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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Oct. 13, 2024

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $380 - $475

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: unsigned CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119532 US SHIPPING: $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William Alexander Drake (US / Canada 1891 - 1979)
        Sep. 17, 2024

        William Alexander Drake (US / Canada 1891 - 1979)

        Est: $100 - $1,000

        Watercolor of trees. Signed and with label. From the estate of William Drake.

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      • William Alexander Drake (US / Canada 1891-1979).
        Sep. 17, 2024

        William Alexander Drake (US / Canada 1891-1979).

        Est: $100 - $1,000

        Oil on canvas forest. Signed on top. From the estate of William Drake.

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      • William Alexander Drake (US / Canada 1891-1979).
        Sep. 17, 2024

        William Alexander Drake (US / Canada 1891-1979).

        Est: $100 - $1,000

        Signed oil on board trees. From the estate of William Drake.

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Aug. 25, 2024

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Waterfall Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor damages to edges. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 x 12 inches / 38 x 30 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SKU#: 120120 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 16, 2024

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Winter Landscape YEAR: 1978 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120093 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 16, 2024

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape - Georgian Bay (titled on verso) YEAR: 1976 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left and on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120092 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Feb. 11, 2024

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $400 - $525

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) TITLE: Autumn Landscape YEAR: circa 1977 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. ART SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 13 x 15 inches / 33 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 126399 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada. His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918. Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002). Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • WILLIAM ALEXANDER DRAKE (CANADIAN, 1891-1979).
        Feb. 11, 2024

        WILLIAM ALEXANDER DRAKE (CANADIAN, 1891-1979).

        Est: $1,000 - $1,500

        Ship in New York Harbor. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. From a Larchmont, NY collection. Consignor purchased painting at Clarke in 2016 at the Drake estate sale and is selling now as he is moving abroad .

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Dec. 30, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120096 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Dec. 30, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $400 - $500

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor damages to lower edge of the board. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / 50 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119653 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Dec. 30, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $400 - $500

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: unsigned CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119532 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Dec. 17, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Winter Landscape YEAR: 1978 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120093 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Dec. 17, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $380

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Waterfall Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor damages to edges. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 x 12 inches / 38 x 30 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SKU#: 120120 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Dec. 17, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape - Georgian Bay (titled on verso) YEAR: 1976 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left and on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120092 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Nov. 12, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $400 - $500

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Snowy Hill Landscape YEAR: 1970 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119511 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Nov. 12, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $425 - $550

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) TITLE: Autumn Landscape YEAR: circa 1977 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. ART SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 13 x 15 inches / 33 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 126399 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada. His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918. Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002). Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Sep. 10, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120096 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Sep. 10, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Winter Landscape YEAR: 1978 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120093 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Sep. 10, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $380

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Waterfall Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor damages to edges. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 x 12 inches / 38 x 30 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SKU#: 120120 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Sep. 10, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape - Georgian Bay (titled on verso) YEAR: 1976 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left and on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120092 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Sep. 10, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $400 - $500

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor damages to lower edge of the board. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / 50 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119653 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Sep. 10, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $400 - $500

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: unsigned CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119532 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Aug. 20, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Lake Landscape YEAR: 1972 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117971 US Shipping $42 + insurance.

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Aug. 20, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $380

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Cityscape YEAR: 1972 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120094 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Aug. 20, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $400 - $500

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Snowy Hill Landscape YEAR: 1970 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119511 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Aug. 20, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $425 - $550

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) TITLE: Autumn Landscape YEAR: circa 1977 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. Wear to frame. ART SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: 13 x 15 inches / 33 x 38 cm SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 126399 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada. His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918. Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002). Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Aug. 20, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $425 - $550

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape with Cottage MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Missing one flake of paint. Minor damage to one corner. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117974 US Shipping $60 + insurance.

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 11, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $280 - $360

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120096 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 11, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $380

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Winter Landscape YEAR: 1978 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120093 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 11, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $380

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape - Georgian Bay (titled on verso) YEAR: 1976 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left and on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120092 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 11, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $400

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Waterfall Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor damages to edges. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 x 12 inches / 38 x 30 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SKU#: 120120 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 11, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $400

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Harbor Scene with Large Ship MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120095 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 11, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $380 - $475

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Old House YEAR: 1978 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117968 US Shipping $60 + insurance.

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 11, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $425 - $525

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor damages to lower edge of the board. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / 50 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119653 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Jun. 11, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $425 - $525

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: unsigned CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119532 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        May. 14, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $380

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Winter Forest Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120091 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        May. 14, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $380

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Lake Landscape YEAR: 1972 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117971 US Shipping $42 + insurance.

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        May. 14, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $400

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Cityscape YEAR: 1972 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120094 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        May. 14, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $380 - $475

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape - Provencial Park, Ontario (titled on verso) YEAR: 1978 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117931 US Shipping $60 + insurance.

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        May. 14, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $425 - $525

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Forest Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor paint losses along lower edge. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 20 x 16 inches / 50 x 40 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119509 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        May. 14, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $425 - $525

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Snowy Hill Landscape YEAR: 1970 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 16 x 20 inches / 40 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower right CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 119511 US Shipping $60 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        May. 14, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $450 - $575

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape with Cottage MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Missing one flake of paint. Minor damage to one corner. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 24 x 20 inches / 60 x 50 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 117974 US Shipping $60 + insurance.

