William Armstrong
Canadian [1822-1914]
Royal Canadian Academy
William Armstrong was a Scottish born artist who emigrated to Canada. In the 1850s he was both a civil engineer, and as drawing master at the Toronto Normal School in Toronto ON. He regularly exhibited at The Ontario Society of Artists and The Royal Canadian Academy. The artist sold sketches of Canada’s first nations peoples to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Newcastle. While working as a railway engineer, he painted scenes of Manitoulin Indians, Lake Superior, Fort William, Plains and Foothills Indians.
He is celebrated as one of Canada's early explorer-artists.
William Armstrong
CHIPPEWA INDIANS
watercolour on paper
9.25 x 7.25 in.
Sold for $ 2,000 (hammer price) – November 2010
William Armstrong
FISHING UNDER A WATERFALL, ARTIST IN THE FOREGROUND; 1866
watercolour on paper
17 x 12.75 in.
Sold for $ 2,000 (hammer price) – May 2012
William Armstrong
THUNDER CAPE, LAKE SUPERIOR
watercolour on paper
6.25 x 13.5 in.
Sold for $ 1,000 (hammer price) – May 2012
William Armstrong
PADDLE WHEELER ON THE NIAGARA RIVER; 1852
watercolour on paper
6.25 x 9.25 in.
Sold for $ 800 (hammer price) – November 2015
William Armstrong
S. BAY; 1891
watercolour on paper
6.5 x 9.5 in.
Sold for $ 800 (hammer price) – May 2016
William Armstrong
SAILING VESSELS; 1880
watercolour on paper
5 x 8.75 in.
Sold for $ 750 (hammer price) – May 2011
William Armstrong
PAINTERS OVERLOOKING A VISTA; 1901
watercolour on paper
6.5 x 9.5 in.
Sold for $ 600 (hammer price) – May 2018
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