David Bierk
David Bierk
1944 - 2002
Born in Appleton, Minnesota in 1944, David Bierk moved to California with his mother as a child. He attended the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland and received his MFA at Humboldt State University in Arcata. He emigrated to Canada in 1971, and in 1972 began teaching art at a local college in Peterborough, Ontario, which he continued for seven years. He founded the artist-run centre Artspace in 1974, and was its director until 1987, when he committed to painting full-time.

His works explore the relationship between traditional paintings and modern art-making practices by juxtaposing steel and concrete framing with painterly reconstructions of the work of Old Master artists such as Johannes Vermeer, Caravaggio and Leonardo da Vinci and nineteenth century painters such as Édouard Manet. As Donald Kuspit writes in the book on Bierk produced by the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, "Bierk has undertaken a relentless and passionate scrutiny of art history as a counterpoint to contemporary society and culture."

He exhibited internationally in solo and group shows through the 1980s and 1990s in galleries ranging from Nancy Hoffman Gallery in New York, Mira Godard Gallery in Toronto, Diane Farris Gallery in Vancouver and Odette Gilbert Gallery in London, England. In 1998 he was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Artists. Bierk died in 2002. He was posthumously awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal and his work is in numerous public and private collections including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canada Council Art Bank.
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A Eulogy to Earth, Locked in Migration, Radiant Sky by David Bierk sold for $25,875
David Bierk
A Eulogy to Earth, Locked in Migration, Radiant Sky
53 1/2 x 46 in, 135.9 x 116.8 cm
oil on canvas and steel
Estimate: $25,000 - $35,000 CDN
Sold for: $25,875 CDN (premium included)
April 2005 on Saturday, April 30, 2005
Memories of BC by David Bierk sold for $21,060
David Bierk
Memories of BC
50 1/2 x 71 in, 128.3 x 180.3 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000 CDN
Sold for: $21,060 CDN (premium included)
November 2009 - 1st Session on Saturday, November 28, 2009
The Line to Home, Red Sky by David Bierk sold for $18,750
David Bierk
The Line to Home, Red Sky
68 x 68 in, 172.7 x 172.7 cm
oil on canvas on board
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $18,750 CDN (premium included)
Important Corporate Collection - 1st Session on Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Requiem for a Planet, to van Oost & Fantin-Latour by David Bierk sold for $18,720
David Bierk
Requiem for a Planet, to van Oost & Fantin-Latour
42 x 64 3/4 in, 106.7 x 164.4 cm
oil on ink jet photograph on canvas and oil on canvas
Estimate: $18,000 - $25,000 CDN
Sold for: $18,720 CDN (premium included)
March 2011 - 1st Session on Thursday, March 31, 2011
A Eulogy to Art and Aspiration ~ Flash Art Summer 1990 & Mondrian by David Bierk sold for $12,650
David Bierk
A Eulogy to Art and Aspiration ~ Flash Art Summer 1990 & Mondrian
33 x 48 1/2 in, 83.8 x 123.2 cm
oil on canvas and steel
Estimate: $10,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $12,650 CDN (premium included)
November 2005 - 2nd Session on Saturday, November 26, 2005
A Eulogy to Earth, Dusk by David Bierk sold for $10,620
David Bierk
A Eulogy to Earth, Dusk
31 x 31 in, 78.7 x 78.7 cm
oil on canvas on board
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,620 CDN (premium included)
September 2015 - 1st Session on Thursday, September 24, 2015
Hudson River, Autumn Sunset by David Bierk sold for $10,530
David Bierk
Hudson River, Autumn Sunset
20 x 28 in, 50.8 x 71.1 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,530 CDN (premium included)
January 2011 - 2nd Session on Thursday, January 27, 2011
Eulogy to Art & Life, from van der Weyden by David Bierk sold for $9,945
David Bierk
Eulogy to Art & Life, from van der Weyden
20 x 33 1/2 in, 50.8 x 85.1 cm
oil on photograph on board, oil on copper, steel
Estimate: $5,000 - $7,000 CDN
Sold for: $9,945 CDN (premium included)
November 2011 - 3rd Session on Saturday, November 26, 2011
Two Still Lifes by David Bierk sold for $9,440
David Bierk
Two Still Lifes
44 x 88 in, 111.8 x 223.5 cm
oil on canvas/oil on board
Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000 CDN
Sold for: $9,440 CDN (premium included)
September 2016 - 2nd Session on Thursday, September 29, 2016
Dawn to Dusk, to Velasquez by David Bierk sold for $9,375
David Bierk
Dawn to Dusk, to Velasquez
31 x 62 in, 78.7 x 157.5 cm
oil on canvas and steel (triptych)
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $9,375 CDN (premium included)
Post-War & Contemporary Art on Tuesday, September 15, 2020