Otto Donald Rogers
Otto Donald Rogers
1935 - 2019
ARCA CPE
From his experimental Colour Field paintings to his assembled steel sculptures, Otto Rogers prioritizes themes of diversity and unity in his works. Born in Saskatchewan in 1935, Rogers’s extensive travels and exploration allowed him to associate with leading figures in the art world such as Clement Greenberg, Jack Shadbolt and Wynona Mulcaster.
Rogers grew up in the prairies and studied at the Saskatoon Teachers’ college from 1952 to 1953, then attained a BSc in Art Education in 1958, and an MSc in Fine Art in 1959. While living and working in the prairies, Rogers attended the Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop led by Shadbolt, in which he explored a constructivist and abstract approach to art making. Rogers became a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1973.
Rogers has an extensive history in cultivating cutting edge art in Canada, and he helped revitalise the Emma Lake Artist’s Workshop in 1971 and 1978. For 24 years, Rogers was Professor of Art at the University of Saskatchewan (1960 – 1984), and he was the head of the Art Department there for 12 years (1972 – 1984). In 1988, he moved to Israel for ten years, where he became a Counselor member of the International Teaching Centre at the Bahá’i World Center. In 1998 Rogers returned to Canada, settling in Milford, Ontario.
Rogers’s style explores the Cubist-Constructivist tradition embodied by artists such as Pablo Picasso. His early works included portraits, still lives, landscapes and cityscapes. His later work became increasingly abstract and reflected his environment of rural Canada and the integration of his Bahá’i faith.
Rogers has works across Canada both in private collections and museums such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and in galleries in Iceland and Barcelona. After taking a break from showing his work for more than a decade, Rogers had a solo show at the Mira Godard Gallery in Toronto in 2013.
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Light Dispelling Darkness by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $29,500
Otto Donald Rogers
Light Dispelling Darkness
48 x 84 3/8 in, 121.9 x 214.3 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000 CDN
Sold for: $29,500 CDN (premium included)
September 2016 - 5th Session on Thursday, September 29, 2016
Blessed is the Spot by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $25,000
Otto Donald Rogers
Blessed is the Spot
84 x 60 in, 213.4 x 152.4 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $25,000 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art | Part One on Thursday, September 30, 2021
The Doors to the Placeless Stand Open by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $22,500
Otto Donald Rogers
The Doors to the Placeless Stand Open
60 x 72 in, 152.4 x 182.9 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000 CDN
Sold for: $22,500 CDN (premium included)
May 2017 - 3rd Session on Saturday, May 27, 2017
In Praise of Mondrian by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $22,420
Otto Donald Rogers
In Praise of Mondrian
48 x 48 in, 121.9 x 121.9 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $22,420 CDN (premium included)
August 2016 - 3rd Session on Thursday, August 25, 2016
Summer Green Vertical by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $16,250
Otto Donald Rogers
Summer Green Vertical
60 x 72 in, 152.4 x 182.9 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $16,250 CDN (premium included)
March 2017 - 4th Session on Thursday, March 30, 2017
Spring Melt by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $13,750
Otto Donald Rogers
Spring Melt
30 x 36 in, 76.2 x 91.4 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $13,750 CDN (premium included)
Canadian Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, November 30, 2017
Vermeer Edge by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $13,750
Otto Donald Rogers
Vermeer Edge
30 1/4 x 22 1/8 in, 76.8 x 56.2 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $13,750 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, March 28, 2024
Renaissance of Atmosphere by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $10,625
Otto Donald Rogers
Renaissance of Atmosphere
60 x 60 in, 152.4 x 152.4 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,625 CDN (premium included)
Canadian Post-War & Contemporary Art on Thursday, March 29, 2018
Forest Vertical by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $10,000
Otto Donald Rogers
Forest Vertical
39 x 52 in, 99.1 x 132.1 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,000 CDN (premium included)
March 2017 - 4th Session on Thursday, March 30, 2017
Renaissance of Atmosphere by Otto Donald Rogers sold for $10,000
Otto Donald Rogers
Renaissance of Atmosphere
60 x 60 in, 152.4 x 152.4 cm
acrylic on canvas
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,000 CDN (premium included)
Canadian & American Modernism on Thursday, April 25, 2019