David Bolduc

Canadian [1945-2010]

Bolduc was born in Toronto and attended the Ontario College of Art for one year and then studied at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts School (1964-65). In 1966 he returned to Toronto where he worked in the ROM’s conservation department. A Canada Council grant in 1968 allowed him to leave work and travel in Europe and Asia for eight months. Throughout his lifetime, he continued to travel extensively, often drawing inspiration from the exotic locations.

Beginning in 1967 Bolduc started showing with Carmen Lamanna Gallery and made work featuring shaped canvases painted in simple geometric colour designs. By the 1970s, however, he switched his focus to abstract canvases and quickly developed his signature style of drawing directly from the tube painted on top of a colourful stained background. The bold central image or motif was always set against a textured ground.

Bolduc’s work was exhibited extensively during his lifetime, most notably in 1977 at the Hirschhorn Museum, Washington, DC. The exhibition called “14 Canadians: a Critic’s Choice” included 42 works by 14 painters and sculptors and introduced progressive Canadian art to an American audience.

Considered part of the third generation of Toronto abstract painters which included artists such as Alex Cameron and Paul Sloggett, Bolduc remains one of Canada’s leading lyrical abstract painters.

His work is in the public collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Art Gallery of Ontario and the National Gallery of Canada.

David Bolduc | Hodgins Art Auctions

Some Results from our Previous Auctions

David Bolduc

9,200.00
Price Realized: $

Artist: David Bolduc

Title: NATIVE DANCER

Date: 1981

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 66 x 54 in. (167.6 x 137.2 cm)

Notes:

signed, titled & dated
Provenance: Estate of Evelyn Fisher, Calgary; Mira Godard Gallery, Toronto

3,000.00
Estimate:
5,000.00
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LOT: 293

Auction: 2009 November | Hodgins Art Auctions

7,605.00
Price Realized: $

Artist: David Bolduc

Title: MORNING ROOM

Date: 2006

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 60 x 52 in. (152.4 x 132.1 cm)

Notes:

signed, titled & dated verso

4,000.00
Estimate:
7,000.00
 - 

LOT: 72

Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions

4,387.50
Price Realized: $

Artist: David Bolduc

Title: GREEN TABLE

Date: 2005

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 48 x 27 in. (121.9 x 68.6 cm)

Notes:

signed, titled & dated verso

2,500.00
Estimate:
3,500.00
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LOT: 71

Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions

3,978.00
Price Realized: $

Artist: David Bolduc

Title: YELLOW MEDIUM

Date: 2005

Medium: oil on panel

Dimensions: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Notes:

signed, titled & dated
Provenance: Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary

1,000.00
Estimate:
1,500.00
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LOT: 100

Auction: 2014 November | Hodgins Art Auctions

3,744.00
Price Realized: $

Artist: David Bolduc

Title: SOUK

Date: 2005

Medium: oil on panel

Dimensions: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Notes:

signed, titled & dated
Provenance: Paul Kuhn Gallery, Calgary

1,000.00
Estimate:
1,500.00
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LOT: 259

Auction: 2014 November | Hodgins Art Auctions

2,925.00
Price Realized: $

Artist: David Bolduc

Title: VASE

Date: 1992

Medium: acrylic on canvas

Dimensions: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)

Notes:

signed, titled & dated verso

Provenance: Giordano Gallery, Edmonton AB (label verso)

1,000.00
Estimate:
2,000.00
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LOT: 78

Auction: 2022 May | Hodgins Art Auctions

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