Eric Wilson Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Eric Wilson Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 26, 2024
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Nude Male pencil on paper 51.5 x 25cm (62 x 52cm framed)
Est: $200 - $300
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Nude Male pencil on paper artist's name lower right 51.5 x 25cm (62 x 52cm framed) PROVENANCE: The Collection of Douglas Dundas The Fred and Elinor Wrobel Collection, Sydney EXHIBITIONS: Nudes, Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney, 11th July - 26th August 1990, cat. no. 86
Leonard Joel
Jun. 12, 2024
ERIC WILSON, (1911 - 1947), Sketches, pencil on paper, 18 x 24 cm. (7.0 x 9.4 in.), frame: 36 x 41 x 2 cm. (14.1 x 16.1 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $250 - $350
ERIC WILSON (1911 - 1947) Sketches pencil on paper unsigned, authenticity label verso
Lawsons
May. 16, 2024
Eric Wilson, Australian 1911-1947, Figure head to a boat on the Clyde, ink, 9.5 x 11.5cm
Est: $300 - $500
Eric Wilson Australian, 1911-1947 Figure head to a boat on the Clyde ink inscribed "figure head to a boat on the Clyde" top centre Provenance: Artarmon Galleries, Sydney Mossgreen Private Collection Sydney
For-Auction
May. 16, 2024
Eric Wilson, Australian 1911-1947, St Albans. Kew drawing verso, mixed media drawing, 12 x 18cm
Est: $300 - $500
Eric Wilson Australian, 1911-1947 St Albans. Kew drawing verso mixed media drawing inscribed "St.Albans" lower left" Provenance, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney Mossgreen Private Collection Sydney
For-Auction
Apr. 29, 2024
Eric Wilson, Australia (1911-1946), Sketches, Assyrian Motifs, Pencil on paper
Est: $200 - $400
Eric Wilson Australia (1911-1946) Sketches, Assyrian Motifs Pencil on paper Declaration of Authenticity Estate of Eric Wilson Estate, label verso, damaged
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 21, 2024
ERIC WILSON, (1911 - 1947), Dead Tree, oil on canvas on board, 20 x 31 cm. (7.8 x 12.2 in.), frame: 26 x 36 x 2 cm. (10.2 x 14.1 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
ERIC WILSON (1911 - 1947) Dead Tree oil on canvas on board signed upper right
Lawsons
Nov. 22, 2023
ERIC WILSON, PONT NEUF, C.1939
Est: $30,000 - $40,000
ERIC WILSON (1911 - 1946) PONT NEUF, c.1939 oil on canvas 51.0 x 61.5 cm signed lower left: Eric Wilson PROVENANCE Sir Keith Murdoch, Melbourne A collection of Antiques: The Property of Sir Keith and Lady Murdoch from their former residence ‘Heathfield’, Toorak, Decoration Co. Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, 20 August 1947, lot 220 (as ‘Pont de Neuf’) Private collection Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne Possibly Ted Lustig, Melbourne Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne Private collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in 2004 EXHIBITED Eric Wilson Memorial Exhibition, National Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 28 May – 29 June 1947, cat. 34 (lent by Sir Keith Murdoch) Spring Exhibition 1975, Joesph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 14 – 30 October 1975, cat. 44 (illus. in exhibition catalogue) Collectors 2004 Exhibition, Eastgate & Holst, Melbourne, 21 July - 11 August 2004, cat. 56 RELATED WORK Pont Neuf, 1945, oil on paper on hardboard, 48.5 x 61.5 cm, in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Pont Neuf, Paris, c.1945, oil on board, 41.0 x 51.0 cm, private collection ESSAY Hailed by Douglas Dundas as ‘one of the bright stars in the firmament of Australian art during the 1940s’1, Eric Wilson is remarkable for having achieved widespread success not only as an abstractionist (whose still-lifes represented some of the first experiments in Cubism by an Antipodean artist), but equally, as a modern realist painter of European cityscapes – impressively exemplified here by Pont Neuf, c.1939. Awarded the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship in 1937, Wilson accordingly embarked for England in June the same year, studying first briefly at the Royal Academy before enrolling at the more progressive Westminster School under British modern painters, Mark Gertler and Elmslie Owen. The