Artist William [Bill] H. Webb
Title Westerly View, Morning Light
Media acrylic on canvas
Dated
1993
Size 40 x 70 in. / 101.6 x 177.8 cm.
Frame Size 52.5 x 82.5 x 2 in.
Sold $4,500
Estimate $5,000 - $7,000
Notes
signed lower left; signed, titled, dated and inscribed verso; minor repair noted middle centre, [1 x 1 in.] patch verso, professionally done; framed
Provenance
corporate collection, Calgary
Biographical Information
William [Bill] H. Webb ~ [1940-2020] Canadian
Webb emigrated from England to Canada in 1968 and became a teacher, a principal and a school superintendent in Edmonton, Alberta. His first solo exhibition was at the West End Gallery in 1986. He retired in 1990 to become a full-time artist.
for more biographical information, examples of work, and a video tribute of Bill Webb's life see West End Gallery; see also a 2014 article about the artist's work at Avenue Magazine;
biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.97, Westbridge Pub., 2003;
listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, see website at Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN]