Doris Jean McCarthy
Doris Jean McCarthy
1910 - 2010
CSPWC OC OSA RCA
Doris McCarthy was born in Calgary in 1910 and showed an early interest in art. Her family moved to Toronto in 1913 and she enrolled at the Ontario College of Art in 1925, where she studied under Arthur Lismer, J.E.H. MacDonald, and J.W. Beatty. Lismer helped her secure a job teaching art classes at the Art Gallery of Toronto in 1930, which she continued for the next five years. Additionally, she continued her own education with a course at the Hamilton Technical School, where Hortense Gordon offered her critical analysis of design and composition. McCarthy became a teacher at the Central Technical School in 1933, where she stayed until 1972. In the summers she would travel and paint; the landscape was most often her subject matter. In 1942 Mellors Gallery (now Roberts Gallery) hosted McCarthy’s first solo exhibition; 1945 saw her become a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, and in 1951 she was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy. She exhibited many times throughout the years with both of these groups, as well as with the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour. Retrospectives of McCarthy’s work were mounted in 1990, 1992, 1996 and two in 1999. In 2004 she was honoured by the University of Toronto, Scarborough, with the opening of the Doris McCarthy Gallery.
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Antarctica from Above by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $193,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Antarctica from Above
42 x 60 in, 106.7 x 152.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CDN
Sold for: $193,250 CDN (premium included)
Important Corporate Collection - 1st Session on Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Aurora and the Bergs by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $181,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Aurora and the Bergs
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $30,000 - $50,000 CDN
Sold for: $181,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Late Light, Broughton Island by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $169,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Late Light, Broughton Island
42 x 54 in, 106.7 x 137.2 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000 CDN
Sold for: $169,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Dog Team at the Berg by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $133,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Dog Team at the Berg
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
1975
oil on canvas
Estimate: $50,000 - $70,000 CDN
Sold for: $133,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, December 01, 2021
Broughton at Breakup Time by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $85,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Broughton at Breakup Time
42 x 54 in, 106.7 x 137.2 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $12,000 - $16,000 CDN
Sold for: $85,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, March 25, 2021
Bylot Island Glacier with Berg by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $85,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Bylot Island Glacier with Berg
36 1/4 x 48 in, 92.1 x 121.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $50,000 - $70,000 CDN
Sold for: $85,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, November 23, 2023
Spring in the Rockies by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $61,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Spring in the Rockies
36 x 40 in, 91.4 x 101.6 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CDN
Sold for: $61,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Pond Inlet, Northern Baffin Island, Canada by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $61,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Pond Inlet, Northern Baffin Island, Canada
24 x 30 1/4 in, 61 x 76.8 cm
1974
oil on canvas
Estimate: $9,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $61,250 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art on Saturday, June 02, 2018
Iceberg, Grise Fiord by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $61,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Iceberg, Grise Fiord
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
1976
oil on canvas
Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000 CDN
Sold for: $61,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, May 25, 2023
Iceberg with Northern Lights by Doris Jean McCarthy sold for $58,250
Doris Jean McCarthy
Iceberg with Northern Lights
36 x 48 in, 91.4 x 121.9 cm
2001
oil on canvas
Estimate: $30,000 - $40,000 CDN
Sold for: $58,250 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Wednesday, November 20, 2019