latter was especially influential, urging the young artist to proceed in the vein of the French avant-garde ‘according to knowledge rather than mere vision’2, and encouraging Wilson to pursue his cubist explorations further at Amedée Ozenfant’s Academy in Earl’s Court. In the early months of 1939, Wilson departed London for the Continent where he travelled and sketched in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy, absorbing, among other things, that sense of rounded volumetric form so revered in the work of Italian Quattrocentro primitives such as Piero della Francesca. Above all though, it was the city of Paris that inspired Wilson most – ‘not the large-scale vistas of the master-planned metropolis… but the more intimate curves and corners of narrow streets, and tree-lined quays of the Seine’3 – and thus, he spent hours capturing en plein air the picturesque streets and majestic bridges in drawings that would later provide the basis for his celebrated series of Paris cityscapes undertaken upon his return to Australia in late 1939 following the outbreak of World War II. Immortalising the oldest and arguably most iconic bridge in Paris with its noble arches linking the Île de la Cité to both the left and right banks, the present work encapsulates superbly Wilson’s earlier explorations of the Paris theme that are distinguished by an underlying sense of construction and careful attention to composition and architectural form. Indeed, as Wilson’s experience of Europe grew more distant in time later iterations such as By the Seine, c.1945 (Mr and Mrs Crebbin collection) or Pont Neuf, 1945 (Art Gallery of New South Wales) by contrast evidenced a much looser treatment and a greater preoccupation with impressionistic effects of light and colour – leading one critic in 1947 to disparagingly remark upon the ‘heavy cookery’4 of these late works, citing their use of thick impasto and absence of formal definition. Resonating throughout all Wilson’s pensive European landscapes however, including Pont Neuf, is a pervading sense of isolation, of the artist as outsider – a feeling perhaps derived from the impending war which had precipitated his trip in the first place, and which no doubt prevented him from stepping outside the role of tourist. The invariably wet and chilly vignettes are either disconcertingly empty, or when peopled – as is the case here with the fishermen scattered along the embankment – such figures remain oblivious of the artist, continuing the closed activities of their daily lives. In this respect, Wilson’s perspective contrasts starkly with that of his artistic peer, William Dobell, with whom he lived and studied in London. For where Dobell found the inhabitants of a city such as Paris or London much more intriguing and typical than their surroundings, Wilson concentrated rather upon the streetscapes and buildings as his subjects, discerning in the architecture the unique character he was seeking. 1. Dundas, D., ‘Eric Wilson’, Art in Australia, vol. 12, no. 1, July – September 1974, p. 48 2. Diary of the artist, 2 June 1938 cited in Sayers, A., ‘Introduction’, Eric Wilson, exhibition catalogue, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1983, p. 9 3. Dundas, op. cit., p. 56 4. ‘Wilson And Elyard Exhibitions’, Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 28 May 1947, p. 9 VERONICA ANGELATOS
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 21, 2023
ERIC WILSON - ROSE WINDMILL DELFT - OIL ON PAPER ON BOARD
Est: $25,000 - $35,000
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) ROSE WINDMILL DELFT Signed lower left, signed and titled verso Oil on paper on board 39 x 20cm Estimate $25,000/35,000 AUD
GFL Fine Art
Mar. 29, 2023
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946), Roland Street, Belfast
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Roland Street, Belfast oil on board 25.0 x 35.5 cm signed and inscribed lower centre: Roland St Belfast/ Eric Wilson signed and inscribed on backing verso: Eric Wilson/ 'Rowland [sic] Street/ Belfast'
Menzies
Mar. 29, 2023
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946), Still Life 1935
Est: $16,000 - $18,000
