Nell Mary Bradshaw
Nell Mary Bradshaw
1904 - 1997
ASA
Primarily a self-taught artist, Nell Bradshaw also took classes from H.G. Glyde and Molly Lamb Bobak at the Victoria Art Gallery, and received additional instruction from Duncan de Kergommeaux and Herbert Seibner. Her early work was influenced by the Group of Seven, and in particular by the work of A.Y. Jackson and Tom Thomson. Later she received inspiration from the work of Paul Klee, Vincent van Gogh, Jack Shadbolt and West Coast First Nations carvers. In 1964, after the death of her husband, she devoted herself to painting on a full-time basis. Interested in recording Haida culture, Bradshaw made several trips to the Queen Charlotte Islands in the 1970s. Her totem paintings became well known worldwide, and British Columbia provincial anthropologist Wilson Duff considered her totem works to be of the highest calibre. Humphrey Davy, in the Victoria Times in 1964, said of her totem paintings that, "she draws them as they are today; weather beaten, decaying and ready to topple over...but what lifts her paintings above the ordinary, is the feeling and mood she gives to her pictures. Sometimes the mood is almost tragic because it brings to the fore the passing of a glorious age of native culture."

After living in Victoria, BC since the 1960s, Nell Bradshaw passed away in 1997 at the age of 93.
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West Coast Totem Poles by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $16,250
Nell Mary Bradshaw
West Coast Totem Poles
30 x 48 in, 76.2 x 121.9 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $16,250 CDN (premium included)
July 2017 - 3rd Session on Thursday, July 27, 2017
A Wolf Clan by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $11,500
Nell Mary Bradshaw
A Wolf Clan
48 x 24 in, 121.9 x 61 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500 CDN
Sold for: $11,500 CDN (premium included)
January 2006 on Saturday, January 28, 2006
They Paddled Away and Left Us Alone by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $8,625
Nell Mary Bradshaw
They Paddled Away and Left Us Alone
42 x 35 3/4 in, 106.7 x 90.8 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $8,625 CDN (premium included)
September 2006 - 1st Session on Saturday, September 30, 2006
Boat Landing by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $5,558
Nell Mary Bradshaw
Boat Landing
20 x 24 in, 50.8 x 61 cm
oil on panel
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 CDN
Sold for: $5,558 CDN (premium included)
November 2009 - 4th Session on Saturday, November 28, 2009
We Are No More by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $5,310
Nell Mary Bradshaw
We Are No More
14 x 18 in, 35.6 x 45.7 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 CDN
Sold for: $5,310 CDN (premium included)
May 2016 - 5th Session on Saturday, May 28, 2016
Queen Charlotte Island Totems by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $5,000
Nell Mary Bradshaw
Queen Charlotte Island Totems
36 x 28 in, 91.4 x 71.1 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CDN
Sold for: $5,000 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, January 25, 2024
Nass River Country by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $4,600
Nell Mary Bradshaw
Nass River Country
20 x 24 in, 50.8 x 61 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $4,600 CDN (premium included)
May 2006 - 3rd Session on Saturday, May 27, 2006
New Life for a Culture by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $4,600
Nell Mary Bradshaw
New Life for a Culture
24 x 18 in, 61 x 45.7 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $4,600 CDN (premium included)
May 2006 - 3rd Session on Saturday, May 27, 2006
Three Haida Poles by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $4,095
Nell Mary Bradshaw
Three Haida Poles
30 x 21 1/2 in, 76.2 x 54.6 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 CDN
Sold for: $4,095 CDN (premium included)
May 2013 - 5th Session on Thursday, May 30, 2013
The Forest Claims its Own by Nell Mary Bradshaw sold for $3,393
Nell Mary Bradshaw
The Forest Claims its Own
38 x 38 in, 96.5 x 96.5 cm
circa 1977
oil on canvas
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $3,393 CDN (premium included)
August 2004 on Saturday, August 28, 2004