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      • William A. Drake (Canadian, 1891-1979); yellow tree painting
        Mar. 23, 2023

        William A. Drake (Canadian, 1891-1979); yellow tree painting

        Est: $100 - $300

        Oil on artist board. Signed bottom left. 12 x 10"; 14 7/8 x 12 3/4" (overall).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Mar. 12, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $380

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Autumn Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120096 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Mar. 12, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $400

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Winter Landscape YEAR: 1978 MEDIUM: oil on canvas. Canvas applied to board. CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120093 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Mar. 12, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $300 - $400

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Landscape - Georgian Bay (titled on verso) YEAR: 1976 MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 10 x 12 inches / 25 x 30 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed (In-House framing available) SIGNATURE: lower left and on verso CATEGORY: antique vintage painting AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US SKU#: 120092 US Shipping $42 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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      • William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting
        Mar. 12, 2023

        William A Drake (Canada,1891-1979) oil painting

        Est: $320 - $425

        ARTIST: William Alexander Drake (Canadian, 1891 - 1979) NAME: Waterfall Landscape MEDIUM: oil on canvas board CONDITION: Minor damages to edges. No visible inpaint under UV light. SIGHT SIZE: 14 x 11 inches / 35 x 27 cm FRAME SIZE: 15 x 12 inches / 38 x 30 cm SIGNATURE: lower right SKU#: 120120 US Shipping $49 + insurance. BIOGRAPHY: A prominent Canadian/American theatrical designer, painter, printmaker, draftsman, and educator, William Alexander Drake was born in Toronto, Ontario and died in Bergenfield, New Jersey (about 20 miles north of New York City) where he had lived for many years. Drake worked in the early motion picture business in New Jersey, he taught at Yale University, he exhibited his paintings with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, he was a scenic artist for live theater in New York City for over 60 years, and he was an art director for NBC TV. He created scenery for some of the most famous Broadway plays and his paintings, prints and drawings are in several museum collections including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery of Canada.His mediums included oils, watercolors, graphite, etching, lithograph, and dry point. His subjects included figures, landscapes, still life, rural scenes, marine scenes, street scenes, boats, buildings and genre. The locations included France, Belgium, New Jersey, Massachusetts, New York and Ontario; and, most likely Roche's Point on Lake Simcoe north of Toronto where Drake had a summer home for many years. His styles could be described as Impressionism, Naturalism, Post Impressionism and Realism. The askART auction results have some good illustrations of his paintings.Drake studied intermittently (c.1905 - 1914) at the Central Ontario School of Art and Design (later called Ontario College of Art), Toronto under George A. Reid, William Cruikshank, and Charles M. Manly. Peter Clapham Sheppard was a fellow student and friend there and in 1911 painted the portrait of Drake shown on the askART website. During his Toronto years Drake also designed scenery at the Royal Alexandra Theatre. After a discussion with Tom Thomson, Drake realized that opportunities were better for an artist in the USA and in 1914 he left Toronto for New York and New Jersey where he painted sets for the New York Opera Company (c.1914 - 1915) and worked in the motion picture business in New Jersey (c. 1915 - 1917). In 1918 he returned briefly to what was now called the Ontario College of Art to finish his studies under J.W. Beatty, George A. Reid, Gustav Hahn, Emanuel Hahn and Robert Holmes. Drake graduated from the OCA in 1918.Drake moved back to the U.S.A. in 1920, became a member of the United Scenic Arts Union in New York, and began working there as an art director and scenic designer for Broadway plays and later for the National Broadcasting Company (from 1953) where he was a "staff scenic artist". He was also a lecturer in painting at the Yale School of Drama, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut (1951 - 1965) and briefly a visiting critic in design there (1965 - 1966). He retired from painting sets and backdrops for Broadway shows and television productions in 1975, a job, which according to his New York Times obituary he had been doing since 1914.He was a member of the Architectural League of New York (1920); the United Scenic Arts Union, New York City; the National Society of Mural Painters (NYC); and the Arts & Letters Club, Toronto (1946).Drake exhibited with the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1916, 1918, 1919, 1921, 1928 and 1929); the Ontario Society of Artists (1917 and 1930); the Art Association of Montreal (1929); the New Jersey State Annual Exhibition, at the Montclair Art Museum (1937); the Laguna Beach Art Association; the Salons of America; and at the Library of Congress.His works were also shown at the "British Empire Exhibition" in London, England (1924); the Venice Biennale (1940); and at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in the group exhibition "Industrial Strength" (January 17 to March 10, 2002).Drake's life and work was the subject of the exhibition "The Man Who Got Away" held at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario in 1992.According to the Canadian Heritage Information Network and individual museum sources, his works are in the permanent collections of the Art Gallery of Hamilton (Ontario), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, Ontario), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Pennsylvania), Robert McLaughlin Gallery (Oshawa, Ontario), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa).Some of the plays which our sources mentioned that Drake worked on were Annie Get Your Gun, The King and I, South Pacific, and The Rat Race (by Garson Kanin).

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