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Still Life 1935 oil on canvas 50.5 x 40.0 cm signed and dated upper left: Eric Wilson '35
Menzies
Nov. 17, 2021
Eric Wilson (1911-1946) Two studies for 'The Rock Pool', 1946 (each)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Eric Wilson (1911-1946) Two studies for 'The Rock Pool', 1946 crayon on paper 11.5 x 17.5cm (4 1/2 x 6 7/8in). (each) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Nov. 10, 2021
ERIC WILSON, YABTREE HILLS, WANTABADGERY, 1946
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
ERIC WILSON (1911 - 1946) YABTREE HILLS, WANTABADGERY, 1946 oil on canvas board 40.5 x 50.5 cm signed and dated lower left: Eric Wilson ‘46 signed and inscribed with title verso: SKETCH / YABTREE HILLS. / Eric Wilson PROVENANCE Sir Keith Murdoch, Cruden Farm Thence by descent Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Cruden Farm, Victoria Thence by descent Private collection, Melbourne ESSAY Upon his return to Australia in 1939 following the outbreak of the Second World War, Wilson first embarked upon an impressive series of European streetscapes inspired by his travels abroad (see lot 45), before once again turning his attention to capturing the rural landscape of his homeland. Although the Australian landscape posed quite different challenges to the painting of European urban scenes, his early investigations such as Bushpiece Berowra, and Burnt Trees, both dated 1945, echoed the approach employed by Wilson in the careful construction of his streetscapes, with the magnified trees, bushes and rocks of the foreground serving as architectural elements within which space is articulated. Even amidst the chaotic untidiness of the Australian bush, Wilson’s architectural interests here predominate, with an emphasis on balance and the structural logic of the composition signalling the artist’s conscious return to his earlier Ozenfant training. In December of 1945, Wilson was invited by Sir Keith Murdoch to paint at his property on the Murrumbidgee River, Wantabadgery, near Wagga in New South Wales. Fascinated by this new landscape with its lush rolling hills, contorted tree trunks and sun-bleached, golden paddocks, Wilson thus commenced what would be his last major series of paintings, splendidly encapsulated here by Yabtree Hills, Wantabadgery, 1946. While derived from his time spent exploring the property, significantly such works were not faithful reproductions of what he perceived; rather Wilson’s overriding interest lie in producing a synchronous whole in which the subject was respected only to the degree that it offered shapes, lines, colours, textures and rhythms. Accordingly, in a manner akin to both his European streetscapes and earlier Australian landscapes from the same year, the principles of abstraction which he had elaborated upon two years earlier continued to influence his vision. As Wilson mused in 1943, ‘…in whatever idiom [is] chosen for expression, plastic values are my main consideration. It is this emphasis on the architectural quality – the orchestration of the formal elements into a symphonic whole – that I find most sympathy with in the modern movement.’1 For indeed, despite the frequent categorisation of Wilson’s oeuvre into distinct groups of landscapes vis à vis abstracts, throughout all his myriad achievements it was this disciplined restructuring and orchestration of formal elements that would remain his singular aim - and ultimately, his legacy for Australian art and theory of the 1940s. 1. The artist cited in Plate, C., ‘Eric Wilson’ in Ure Smith, S., Australian Present Day Art, Waite and Bull, Sydney, 1943, p. 92 VERONICA ANGELATOS
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 10, 2021
ERIC WILSON, A STREET IN PARIS, c.1942
Est: $40,000 - $60,000
