Miller Gore Brittain
Miller Gore Brittain
1912 - 1968
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Miller Gore Brittain was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1912, and attended Saint John Vocational School as a youth. From 1930 to 1932 Brittain studied at the Art Students' League of New York with artists such as Harry Wickey. He participated in several group exhibitions in Toronto, Montreal and New York in 1939 before serving in World War II, and became an official war artist in 1945. His first solo exhibitions took place in 1949 at the New Brunswick Museum and in New York at the George Binet Gallery in 1950. He continued to exhibit in New York, Toronto and New Brunswick through the 1950s and 1960s, as well as participating in group exhibitions nationally. He painted mainly the human figure - portraits, nudes, dynamic social realist paintings and interpretations of biblical stories - as well as many variations of flower subjects in the last five years of his life. He was deeply influenced by the English artists William Blake and Henry Moore.
Brittain was a founding member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, and was also a member of the Contemporary Arts Society and the Canadian Society of Graphic Artists. He died in 1968, and was awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal posthumously. Several nationally-touring exhibitions were presented after his death, including Miller G. Brittain: Drawings and Pastels c. 1930 - 1967 in 1968, Miller Brittain: Painter in 1981 and Miller Brittain: When the Stars Threw Down Their Spears in 2008.
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Swimmers by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $29,250
Miller Gore Brittain
Swimmers
15 x 19 in, 38.1 x 48.3 cm
circa 1940
oil on board
Estimate: $18,000 - $24,000 CDN
Sold for: $29,250 CDN (premium included)
Fall 2011 - 1st Session on Thursday, November 24, 2011
Odalisque by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $10,530
Miller Gore Brittain
Odalisque
24 x 30 in, 61 x 76.2 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $5,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,530 CDN (premium included)
May 2010 - 3rd Session on Saturday, May 29, 2010
Winslow Street West, Saint John, NB by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $8,625
Miller Gore Brittain
Winslow Street West, Saint John, NB
11 x 8 in, 27.9 x 20.3 cm
1937
chalk pastel on card stock
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $8,625 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art Fall 2006 on Friday, November 24, 2006
Woman in Gold Dress by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $6,875
Miller Gore Brittain
Woman in Gold Dress
20 x 13 1/2 in, 50.8 x 34.3 cm
gouache and pastel on paper
Estimate: $4,000 - $5,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,875 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, September 27, 2018
Lunch Counter by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $5,850
Miller Gore Brittain
Lunch Counter
14 x 11 in, 35.6 x 27.9 cm
circa 1948
conte and pencil on paper
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $5,850 CDN (premium included)
May 2010 - 3rd Session on Saturday, May 29, 2010
Preparatory Drawing for the Tuberculosis Hospital Mural by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $5,850
Miller Gore Brittain
Preparatory Drawing for the Tuberculosis Hospital Mural
7x 10 in, 17.8 x 25.4 cm
circa 1941
graphite on paper
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $5,850 CDN (premium included)
May 2010 - 3rd Session on Saturday, May 29, 2010
Nude in the Wind by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $5,625
Miller Gore Brittain
Nude in the Wind
23 x 17 1/2 in, 58.4 x 44.5 cm
pastel on paper
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500 CDN
Sold for: $5,625 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, June 27, 2019
Untitled by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $5,310
Miller Gore Brittain
Untitled
24 x 18 in, 61 x 45.7 cm
mixed media on paper
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CDN
Sold for: $5,310 CDN (premium included)
March 2015 - 2nd Session on Thursday, March 26, 2015
Nude with Flower by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $4,688
Miller Gore Brittain
Nude with Flower
16 x 9 in, 40.6 x 22.9 cm
pastel on paper
Estimate: $3,000 - $4,000 CDN
Sold for: $4,688 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, June 27, 2019
Portrait of a Girl by Miller Gore Brittain sold for $4,425
Miller Gore Brittain
Portrait of a Girl
9 x 7 in, 22.9 x 17.8 cm
pastel, gouache and graphite on paper
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CDN
Sold for: $4,425 CDN (premium included)
September 2015 - 2nd Session on Thursday, September 24, 2015