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  • Lynn Donoghue, silkscreen, "Arts Against Repression" signed in the plate, no edition
    Dec. 12, 2021

    Lynn Donoghue, silkscreen, "Arts Against Repression" signed in the plate, no edition

    Est: $200 - $300

    Lynn Donoghue was born in Red Lake, Ontario in 1953. Her mining engineer father moved the family many times - to Newfoundland, and Northern and Southern Ontario -- and Lynn finished her schooling at London, Ontario's highly touted Beal Tech, where she began her training in the arts. She lived variously in Toronto, Bath (England), and New York City and exhibited her work, since 1973, throughout Canada, in the USA and in the UK. Lynn was first and foremost a painter. Her early exhibited work became steeped in controversy when some galleries refused to show her giant portraits of naked males. Combined with her Chardin-inspired still life paintings, Lynn's work caught the attention of critics immediately. Included in a 1981 documentary Arts Against Repression: "Mounted by Artspace's David Bierk as an adjunct to Peterborough's Canadian Images film festival, and curated by Jill Abson, Arts Against Repression is a documentary look at censored and suppressed Canadian works in a number of different disciplines. Going as far back as 1960-61 with the controversial canning of This Hour Has Seven Days by the CBC and up to the Ontario Censor Board's banning of Al Razutis's short film A Message From Our Sponsor, this 'exhibition in embryo' includes suppressed or censored writing by bill bissett and Margaret Laurence, music deemed unsuitable for air play by Rough Trade, repressed public works such as Greg Curnoe's mural for Dorval Airport and the Olympic debacle of Corridart, censored or banned films by Razutis, Michael Snow, and Bruce Elder, and visual art by Lynn Donoghue, John Boyle, Jennifer Dickson, Noel Harding, Richard Nigro and Mark Prent, that was judged unsuitable for small town sensibilities." VANGUARD SUMMER 1982 Text: © Victor Coleman. "Donoghue's works are in marked contrast to the often cynical strategies and personal distancing evident in the neo-expressionist modes and mass-media-derived representations that have come to dominate Canadian painting in recent years. Her enterprise demonstrates an essential good will toward her subject matter." -- Ron Shuebrook, Vanguard, Summer 1984. Her classicism, says David Mirvish, could create great boardroom portraiture in the grand tradition of Frans Hals. "It's a real challenge because it's a rare moment in history when there's a social situation and a painter capable of capturing it converging." People in the great 17th-century portraits are remembered because they were immortalized in paint. Mirvish feels that a big corporation could do the same thing and get a magnificent 30-foot painting out of it. "Of course," he laughs, "if someone got fired, Lynn could just repaint the head." -- Marjorie Harris, The Financial Post Magazine, August 1, 1984

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • Lynn Donoghue, Arts Against Repression
    Jul. 26, 2020

    Lynn Donoghue, Arts Against Repression

    Est: $200 - $300

    Lynn Donoghue was born in Red Lake, Ontario in 1953. Her mining engineer father moved the family many times - to Newfoundland, and Northern and Southern Ontario -- and Lynn finished her schooling at London, Ontario's highly touted Beal Tech, where she began her training in the arts. She lived variously in Toronto, Bath (England), and New York City and exhibited her work, since 1973, throughout Canada, in the USA and in the UK. Lynn was first and foremost a painter. Her early exhibited work became steeped in controversy when some galleries refused to show her giant portraits of naked males. Combined with her Chardin-inspired still life paintings, Lynn's work caught the attention of critics immediately. "Donoghue's works are in marked contrast to the often cynical strategies and personal distancing evident in the neo-expressionist modes and mass-media-derived representations that have come to dominate Canadian painting in recent years. Her enterprise demonstrates an essential good will toward her subject matter." -- Ron Shuebrook, Vanguard, Summer 1984. Her classicism, says David Mirvish, could create great boardroom portraiture in the grand tradition of Frans Hals. "It's a real challenge because it's a rare moment in history when there's a social situation and a painter capable of capturing it converging." People in the great 17th-century portraits are remembered because they were immortalized in paint. Mirvish feels that a big corporation could do the same thing and get a magnificent 30-foot painting out of it. "Of course," he laughs, "if someone got fired, Lynn could just repaint the head." -- Marjorie Harris, The Financial Post Magazine, August 1, 1984