ERIC WILSON (1911 - 1946) A STREET IN PARIS, c.1942 oil on composition board 79.0 x 64.0 cm signed lower right: Eric Wilson signed and inscribed with title verso: Eric Wilson / A Street in Paris PROVENANCE Sir Keith Murdoch, Cruden Farm, Victoria Thence by descent Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, Cruden Farm, Victoria Thence by descent Private collection, Melbourne RELATED WORK Rue de L’Hotel de Ville, Paris, 1939–42, oil on board, 53.0 x 40.0 cm, collection of D. R. Sheumack, exhibited in Eric Wilson, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 29 July – 28 August 1983, cat. 31 Rue de L’Hotel de Ville, Paris, c.1942, oil on board, 56.0 x 38.0 cm, Richard and Joan Crebbin Collection, Sydney, exhibited in Eric Wilson, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 29 July – 28 August 1983, cat. 32 ESSAY Hailed by Douglas Dundas as ‘one of the bright stars in the firmament of Australian art during the 1940s’1, Eric Wilson is remarkable for having achieved widespread success both as an abstractionist whose still-lifes represented some of the first experiments in cubism by an Antipodean artist, and equally, as a modern realist painter of European cityscapes, impressively exemplified here by A Street in Paris, c. 1942. Awarded the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship in 1937, Wilson accordingly embarked for England, studying first briefly at the Royal Academy before enrolling at the more progressive Westminster School under British modern painters, Mark Gertler and Elmslie Owen. The latter was particularly influential, encouraging the young artist to proceed in the vein of the French avant-garde ‘according to knowledge rather than mere vision’2, and recommending that Wilson pursue his cubist explorations further at Amedée Ozenfant’s Academy, Earl’s Court. In the early months of 1939, Wilson departed London for the Continent where he travelled and sketched in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy, absorbing, among other things, that sense of rounded volumetric form so revered in the work of Italian Quattrocentro primitives such as Piero della Francesca.2 Above all, however, it was the city of Paris that inspired Wilson most – ‘not the large-scale vistas of the master-planned metropolis… but the more intimate curves and corners of narrow streets, and tree-lined quays of the Seine’3 – and thus, he spent hours capturing en plein air the picturesque streets and bridges in drawings which would later provide the basis for his celebrated series of Paris landscapes undertaken upon return to Australia following the outbreak of war. Bearing unmistakable affinities with the artist’s two versions of Rue de l’Hotel de Ville, Paris, c.1942 (formerly in the collections of D. R. Sheumack and Mr and Mrs R. C. Crebbin respectively), the present work encapsulates superbly Wilson’s earlier explorations of the Paris theme which are distinguished by an underlying sense of construction and careful attention to composition and architectural form. By contrast, as Wilson’s experience of Europe grew more distant in time, his works evidenced a much looser attitude to form and a greater preoccupation with impressionistic effects of light and colour – leading one critic in 1947 to disparagingly remark upon the ‘heavy cookery’4 of his later landscapes, citing their use of thick impasto and absence of formal definition. Nevertheless, universal among all Wilson’s European cityscapes including A Street in Paris, is a pervading sense of isolation, of the artist as outsider; a feeling perhaps derived from the impending war which had precipitated his trip in the first place, and which no doubt prevented him from stepping outside the role of tourist. The invariably wet and chilly streets are disconcertingly empty as is the case here, or when peopled, such figures remain oblivious of the artist, continuing the closed activities of their daily lives. In this respect, Wilson’s perspective contrasts starkly with that of his artistic peer, William Dobell, with whom he lived and studied in London. Where Dobell found the inhabitants of a city such as Paris or London much more intriguing and typical than their surroundings, Wilson concentrates rather upon the streetscapes and buildings, discerning in the architecture the unique character he was seeking. 1. Dundas, D., ‘Eric Wilson’, Art in Australia, vol. 12, no. 1, July – September 1974, p. 48 2. Diary of the artist, 2 June 1938 cited in Sayers, A., ‘Introduction’, Eric Wilson, exhibition catalogue, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, 1983, p. 9 3. Dundas, op. cit., p. 56 4. Sydney Morning Herald, 28 May 1947 VERONICA ANGELATOS
