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Sculptor, Painter, b. 1935 - d. 2010

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  • Gordon Rayner, "Drumstick", mixed media print, 61/100 1974
    Nov. 20, 2022

    Gordon Rayner, "Drumstick", mixed media print, 61/100 1974

    Est: $400 - $500

    Gordon Rayner, "Drumstick", mixed media print, 61/100 1974. Each print in this series is unique, with the painted rainbow always a different mix of colour, each has a drumstick attached at the bottom. Gordon Rayner was born in 1935 in Toronto. Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Rayner has been called “the carpenter” of contemporary Canadian art. He learned his craft from his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. An exhibition of William Ronald’s work at Toronto’s Hart House turned his attention to abstraction. Rayner’s early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour, reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario, where he had a cabin. Rayner has said, “I took the AJB there a couple of times and I’ll never forget the tiny rowboat struggling across the river, barely above the waterline, laden down with the complete band, including a saxophone, trombones, a contrabass, and a whole set of drums." Created as part of the limited edition series of the Artists Jazz Band, 1974 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. The prints all relate to the theme of jazz. A complete portfolio of all nine prints is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The Artists’ Jazz Band itself was a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group initially composed of Toronto visual artists associated with the abstract-expressionist movement of the late 1950s. Collectively self-taught, it was formed in 1962 in a studio over the First Floor [jazz] Club by Dennis Burton, who played saxophone, and Richard Gorman, who played bass — both were members only briefly — with Graham Coughtry (trombone), Nobuo Kubota, (saxophones), Robert Markle (tenor saxophone and piano), and Gordon Rayner (drums). It included on a casual basis many other artists and musicians, including Bill Smith, Michael Snow, the bassist Jim Jones, and the guitarist Gerald McAdam.

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • Gordon Rayner, "Drumstick", mixed media print, 60/100 1974
    Dec. 12, 2021

    Gordon Rayner, "Drumstick", mixed media print, 60/100 1974

    Est: $400 - $500

    Gordon Rayner, "Drumstick", mixed media print, 60/100 1974. Each print in this series is unique, with the painted rainbow always a different mix of colour, each has a drumstick attached at the bottom. Gordon Rayner was born in 1935 in Toronto. Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Rayner has been called “the carpenter” of contemporary Canadian art. He learned his craft from his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. An exhibition of William Ronald’s work at Toronto’s Hart House turned his attention to abstraction. Rayner’s early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour, reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario, where he had a cabin. Rayner has said, “I took the AJB there a couple of times and I’ll never forget the tiny rowboat struggling across the river, barely above the waterline, laden down with the complete band, including a saxophone, trombones, a contrabass, and a whole set of drums." Created as part of the limited edition series of the Artists Jazz Band, 1974 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. The prints all relate to the theme of jazz. A complete portfolio of all nine prints is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The Artists’ Jazz Band itself was a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group initially composed of Toronto visual artists associated with the abstract-expressionist movement of the late 1950s. Collectively self-taught, it was formed in 1962 in a studio over the First Floor [jazz] Club by Dennis Burton, who played saxophone, and Richard Gorman, who played bass — both were members only briefly — with Graham Coughtry (trombone), Nobuo Kubota, (saxophones), Robert Markle (tenor saxophone and piano), and Gordon Rayner (drums). It included on a casual basis many other artists and musicians, including Bill Smith, Michael Snow, the bassist Jim Jones, and the guitarist Gerald McAdam.

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • Gordon Rayner, Drumstick
    Dec. 06, 2020

    Gordon Rayner, Drumstick

    Est: $400 - $500

    Gordon Rayner was born in 1935 in Toronto. Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Rayner has been called “the carpenter” of contemporary Canadian art. He learned his craft from his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. An exhibition of William Ronald’s work at Toronto’s Hart House turned his attention to abstraction. Rayner’s early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour, reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario, where he had a cabin. Rayner has said, “I took the AJB there a couple of times and I’ll never forget the tiny rowboat struggling across the river, barely above the waterline, laden down with the complete band, including a saxophone, trombones, a contrabass, and a whole set of drums." Created as part of the limited edition series of the Artists Jazz Band, 1974 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. The prints all relate to the theme of jazz. A complete portfolio of all nine prints is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The Artists’ Jazz Band itself was a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group initially composed of Toronto visual artists associated with the abstract-expressionist movement of the late 1950s. Collectively self-taught, it was formed in 1962 in a studio over the First Floor [jazz] Club by Dennis Burton, who played saxophone, and Richard Gorman, who played bass — both were members only briefly — with Graham Coughtry (trombone), Nobuo Kubota, (saxophones), Robert Markle (tenor saxophone and piano), and Gordon Rayner (drums). It included on a casual basis many other artists and musicians, including Bill Smith, Michael Snow, the bassist Jim Jones, and the guitarist Gerald McAdam.