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • LYNN DONOGHUE, LYNDSEY, oil on masonite, 20 ins x 16 ins; 50.8 cms x 40.6 cms
    Apr. 19, 2018

    LYNN DONOGHUE, LYNDSEY, oil on masonite, 20 ins x 16 ins; 50.8 cms x 40.6 cms

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    LYNN DONOGHUELYNDSEYoil on masonitesigned, titled and dated 1985 on the reverse 20 ins x 16 ins; 50.8 cms x 40.6 cms Provenance:Private Collection, MontrealEstimate: $1,000–1,500

    Waddington's
  • LYNN DONOGHUE (CANADIAN, 1953-2003), BOOK, COFFEE, APPLE, PEN, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED AND DATED 21-1-80 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO AGO RENTAL LABEL VERSO (Sheet, 22” x 31”)
    Mar. 30, 2017

    LYNN DONOGHUE (CANADIAN, 1953-2003), BOOK, COFFEE, APPLE, PEN, WATERCOLOUR; SIGNED AND DATED 21-1-80 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO AGO RENTAL LABEL VERSO (Sheet, 22” x 31”)

    Est: -

    LYNN DONOGHUE (CANADIAN, 1953-2003)BOOK, COFFEE, APPLE, PENWATERCOLOUR; SIGNED AND DATED 21-1-80 LOWER RIGHT; TITLED TO AGO RENTAL LABEL VERSO (Sheet, 22” x 31”)Estimate: $150—250

    Waddington's
  • LYNN DONOGHUE (CANADIAN, 1953-2003), THE DIRECTION REINDEER MILL; EYES; MOUTH, (THREE WORKS) FORMER - MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER (Sheet, 22” x 30”) LATTER - PAIR OF WATERCOLOURS; EACH INITIALED AND DATED 1994 LOWER RIGHT (Each sheet, 11” x 14.5”)
    Feb. 25, 2016

    LYNN DONOGHUE (CANADIAN, 1953-2003), THE DIRECTION REINDEER MILL; EYES; MOUTH, (THREE WORKS) FORMER - MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER (Sheet, 22” x 30”) LATTER - PAIR OF WATERCOLOURS; EACH INITIALED AND DATED 1994 LOWER RIGHT (Each sheet, 11” x 14.5”)

    Est: -

    LYNN DONOGHUE (CANADIAN, 1953-2003) THE DIRECTION REINDEER MILL; EYES; MOUTH(THREE WORKS) FORMER - MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER (Sheet, 22” x 30”) LATTER - PAIR OF WATERCOLOURS; EACH INITIALED AND DATED 1994 LOWER RIGHT (Each sheet, 11” x 14.5”) ALL UNFRAMEDEstimate: $200—300

    Waddington's
  • LYNN DONOGHUE, SWEATPANTS AND STRIPED SHIRT, watercolour, 31.5 ins x 23 ins; 80 cms x 58.4 cms
    Mar. 05, 2015

    LYNN DONOGHUE, SWEATPANTS AND STRIPED SHIRT, watercolour, 31.5 ins x 23 ins; 80 cms x 58.4 cms

    Est: -

    LYNN DONOGHUESWEATPANTS AND STRIPED SHIRTwatercoloursigned, titled and dated 1978 31.5 ins x 23 ins; 80 cms x 58.4 cms Estimate: $600-800

    Waddington's
  • LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal
    Mar. 24, 2011

    LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal

    Est: $700 - $900

    LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal 28 1/2 ins x 22 1/2 ins; 71.3 cms x 56.3 cms

    Waddington's
  • LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal
    Jun. 10, 2010

    LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal 28 1/2 ins x 22 1/2 ins; 71.3 cms x 56.3 cms

    Waddington's
  • LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal
    Sep. 24, 2009

    LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    LYNN DONOGHUE PORTRAIT OF A SEATED MAN, charcoal 28 1/2 ins x 22 1/2 ins; 71.3 cms x 56.3 cms

    Waddington's
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