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 24, 2021
Eric Wilson (1911-1946) Venice, 1937-39
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Eric Wilson (1911-1946) Venice, 1937-39 crayon on coloured paper 17.0 x 23.0cm (6 11/16 x 9 1/16in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Aug. 24, 2021
Eric Wilson (1911-1946) Two studies for 'The Rock Pool', 1946 (each)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Eric Wilson (1911-1946) Two studies for 'The Rock Pool', 1946 crayon on paper 11.5 x 17.5cm (4 1/2 x 6 7/8in). (each) For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Apr. 22, 2021
Eric Wilson (1911-1946) Paris, 1940s
Est: $18,000 - $25,000
Eric Wilson (1911-1946) Paris, 1940s signed lower left: 'Eric Wilson' oil on composition board 50.0 x 40.0cm (19 11/16 x 15 3/4in). For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Bonhams
Feb. 14, 2021
Eric Wilson (1911-46),
Est: $100 - $200
Landscape With Log ink on paper gallery label verso 9.5cm x 16cm
Aalders Auctions
Aug. 09, 2020
Eric Wilson (1911-1946)
Est: $12,000 - $18,000
The Good Samaritan oil on canvas
Shapiro Auctioneers
Jul. 29, 2020
Eric Wilson VC signed The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial Appeal signed Eric Charles
Est: £6 - £8
Eric Wilson VC signed The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial Appeal signed Eric Charles Twelves Wilson FDC No. 37 of 250. Signed by Lieutenant Colonel E. C. T. Wilson VC. Good conditon. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
Chaucer Auctions
Jul. 02, 2020
Eric Wilson 1911 - 1946) - Nudes, c1938 …
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Eric Wilson 1911 - 1946) - Nudes, c1938
Lawsons
Mar. 22, 2020
WILSON Eric (1911-1946), 'Dieppe', Pencil, 12.5x18cm
Est: $150 - $300
WILSON, Eric (1911-1946) 'Dieppe' No signature apparent, but certified verso by Jean Appleton. Provenance: Artarmon Galleries, cat #92 - exhibited March 1986 (label verso). Pencil 12.5x18cm
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 27, 2019
Eric Wilson VC signed The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial Appeal signed Eric Charles
Est: £6 - £8
Eric Wilson VC signed The Victoria Cross and George Cross Memorial Appeal signed Eric Charles Twelves Wilson FDC No. 37 of 250. Signed by Lieutenant Colonel E. C. T. Wilson VC. Good condition Est.
Chaucer Auctions
Sep. 26, 2019
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946), Still Life 1935
Est: $22,000 - $28,000
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946), Still Life 1935, oil on canvas, 59.5 x 49.0 cm, signed and dated upper left: Eric Wilson 35 , The artist's estate Thence by descent, private collection, Queensland Private company collection, Queensland Deutscher-Menzies, Sydney, 18 March 2008, lot 15 Company collection, Melbourne
Menzies
Aug. 28, 2019
ERIC WILSON, (1911 – 1946), STREET SCENE, c.1937, oil on composition board
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ERIC WILSON, (1911 – 1946), STREET SCENE, c.1937, oil on composition board SIGNED: certificate of authenticity label signed by Leila Myrtle Rowe (née Wilson) and Ian Macdonald, Director of Macdonald Galleries, Sydney DIMENSIONS: 46.0 x 72.0 cm PROVENANCE: Macdonald Galleries, Sydney Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso) Mr Basil Sellers AM, Sydney Sotheby’s Australia, Melbourne, 23 November 2009, lot 41 (as ‘French Street Scene’) Savill Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso) Sotheby’s Australia, Sydney, 10 May 2016, lot 68 (as ‘French Street Scene, c.1937’) Private collection, Melbourne EXHIBITED: 40 Modern Paintings by Leading Australian Artists, Savill Galleries, Sydney, 2 May – 6 June 1992
Deutscher and Hackett
Jul. 24, 2019
Eric Wilson VC, Ian Fraser VC, Jack Hinton VC, Edward Kenna VC, Rod Learoyd VC, Richard Annand VC, J
Est: £30 - £40
Eric Wilson VC, Ian Fraser VC, Jack Hinton VC, Edward Kenna VC, Rod Learoyd VC, Richard Annand VC, J Kenneally VC, and Tommy Gould VC signed Invasion of Belgium Joint Services cover JS 50 40 3. 24p GB QEII stamp postmarked 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Belgium, BFPS 2229, 28th May 1990. RAF WW2. Good condition Est.
