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 vendu pour $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
huile sur toile et acier
Estimation : 25 000 $ - 35 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 25 875 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
April 2005, samedi, 30 avril 2005
Memories of BC by David Bierk vendu pour $21,060
David Bierk
Memories of BC
50 1/2 x 71 in, 128.3 x 180.3 cm
huile sur toile
Estimation : 20 000 $ - 30 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 21 060 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
November 2009 - 1st Session, samedi, 28 novembre 2009
The Line to Home, Red Sky by David Bierk vendu pour $18,750
David Bierk
The Line to Home, Red Sky
68 x 68 in, 172.7 x 172.7 cm
huile sur toile sur panneau
Estimation : 4 000 $ - 6 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 18 750 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Important Corporate Collection - 1st Session, mardi, 18 mai 2021
Requiem for a Planet, to van Oost & Fantin-Latour by David Bierk vendu pour $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
huile sur photogrpahie jet d’encre sur toile et huile sur toile
Estimation : 18 000 $ - 25 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 18 720 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
March 2011 - 1st Session, jeudi, 31 mars 2011
A Eulogy to Art and Aspiration ~ Flash Art Summer 1990 & Mondrian by David Bierk vendu pour $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
huile sur toile et acier
Estimation : 10 000 $ - 12 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 12 650 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
November 2005 - 2nd Session, samedi, 26 novembre 2005
A Eulogy to Earth, Dusk by David Bierk vendu pour $10,620
David Bierk
A Eulogy to Earth, Dusk
31 x 31 in, 78.7 x 78.7 cm
huile sur toile sur panneau
Estimation : 6 000 $ - 8 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 10 620 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
September 2015 - 1st Session, jeudi, 24 septembre 2015
Hudson River, Autumn Sunset by David Bierk vendu pour $10,530
David Bierk
Hudson River, Autumn Sunset
20 x 28 in, 50.8 x 71.1 cm
huile sur panneau
Estimation : 8 000 $ - 12 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 10 530 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
January 2011 - 2nd Session, jeudi, 27 janvier 2011
Eulogy to Art & Life, from van der Weyden by David Bierk vendu pour $9,945
David Bierk
Eulogy to Art & Life, from van der Weyden
20 x 33 1/2 in, 50.8 x 85.1 cm
huile sur photographie sur panneau, huile sur cuivre, acier
Estimation : 5 000 $ - 7 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 9 945 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
November 2011 - 3rd Session, samedi, 26 novembre 2011
Two Still Lifes by David Bierk vendu pour $9,440
David Bierk
Two Still Lifes
44 x 88 in, 111.8 x 223.5 cm
huile sur toile/huile sur planche
Estimation : 10 000 $ - 15 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 9 440 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
September 2016 - 2nd Session, jeudi, 29 septembre 2016
Dawn to Dusk, to Velasquez by David Bierk vendu pour $9,375
David Bierk
Dawn to Dusk, to Velasquez
31 x 62 in, 78.7 x 157.5 cm
huile sur toile et acier (triptyque)
Estimation : 4 000 $ - 6 000 $ CDN
Vendu pour : 9 375 $ CDN (Prime d’achat incluse)
Post-War & Contemporary Art, mardi, 15 septembre 2020