David Forrester Wilson Paintings & Artwork for Sale | David Forrester Wilson Art Value Price Guide

Sep. 26, 2024
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1873-1950)
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) PASSING DAY Signed, oil on canvas 102cm x 102cm (40in x 40in) Presented by J. A. D. McKean, Esq., 1923. Replete with sinuous lineation and compositional flair, Passing Day is a sensational example of David Forrester Wilson’s early Symbolist work, which earned the artist favour with generations of collectors – including none other than Andy Warhol. While the precise meaning of Passing Day remains elusive, it might be interpreted as an allegory for the transition from day into night. On the banks of a woodland stream we find a languorous androgyne, possibly representing the ‘Day’, whose russet gown is in tumbling disarray. Their head tips back in a state of ecstasy, slumber - or death. Certainly, they appear to submit to the pallid figure shrouded in black who hovers in the air, possibly representing ‘Night’. The androgyne appears ready to be lifted out of the waking world below, where bright, gem-like wildflowers sprout along the riverbank, and borne into the shadowy world above, where the diminishing twilight transforms the trees and hills into dark indistinction. Between the two worlds, the sentinel heron looks on impassively. Wilson was an acolyte of the eminent Belgian Symbolist Jean Delville, who had been his tutor at the Glasgow School of Art. Professor Delville encouraged his students to continue their studies on the continent, and accordingly in 1905 Wilson visited Belgium, Italy and France, as well as London. By the time Wilson returned to Scotland word of his prodigious talent had spread, and he was invited by Fra Newbery, head of the Glasgow School of Art, to return to the School as a member of staff. By 1931 Wilson had been appointed Professor of Drawing and Painting, a role he maintained until his retirement from teaching in 1938.Wilson was commissioned to execute a lunette for the banqueting hall of the Glasgow City Chambers in 1911, alongside other eminent Glasgow painters such as Sir John Lavery, E. A. Walton and George Henry. Wilson’s lunette, titled ‘Time and History’, remains one of his most important works. His Royal Scottish Academy obituary recorded that ‘his painting is characterised by refined drawing and colour and a strong sense of decoration. It is poetical in feeling which he often expressed through allegory. All his work is founded in the best historical traditions’. When Andy Warhol’s estate was offered posthumously at Sotheby’s in 1988, several works by David Forrester Wilson emerged from Warhol’s personal collection. One particularly significant Symbolist composition went on to sell for $110,000, ten times its pre-sale estimate. Titled ‘The Wind’, the piece portrayed two girls struggling to lead a goat home as the wind pulls at their clothes and hair. Wilson’s unorthodox take on the pastoral idyll must have appealed to Warhol’s tastes, for the painting hung in the boardroom of ‘The Factory’ in New York, and was said to have been one of the Pop Artist’s favourites.
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 07, 2024
Antique Portrait of a Boy, Manner of David Wilson.
Est: $300 - $600
Artist(s): Manner of David Forrester Wilson RSA (Scotland, 1873-1950) Medium: Oil on board-backed canvas. Signature(s): "D. Wilson", lower left. Paperwork: N/A Damage: Craquelure and general surface grime from age. Fleck of missing paint to the boy's forward-facing foot. Measurement(s): 32" x 20" (canvas), 36" x 23" (frame) In-house shipping is available. Please see our website regarding our in-house shipping procedures.
Direct Auction Galleries, Inc.
May. 22, 2024
Wind
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
David Forrester Wilson, R.S.A. Scottish 1873 - 1950 Wind signed lower left: D. Forrester Wilson pencil and gouache on paper laid on board board: 18 ½ by 14 in.; 47 by 35.5 cm framed: 21 ¼ by 16 ⅝ in.; 54 by 41.3 cm
Sotheby's
Dec. 08, 2022
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) SUN - FORENOON, SANAIG CLIFFS, ISLAY
Est: £800 - £1,200
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) SUN - FORENOON, SANAIG CLIFFS, ISLAY Signed and dated 1942, oil on board (30cm x 46cm (12in x 18in))
Lyon & Turnbull
Nov. 13, 2022
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON, R.S.A. (UK, 1873-1950)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
The Match Seller, British genre of a street urchin, signed lower right, frame tag "D. Wilson", housed in an ornate baroque style gold gesso deep cove frame, OS: 45 1/2" x 32", SS: 31 1/2" x 31 1/2" x 19", good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Nov. 13, 2022
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON, R.S.A. (UK, 1873-1950)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
The Seashell Seller, British genre of a street urchin, signed lower left, frame tag "D. Wilson", housed in an ornate baroque style gold gesso deep cove frame, OS: 45 1/2" x 32", SS: 31 1/2" x 31 1/2" x 19", good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 27, 2022
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON, R.S.A. (UK, 1873-1950)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
The Seashell Seller, British genre of a street urchin, signed lower left, frame tag "D. Wilson", housed in an ornate baroque style gold gesso deep cove frame, OS: 45 1/2" x 32", SS: 31 1/2" x 31 1/2" x 19", good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Aug. 27, 2022
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON, R.S.A. (UK, 1873-1950)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
The Match Seller, British genre of a street urchin, signed lower right, frame tag "D. Wilson", housed in an ornate baroque style gold gesso deep cove frame, OS: 45 1/2" x 32", SS: 31 1/2" x 31 1/2" x 19", good condition.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Mar. 30, 2022
David Forrester Wilson, RSA (British, 1873-1950) The white bonnet
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
David Forrester Wilson, RSA (British, 1873-1950) The white bonnet signed and dated 'D Forrester Wilson/08' (lower right) oil on canvas 127 x 97cm (50 x 38 1/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Mar. 10, 2021
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) SEASCAPE
Est: £300 - £500
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) SEASCAPE Signed, oil on board (34cm x 44cm (13.5in x17.5in))
Lyon & Turnbull
Dec. 16, 2019
David Forrester Wilson (Scotland, UK, 1873-1950)
Est: €800 - €1,200
Young contemplative peasant woman. Oil on canvas, Signed at lower left. 46 x 61 cm - Note: A student of Jean Delville when the Belgian symbolist was teaching at the school of fine arts in Glasgow, David Forrester Wilson created this work whose mystery is found not so much in esoterism as in the daily life of the human soul. This work is influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites, whose return to nature was a creed prescribed by John Ruskin.