Chaucer Auctions
Jun. 02, 2019
Eric Wilson (1911-1946),
Est: $150 - $250
Street of Bray Near Dublin pencil and pen on paper artist name verso 10cm x 15.5cm
Aalders Auctions
Jun. 02, 2019
Eric Wilson (1911-1946),
Est: $200 - $400
Chester pen on paper artist name verso 9.5cm x 15cm
Aalders Auctions
Sep. 19, 2018
ERIC WILSON VC: British East Africa Campaign cover signed by Eric Wilson VC. Good Condition. We
Est: £12 - £16
ERIC WILSON VC: British East Africa Campaign cover signed by Eric Wilson VC. Good Condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95
Chaucer Auctions
Aug. 29, 2018
ERIC WILSON, (1911 – 1946), NUDES, c.1938, (VERSO: BURNING OFF, WANTABADGERY LANDSCAPE, c.1943), oil on canvas
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ERIC WILSON, (1911 – 1946), NUDES, c.1938, (VERSO: BURNING OFF, WANTABADGERY LANDSCAPE, c.1943), oil on canvas DIMENSIONS: 75.5 x 62.5 cm PROVENANCE: Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne Private collection Leonard Joel, Sydney, 23 November 2014, lot 318 Private collection EXHIBITED: Autumn Exhibition 1973: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 26 March – 11 April 1973, cat. 30 (as ‘Burning off, Wantabadgery Landscape’)
Deutscher and Hackett
Nov. 24, 2017
ERIC WILSON VC, Truce in the Trenches commemorative envelope Not postmarked dedicated to the
Est: £8 - £10
ERIC WILSON VC, Truce in the Trenches commemorative envelope Not postmarked dedicated to the famous unofficial Great War truce Christmas 1914 signed by Eric Wilson VC. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95. We can ship a 30kg box in UK next day delivery insured up to £100 for £10 which will combine most multiple orders.
Chaucer Auctions
Sep. 01, 2017
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Study of Two Old Men pencil on paper (double-sided)
Est: $300 - $500
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Study of Two Old Men pencil on paper (double-sided) signed lower right: Wilson 10 x 12.5cm PROVENANCE: Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1986, no.109 (label verso)
Leonard Joel
Aug. 30, 2017
ERIC WILSON, (1911 1946), HOSPITAL THEME, INTERIOR, c.1942, pencil and coloured pencil on paper
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
ERIC WILSON, (1911 1946), HOSPITAL THEME, INTERIOR, c.1942, pencil and coloured pencil on paper DIMENSONS: 23.5 x 19.0 cm PROVENANCE Artarmon Galleries, Sydney (label attached verso) The Estate of the late James O. Fairfax AC, New South Wales, acquired from the above in 1986 EXHIBITED: Artarmon Galleries (Artlovers), Sydney, March 1986, cat. 112
Deutscher and Hackett
Aug. 04, 2017
ERIC WILSON VC British East African Campaign FDC
Est: £12 - £15
ERIC WILSON VC British East African Campaign FDC signed by Lt Col Eric Wilson VC who was awarded his VC for action in East Africa. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95.
Chaucer Auctions
Apr. 30, 2017
WILSON, Eric (1911-1946) (3)
Est: $300 - $500
Study of a Tree, pencil & w/clr, 18x13cm; Rock & Tree Study, pastel & charcoal, (11x14cm); & 'Torres Cave,' sepia & w/clr, (9.5x16.5cm). All unsigned, purchased (Artarmon Galleries).
