George Douglas Pepper

Inuit (1903 - 1962)

George Douglas Pepper was an Inuit painter.
Based on ArtValue.ca records, George Douglas Pepper's estimated art value is C$20,000 (*)

George Douglas Pepper's work could be available for sale at public auction with prices in the range of C$2,500 - C$250,000, or even much higher.

From ArtValue.ca records, the highest price paid at auction for an oil painting work attributed to George Douglas Pepper (1903-1962) was C$108,000 - paid for "Boathouses On The Ottawa River, 1930" at Waddington's in Toronto on Thu, Dec 10, 2020.
ArtValue.ca has 54 auction art sale records for their oil painting results, with prices in the range of C$2,500 to C$250,000.

Norman's Cove, Newfoundland (1950)
oil on canvas board
Dimensions - 40.6 cms x 50.8 cms (16 ins x 20 ins)

Lot for sale by Cowley Abbott Auction House, Toronto
Lot# 2
Mon, Mar 23, 2015

Sold for CAD $3,220

Cowley Abbott Auction House Biography and Notes

A native of Ottawa, George Pepper studied for four years at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto (1920-1924) and then went to Italy and France to perfect his technique, notably at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris. He lived first in Ottawa, and then Toronto where he began to teach at the Ontario College of Art in 1930. He became vice-principal of that institution in 1950. He enlisted in March 1943 as a war artist and served until June 1946.

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