Haynault
Jun. 29, 2019
Poster by David F. Wilson - What a Red Rag is to a Bull-The Red Cross is to the Hun
Est: €450 - €750
What a Red Rag is to a Bull-The Red Cross is to the Hun - 50,5x74, 1918, on linen by David F. Wilson (1873-1950)
Van Sabben Poster Auctions
Jun. 28, 2018
David Forrester Wilson (1873-1950), A REST FROM HER LABOURS, 1931, Oil on panel; signed and dated 1931 lower right, 40.25 x 36 in — 102.2 x 91.4 cm
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (1873-1950), SCOTTISHA REST FROM HER LABOURS, 1931Oil on panel; signed and dated 1931 lower right40.25 x 36 in — 102.2 x 91.4 cmProvenance:McClure & Son, Glasgow;Waddington’s, Toronto, June 12, 2000, Lot 195;Private Collection, Victoria, B.C.Exhibited:Glasgow Art Gallery, “Exhibition of A Century of Art in Glasgow” while with McClure, n.d.Estimate: $4,000—5,000
Waddington's
Nov. 18, 2015
*AR DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (1873-1950) Scottish Mo
Est: £50 - £80
*AR DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (1873-1950) Scottish Moored Fishing Boats Watercolour Signed 56 x 27 cm, framed and glazed
Rowley Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers
Nov. 27, 2014
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) PORTRAIT OF ISA DAWSON 49cm x 60 cm (19.25 in x 23.5 in)
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) PORTRAIT OF ISA DAWSON Signed and dated 1924, oil on canvas 49cm x 60 cm (19.25 in x 23.5 in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 10, 2014
David Forrester Wilson (1873 - 1950) Oil
Est: $1,000 - $3,000
Oil on Canvas. Wonderful image of Woman seated thinking. 30" x 40" Signed and dated 1921 lower right. The painting needs some minor restoration and needs to be set properly on the stretchers. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy toa client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Weiss Auctions shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfectcondition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.
Weiss Auctions
Jan. 04, 2014
David Forrester-Wilson (1873-1950), Portrait of a
Est: £120 - £180
David Forrester-Wilson (1873-1950), Portrait of a lady seated, signed, and dated 1922, oil on canvas, 75cm by 50cm
Tennants
Jul. 10, 2012
* DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (SCOTTISH 1873-1950)
Est: £300 - £500
* DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) BREAKERS ON A ROCKY SHORE watercolour on paper, signed, titled and dated 1930 30cm x 50cm note: copy of original receipt from St. Andrew's Fine Art attached.
McTear's
Jul. 10, 2012
* DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) FROM
Est: £200 - £400
* DAVID FORRESTER WILSON (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) FROM STUDIO WINDOW watercolour on paper, signed, titled and dated '42 18cm x 28cm provenance: St. Andrew's Fine Art
McTear's
May. 27, 2010
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) ISLAY BEACH 37cm x 50cm (14.5in x 19.5in)
Est: £300 - £500
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A (SCOTTISH 1873-1950) ISLAY BEACH Signed, oil on board 37cm x 50cm (14.5in x 19.5in)
Lyon & Turnbull
May. 14, 2009
David Forrester Wilson (United Kingdom,
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
David Forrester Wilson (United Kingdom, 1873-1950): The Faggot Gatherer. Oil on canvas, signed at the lower right, approx. 24" x 26-1/2", framed in a gilt frame overall approx. 30" x 32-3/4". Softly tonal representation of rural life typical of this Glasgow School artist's work.
Aspire Auctions Fine Art & Antiques
Oct. 26, 2007
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A (1873-1950) FARMYARD TRACK 61cm x 76cm (24in x 30in)
Est: £400 - £600
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON R.S.A (1873-1950) FARMYARD TRACK Signed and dated '14, oil on canvas 61cm x 76cm (24in x 30in)
Lyon & Turnbull
Mar. 13, 2005
David Forrester Wilson, R.S.A. (1873-1950)
Est: £400 - £600
Portrait of a young girl, half-length, in a red blouse signed 'D Forrester Wilson' (lower right) oil on board 22 x 15 1/4 in. (55.8 x 38.8 cm.)
Christie's
Sep. 29, 2004
DAVID FORRESTER WILSON
Est: -
THREE QUARTER LENGTH PORTRAIT OF A SEATED GIRL, ALISON *AUGHTER Signed, oil on canvas 100cm x 74cm
Lyon & Turnbull