Bruce Le Dain
(1928 - 2000)
Previously Sold Works
BRUCE LE DAIN
Harbour Lookout, Stonington, Maine
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “Oct. 1979” on the reverse
12 x 19.75 ins ( 30.5 x 50.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $472.00
Sale date: December 12th 2018
BRUCE LE DAIN
Summer Pastures, Orford County, Que.
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated August 1992 on the reverse; unframed
8 x 12 ins ( 20.3 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: April 18th 2018
BRUCE LE DAIN
Winter Road, Wolfe County, Que.
oil on canvas
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated Feb. 1990 on the reverse; unframed
8 x 12 ins ( 20.3 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: April 18th 2018
BRUCE LE DAIN
October Sky, The Ottawa Valley
oil on masonite
signed lower left; signed, titled and dated 1982 on the reverse; unframed
8 x 12 ins ( 20.3 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: June 13th 2018
BRUCE LE DAIN
Woodland Meadow, Gatineau, Que.
oil on panel
signed, titled and dated 79 on the reverse; unframed
8 x 12 ins ( 20.3 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
BRUCE LE DAIN
Les Éboulements, Que.
oil on masonite
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated 1982 on the reverse; unframed
8 x 12 ins ( 20.3 x 30.5 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $500.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: September 12th 2018
BRUCE LE DAIN
Still Life in the Hurtubise House, Westmount, Quebec
oil on canvas
signed upper left; signed, titled and dated 1995 on the reverse
16 x 20 ins ( 40.6 x 50.8 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $288.00
Sale date: December 6th 2017
BRUCE LE DAIN
In the Valley of Baie St. Paul
oil on board
signed lower right; signed, titled and dated “October 1963” on the reverse
12 x 16 ins ( 30.5 x 40.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $400.00 - $600.00
Price Realized $230.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
BRUCE LE DAIN
Untitled Riverscape - Charlevoix
oil on board
signed lower right
8 x 10 ins ( 20.3 x 25.4 cms )
Auction Estimate: $300.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $150.00
Sale date: March 14th 2018
Bruce Le Dain Biography
(1928 - 2000)
Born in Montreal, his work was selected in 1936 for the International Children’s Art Exhibition, U.S.A. By 1946 he had enrolled at Sir George Williams University to study fine art. His work was accepted by the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts Spring Shows in 1949, 1952, 1953. From 1953 to 1957 he lived in London, England, where he attended St. Martin’s School of Art. He also studied and travelled in Europe and returned to Canada and settled in Montreal where he is a director of the art department of a public relations firm. He exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy in 1966 and won First Prize for his paintings shown in the Price Fine Arts Award for the years 1967 and 1969. One of his paintings was presented to the former Prime Minister of Canada, Lester B. Pearson, by the City of Montreal at Expo ’67; another of his paintings was presented to a dignitary by the City of Montreal during the same year.
Source: "A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume II”, compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1979