Davidson Auctions
Dec. 04, 2016
WILSON, Eric (1911-1946)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
WILSON, Eric (1911-1946) Through a Window
Davidson Auctions
Nov. 30, 2016
ERIC WILSON, (1911 - 1946), BY THE SEINE, PARIS, c.1942 - 44, oil on composition board
Est: $45,000 - $65,000
ERIC WILSON, (1911 - 1946), BY THE SEINE, PARIS, c.1942 - 44, oil on composition board SIGNED: signed lower left: Eric Wilson bears inscription verso: ombak - Name - Eric Wilson / By the Seine Paris / 6 gns DIMENSIONS: 69.0 x 54.0 cm PROVENANCE: Richard and Joan Crebbin Collection, Sydney Mrs Joan Crebbin, Sydney EXHIBITED: Eric Wilson, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 29 July - 28 August 1983, cat. 34 (label attached verso) and travelling: Banyule Art Gallery, Victoria, 16 September - 16 October 1983; Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, 4 November - 4 December 1983 (illus. in exhibition catalogue, p. 43) LITERATURE: Eric Wilson, exhibition catalogue, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales, 1983, cat. 34 (illus.), p. 43 RELATED WORK: By the Seine, c.1941 - 45, pen and ink and wash, 78.1 x 11.8 cm (sheet), inscribed in pencil on reverse By the Seine / sketch for Painting / in Collection of / Sir Keith Murdoch, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne ESSAY: The bridges of Paris with their noble arches spanning the River Seine were a favourite subject for Eric Wilson, rivalled only by his streetscapes. By the Seine, Paris, 1939, c.1941 - 43 in a private collection competes with Rue de la Bonne, Montmarte, 1939, c.1941 - 42 in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, trumped only by the brilliant Scott Street, Glasgow, c.1942 secured by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne through the Felton Bequest.1 Wilson won the New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship in 1937, moving to England then France to study. He travelled and sketched in Belgium, the Netherlands and Italy, where he absorbed, among other things, that sense of touch and form so celebrated in the work of the Italian masters of the Quattrocento.2 The outbreak of the Second World War caused Wilson to return to Australia early, turning to his sketchbooks for numerous European subjects over the following years. Above all it was the scenes of Paris that inspired him most. 'It was not the large-scale vistas of the master-planned metropolis that mattered most to him [wrote fellow artist Douglas Dundas], but the more intimate curves and corners of narrow streets, and the bridges and tree-lined quays of the Seine.'3 Our painting, By the Seine, Paris, c.1942 - 1944 is an example, magnificently composed and constructed, having been painted in Australia from detailed pen and pencil sketches recorded en plein air some years before. The painting follows the ink sketch very closely, the only significant addition being that of three fishermen. (The drawing is in the National Gallery of Victoria, previously being in the collection of Sir Keith Murdoch, who, in 1945, commissioned Wilson to paint a series of landscape on his property at Wantabadgery, on the Murrumbidgee River in New South Wales.) By the Seine, Paris features a characteristic high view point looking down to the river's embankment, seen in a number of related paintings, especially Seine, Paris, 1939 - 42 (once in the collection of Mrs Una Fraser) and Pont Neuf, c.1945 (Eric Wilson catalogue, op. cit., cat. 60, illus.). Fishermen were often added, as in Fisherman on the Seine (Leonard Joel, 7 November 1973, lot 254), giving the scenes a distinct human touch. The serpentine trunks of trees, as in our work, often dominate the foreground, the natural contrasted with the man-made curves of quays and the geometry of descending steps. Textures are lively, furthering the sense of tactility, and the atmosphere is all enveloping. The reflective mood evokes a breath of nostalgia, part of the attraction coming from the peeling back of objectivity to reveal a Paris before its wartime occupation. 1. Fine examples of Wilsons landscapes were purchased by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne in 1942. Prominent private collectors included Sir Warwick Fairfax, Ronald Instone, Norman Schureck and Lloyd Rees. 2. See the sketch [Flight to Egypt, after Quattrocento composition], (1937) and related studies in the collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra. The very gifted Wilson worked with equal success as a modern realist and a Cubist, Abstract - The Kitchen Stove, 1943 in the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales being a fine example of the latter. 3. Dundas, D., Eric Wilson, Art and Australia, vol. 12, no. 1, July - September Sydney, 1974, 56. Dundas described Wilson as one of the bright stars in the firmament of Australian art in the 1940s...', p. 48 DAVID THOMAS
Deutscher and Hackett
Jul. 19, 2016
ERIC WILSON 1911-1946 (Self Portrait) oil on canvas on board
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
ERIC WILSON 1911-1946 (Self Portrait) oil on canvas on board signed 'Eric Wilson' lower right 30 x 24 cm PROVENANCE Jean Appleton, New South Wales Private Collection, Australian Capital Territory, by descent from the above
Smith & Singer
Jun. 30, 2016
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Through a Window oil on canvas on board
Est: $3,500 - $5,500
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Through a Window oil on canvas on board signed lower right: Eric Wilson 45 x 32.5cm PROVENANCE: Collection of Mrs R. C. Crebbin Sydney Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
Jun. 07, 2016
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Through a Window oil on canvas on board
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Through a Window oil on canvas on board signed lower right: Eric Wilson 45 x 32.5cm PROVENANCE: Collection of Mrs R. C. Crebbin Sydney Private collection, Melbourne
Leonard Joel
May. 10, 2016
ERIC WILSON 1911-1946 Wantabadgery Hills (1945) oil on composition board
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ERIC WILSON 1911-1946 Wantabadgery Hills (1945) oil on composition board 40 x 49.5 cm PROVENANCE The Estate of the Late Eric Wilson, Sydney Artarmon Galleries, Sydney (label verso) Private Collection Savill Galleries, Sydney (stock 93129) (label verso), acquired from the above in 1993 OTHER NOTES In 1945, Eric Wilson was invited to paint a series of landscapes at Wantabadgery on the property of Sir Keith and Lady Murdoch, on the Murrumbidgee River, in southern New South Wales.
