Telford Fenton
(1932 - 2004)
Previously Sold Works
TELFORD FENTON
Tall Telford
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1993 lower left; titled on the reverse
60 x 42 ins ( 152.4 x 106.7 cms )
Auction Estimate: $800.00 - $1,000.00
Price Realized $1,652.00
Sale date: November 28th 2019
TELFORD FENTON
Windy Day May
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1998 lower left
54 x 48 ins ( 137.2 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $2,000.00 - $3,000.00
Price Realized $1,440.00
Sale date: March 23rd 2015
TELFORD FENTON
Nite Flite
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1983 lower left; titled on the stretcher
48 x 48 ins ( 121.9 x 121.9 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,180.00
Sale date: April 14th 2020
TELFORD FENTON
Arm
oil on canvas
signed and dated 1983 lower left; titled and inscribed “51-2001” on the reverse; titled and dated 1983 on two gallery labels on the reverse
36 x 30 ins ( 91.4 x 76.2 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $1,140.00
Sale date: February 2nd 2021
TELFORD FENTON
Portrait of a Man
oil on canvas
signed lower right
30 x 24 ins ( 76.2 x 61 cms )
Auction Estimate: $500.00 - $700.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: November 28th 2018
TELFORD FENTON
Abstract in Blue and Yellow
acrylic on canvas
signed and dated 1990 lower left; titled on the reverse
30 x 36 in ( 76.2 x 91.4 cm )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $600.00
Sale date: April 23rd 2024
TELFORD FENTON
Three Works on Paper
watercolour, lithograph
“Man in Glasses” (watercolour, signed and dated 1985 lower right, 12.25 x 16.25 inches); “Boat on the Water” (watercolour, signed lower right, 18.75 x 24 inches); “Self-Portrait Exhibition Poster” (colour lithograph, signed and numbered 39/50, inscribed “Telford Fenton/ landscapes, portraits, oil and watercolour/ Ten Mile House, 555 York, Hamilton/ November 30 to December 8 inclusive, open 11-9”, 24.5 x 16.5 inches); unframed
24.5 x 16.5 ins ( 62.2 x 41.9 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
TELFORD FENTON
Two Portraits
conté
“Portrait of a Man” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1981 lower left, 40 x 26 inches); “Portrait of a Man” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1980 lower right, 40 x 26 inches); unframed
40 x 26 ins ( 101.6 x 66 cms ) ( each sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $325.00
Sale date: April 14th 2020
TELFORD FENTON
Two Portraits
conté
“Portrait of a Man” (conté, signed lower right and numbered 18/20 lower left, 22.5 x 30 inches); “Portrait of a Nude Man” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1991 lower right, 26 x 40 inches); unframed
26 x 40 ins ( 66 x 101.6 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: February 18th 2020
TELFORD FENTON
Two Works on Paper
conté
“Portrait of a Man” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1982 lower left, 24.5 x 36.5 inches); “Face Studies” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1980 lower right, 26 x 40 inches); unframed
26 x 40 ins ( 66 x 101.6 cms ) ( largest )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: April 14th 2020
TELFORD FENTON
Abstraction Composition; Saxophone Player
two works on paper
“Abstract Composition” (oil on paper, signed and dated 1982 lower left, 34 x 27 inches [sheet]); condition noted;
“Saxophone Player” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1995 lower left, 27.5 x 39.5 inches [sheet]);
each unframed
34 x 27 ins ( 86.4 x 68.6 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: June 23rd 2020
TELFORD FENTON
Nude Study; Portrait of a Woman; Nude Study; Self Portrait Exhibition Poster
three contés on paper and a colour lithograph
-“Nude Study” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1990 lower left, 24 x 18 inches (sheet));
-“Portrait of a Woman” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1990 lower right, 24 x 18 inches (sheet));
-“Nude Study” (conté on paper, signed and dated 1990 lower right, 24 x 18 inches (sheet));
-“Self-Portrait Exhibition Poster” (colour lithograph, signed and numbered 39/50, inscribed “Telford Fenton/ landscapes, portraits, oil and watercolour/ Ten Mile House, 555 York, Hamilton/ November 30 to December 8 inclusive, open 11-9”, 24.5 x 16.5 inches (sheet));
all unframed
24 x 18 ins ( 61 x 45.7 cms ) ( largest sheet )
Auction Estimate: $200.00 - $400.00
Price Realized $177.00
Sale date: June 23rd 2020
TELFORD FENTON
Portrait of a Man
oil on canvas
signed lower right
30 x 40 ins ( 76.2 x 101.6 cms )
Auction Estimate: $700.00 - $900.00
Price Realized $767.00
Sale date: December 14th 2016
TELFORD FENTON
Nude Study
conté
signed and dated 1991 lower right; unframed
24 x 36 ins ( 61 x 91.4 cms ) ( largest sheet )
TELFORD FENTON
Two Portraits
conté
“Portrait of a Man” (conté on paper, signed lower right and numbered 20/20 lower left, 22.25 x 30 inches); “Portrait of a Man” (conté on paper, 26 x 20 inches); unframed
26 x 20 ins ( 66 x 50.8 cms ) ( largest sheet )
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Telford Fenton Biography
(1932 - 2004)
Born in Chesley, Ontario, he graduated from the Ontario College of Art in 1958, when he won the T. Eaton Co. Award, then took further studies at the Chelsea Polytechnical School, Lond., Eng. (1958). Inspired by Canadian Painters Graham Coughtry, Gordon Rayner and Richard Gorman and by German Expressionists, Fenton painted with spontaneity, passion, and tremendous energy. This can be seen in his portraits, landscapes and still life. He is noted for heavily impastoed surfaces that radiate with sensuality.
Viewing his work at the Lake Galleries, Toronto, in 1992, Christopher Hume noted, “Here’s someone who appreciates flamboyance. An extravagant painter of grand gestures and loud, acidic colors, Fenton loves drama. His ability to reconcile the abstract and figurative and extract a likeness from canvases crawling with pigment, borders on the amazing. Though there isn’t a politician in the bunch, his sitters include some of the country’s best known artists, such as Gordon Rayner, Graham Coughtry, the late Robert Markle, as well as former art dealers Av Isaacs and Jack Pollock.” Performers Fenton painted include Marilyn Monroe, Sammy David Jr., Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong and Tony Bennett. He had also done on-the-spot conté drawings of the Camelot cast prior to opening on Broadway: Richard Burton, Robert Goulet, Julie Andrews, Robert Cootes; the Toronto cast of Cabaret and numerous drawings from life of the National Ballet Company of Canada.
Literature Source:
"A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, Volume 1: A-F, 5th Edition, Revised and Expanded", compiled by Colin S. MacDonald, Canadian Paperbacks Publishing Ltd, Ottawa, 1997
