edge of tail, great form in standing position with head being turned slightly left, makers name branded on back of wooden base, 14.5"L x 14"T, est. 500 - 800
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Dec. 11, 2021
William Drake, The Lion's Lair Painted Mug
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
Dated 1909; American Belleek china mug with sepia painting of two lions amongst foliage, with interior foliage decoration, "The Lion's Lair Wm. Drake" and marked underneath "Salmagundi Club 1909" with club monogram, 6 in. H., 4 1/2 in. Diam.
Alex Cooper
Oct. 17, 2021
William Clarke Bluebill Drake Duck Decoy
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Toronto, ONT, glass eyes, solid body, original paint with light coat of varnish, some gunning wear, small chip to edge of tail, 14"L, est. 200 - 300
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Oct. 17, 2021
William Clarke Redhead Drake Duck Decoy
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Toronto, ONT, glass eyes, solid body, working paint with some gunning wear & shot marks, age crack on right side of neck, head is turned left, 15.5"L, est. 150 - 250
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Jul. 25, 2020
William Alexander Drake. Children at Play
Est: $700 - $1,000
(Canadian, 1891-1964). Oil on canvas, signed "Drake" ll, 22 x 30 in., framed.
Alex Cooper
Jan. 28, 2018
William "Bill" Enright Pair of Pintail Drake Duck Decoys, Toledo, OH, Glass Eyes, Cork or Sawdust Combination Bodies
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William "Bill" Enright Pair of Pintail Drake Duck Decoys, Toledo, OH, Glass Eyes, Cork or Sawdust Combination Bodies
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Jan. 28, 2018
William Fredrick Boss Pair of Canvasback Drake & Hen Duck Decoys, Monroe, MI, Glass Eyes, Solid Bodies, Original Paint, W Boss Etched on Bottom, Hard to Find
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William Fredrick Boss Pair of Canvasback Drake & Hen Duck Decoys, Monroe, MI, Glass Eyes, Solid Bodies, Original Paint, W Boss Etched on Bottom, Hard to Find
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Jan. 28, 2018
William Clark Early Bluebill Drake Duck Decoy, Ontario, CA. Glass Eyes, Solid Body, Original Paint w/ Gunning Wear, Combed Scratched Paint on Back, Broken Bill. Estimate Market Determined.
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William Clark Early Bluebill Drake Duck Decoy, Ontario, CA. Glass Eyes, Solid Body, Original Paint w/ Gunning Wear, Combed Scratched Paint on Back, Broken Bill. Estimate Market Determined.
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