Smith & Singer
May. 10, 2016
ERIC WILSON 1911-1946 French Street Scene (circa 1937) oil on composition board
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
ERIC WILSON 1911-1946 French Street Scene (circa 1937) oil on composition board 45.5 x 71.8 cm PROVENANCE Macdonald Galleries, Sydney (label verso) Savill Galleries, Sydney (label verso) Mr Basil Sellers AM, Sydney, acquired from the above Important Australian Art, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 23 November 2009, lot 41, illustrated Savill Galleries, Sydney (stock 209062) (label verso), acquired from the above
Smith & Singer
Nov. 16, 2015
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Still Life with Table c.1930s pencil on paper
Est: $200 - $400
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Still Life with Table c.1930s pencil on paper unsigned 17 x 9.5cm PROVENANCE: declaration of authenticity verso from Jean Appleton (nee Wilson), executor of Eric Wilson's estate Artarmon Galleries, Sydney 1986, cat. no. 123
Leonard Joel
Oct. 08, 2015
Eric Wilson (1911 - 1946) - King Stables Road 16 x 9.5cm
Est: $100 - $200
Eric Wilson (1911 - 1946) King Stables Road ink and pencil 16 x 9.5cm declaration of authenticity on verso
Lawsons
Apr. 28, 2015
ERIC WILSON 1911-1946 The White Bridge oil on cardboard
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ERIC WILSON 1911-1946 The White Bridge oil on cardboard 59 x 39.2 cm PROVENANCE Macdonald Galleries, New South Wales (label verso) Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne Private Collection, Melbourne, acquired from the above in July 1977 EXHIBITED Winter Exhibition 1977: Recent Acquisitions, Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 4-14 July 1977, no.88, illustrated
Smith & Singer
Dec. 11, 2014
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Roland St Belfast
Est: $8,000 - $12,000
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946) Roland St Belfast oil on board 25.5 x 35.5 cm signed and inscribed lower centre: Roland St Belfast/ Eric Wilson signed and inscribed verso: Eric Wilson/ 'Rowland [sic] Street/ Belfast'
Menzies
Nov. 23, 2014
ERIC WILSON (1911-1946)
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
Nudes c1938 Joseph Brown Gallery 63.0 x 75.5 cm
Leonard Joel
Sep. 11, 2014
Eric Wilson (1911 -1946) - Round, Round Howarth Hill 9.5 x 15.5cm
Est: $150 - $250
Eric Wilson (1911 -1946) Round, Round Howarth Hill pencil, pen & ink wash 9.5 x 15.5cm declaration of authenticity (Executrix of the Estate of the late Ric Wilson)
Lawsons
Sep. 11, 2014
Eric Wilson (1911 -1946) - "Egg Machine Princes St Station, Edinburgh" 15 x 9.5cm
Est: $150 - $250
Eric Wilson (1911 -1946) "Egg Machine Princes St Station, Edinburgh" ink wash & pencil 15 x 9.5cm declaration of authenticity (Executrix of the Estate of the late Eric Wilson)
Lawsons

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