Franklin Carmichael

Franklin Carmichael

1890 - 1945
CSPWC G7 OSA RCA

Carmichael moved to Toronto in 1911, from his hometown in Orillia, Ontario, to study at the Central Technical School and the Ontario College of Art. He traveled to Antwerp to study painting in 1913, but returned to Ontario in 1914.

Carmichael worked at the commercial art firm Grip Ltd., where he met Tom Thomson and Group of Seven artists Arthur Lismer and J.E.H. MacDonald. After moving to the commercial art firm Rous and Mann, Carmichael met Frederick Varley. Carmichael became a member of the Group of Seven, sharing their passion for painting the raw beauty of the Canadian landscape.

Carmichael frequently visited regions in Ontario such as Georgian Bay and the North Shore of Lake Superior, which became the subject of his landscape sketches.

In the early 1930s, Carmichael became Head of Graphic and Commercial Art at the Ontario College of Art.

He died in Toronto in 1945.



Heffel's Top Results

Franklin Carmichael
Autumn Woods
12 x 9 3/4in 30.5 x 24.8cm
circa 1925
oil on board

Estimate:  $100,000 - $150,000 CDN
Sold for:   $368,000 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Spring 2007 auction on Wednesday, May 23, 2007



Franklin Carmichael
Wild Cherry Blossom
10 x 12in 25.4 x 30.5cm
oil on board

Estimate:  $100,000 - $150,000 CDN
Sold for:   $322,000 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Fall 2005 auction on Thursday, November 24, 2005



Franklin Carmichael
Sketch 6 (Tree Stump)
10 x 12in 25.4 x 30.5cm
oil on beaver board

Estimate:  $90,000 - $120,000 CDN
Sold for:   $310,500 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Spring 2006 auction on Thursday, May 25, 2006



Franklin Carmichael
Port Coldwell Bay, North Shore, Lake Superior
17 1/4 x 21 1/4in 43.8 x 54cm
watercolour on paper

Estimate:  $80,000 - $120,000 CDN
Sold for:   $264,500 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Spring 2005 auction on Wednesday, May 25, 2005



Franklin Carmichael
The Bay of Islands
11 x 13in 27.9 x 33cm
watercolour on paper

Estimate:  $40,000 - $60,000 CDN
Sold for:   $218,500 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Spring 2008 auction on Thursday, May 22, 2008



Franklin Carmichael
Lansing, Ontario
9 5/8 x 12in 24.4 x 30.5cm
oil on board

Estimate:  $100,000 - $150,000 CDN
Sold for:   $184,000 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Spring 2007 auction on Wednesday, May 23, 2007



Franklin Carmichael
Grace Lake, La Cloche Hills
10 x 12in 25.4 x 30.5cm
oil on board

Estimate:  $90,000 - $120,000 CDN
Sold for:   $149,500 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Spring 2006 auction on Thursday, May 25, 2006



Franklin Carmichael
Grace Lake
9 3/4 x 11 3/4in 24.8 x 29.8cm
oil on panel

Estimate:  $90,000 - $110,000 CDN
Sold for:   $103,500 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian and Irish Art Fall 2003 auction on Friday, November 28, 2003



Franklin Carmichael
Cranberry Lake
10 1/2 x 13in 26.7 x 33cm
watercolour on paper

Estimate:  $40,000 - $50,000 CDN
Sold for:   $74,750 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Spring 2004 auction on Thursday, May 27, 2004



Franklin Carmichael
Farmhouse
9 3/4 x 12in 24.8 x 30.5cm
circa 1940
oil on board

Estimate:  $40,000 - $60,000 CDN
Sold for:   $74,750 CDN (premium included)
At Heffel's Fine Canadian Art Spring 2007 auction on Wednesday, May 23, 2007


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