Important Canadian painting goes on auction block in Toronto
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An important piece of Toronto’s architectural and artistic history is set to go to auction this month.
The Bridge Builders, Construction, Bloor Street Viaduct, 1915, by Toronto artist Peter Clapham Sheppard, an associate of the Group of Seven, will be offered at Cowley Abbott’s Spring Live Auction of Important Canadian Art in late May.
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The oil on canvas painting, estimated to fetch between $100,000 and $120,000, captures the construction of the Bloor Street Viaduct — an engineering feat that shaped the city more than a century ago.
This canvas is among many other artworks on offer that paint a portrait of more than 150 years of Canadian history, including a rare 1864 scene by Frances Anne Hopkins capturing canoe travel, a J.E.H. MacDonald work that was celebrated with a 2020 postage stamp, and a survey of rare Lake Superior paintings by five members of the Group of Seven.
Other paintings available to bid on include works by late Indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau and famed American visual artist Andy Warhol.
The live auction will take place May 28 at 7 p.m. at the Globe and Mail Centre in Toronto and live-streamed at cowleyabbott.ca.
A preview exhibition is open to the public from May 16 to 28 at Cowley Abbott’s Toronto gallery, located at 326 Dundas St. W.
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