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • Gordon Rayner, Drumstick
    Sep. 27, 2020

    Gordon Rayner, Drumstick

    Est: $400 - $500

    Gordon Rayner was born in 1935 in Toronto. Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Rayner has been called “the carpenter” of contemporary Canadian art. He learned his craft from his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. An exhibition of William Ronald’s work at Toronto’s Hart House turned his attention to abstraction. Rayner’s early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour, reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario, where he had a cabin. Rayner has said, “I took the AJB there a couple of times and I’ll never forget the tiny rowboat struggling across the river, barely above the waterline, laden down with the complete band, including a saxophone, trombones, a contrabass, and a whole set of drums." Created as part of the limited edition series of the Artists Jazz Band, 1974 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. The prints all relate to the theme of jazz. A complete portfolio of all nine prints is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The Artists’ Jazz Band itself was a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group initially composed of Toronto visual artists associated with the abstract-expressionist movement of the late 1950s. Collectively self-taught, it was formed in 1962 in a studio over the First Floor [jazz] Club by Dennis Burton, who played saxophone, and Richard Gorman, who played bass — both were members only briefly — with Graham Coughtry (trombone), Nobuo Kubota, (saxophones), Robert Markle (tenor saxophone and piano), and Gordon Rayner (drums). It included on a casual basis many other artists and musicians, including Bill Smith, Michael Snow, the bassist Jim Jones, and the guitarist Gerald McAdam.

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • Gordon Rayner, Drumstick
    Apr. 25, 2020

    Gordon Rayner, Drumstick

    Est: $400 - $500

    Gordon Rayner was born in 1935 in Toronto. Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Rayner has been called “the carpenter” of contemporary Canadian art. He learned his craft from his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. An exhibition of William Ronald’s work at Toronto’s Hart House turned his attention to abstraction. Rayner’s early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour, reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario, where he had a cabin. Rayner has said, “I took the AJB there a couple of times and I’ll never forget the tiny rowboat struggling across the river, barely above the waterline, laden down with the complete band, including a saxophone, trombones, a contrabass, and a whole set of drums." Created as part of the limited edition series of the Artists Jazz Band, 1974 Isaacs Gallery, Toronto. The prints all relate to the theme of jazz. A complete portfolio of all nine prints is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada. The Artists’ Jazz Band itself was a pioneering Canadian free-jazz group initially composed of Toronto visual artists associated with the abstract-expressionist movement of the late 1950s. Collectively self-taught, it was formed in 1962 in a studio over the First Floor [jazz] Club by Dennis Burton, who played saxophone, and Richard Gorman, who played bass — both were members only briefly — with Graham Coughtry (trombone), Nobuo Kubota, (saxophones), Robert Markle (tenor saxophone and piano), and Gordon Rayner (drums). It included on a casual basis many other artists and musicians, including Bill Smith, Michael Snow, the bassist Jim Jones, and the guitarist Gerald McAdam.

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • Gordon Rayner, "Untitled" Drumstick
    Mar. 28, 2020

    Gordon Rayner, "Untitled" Drumstick

    Est: $400 - $500

    “Untitled, Drumstick” by Gordon Rayner comes from a series of prints created by nine Canadian artists who were associated with a group called The Artists' Jazz Band which was active from 1962 to around 1985. 
 The prints were put out by the Isaacs Gallery in Toronto in 1974. Gordon Rayner, painter (born 14 June 1935 in Toronto, ON; died 26 September 2010 in Toronto, ON). Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Rayner has been called "the carpenter" of contemporary Canadian art. Gordon Rayner learned his craft from his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. An exhibition of William Ronald’s work at Toronto's Hart House turned his attention to abstraction. Rayner's early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour, reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario, in the Muskokas. His cityscapes reflect his home on Toronto's Spadina Avenue. Rayner's work boldly ricochets from one concern to another, even within the same painting, though his inventions are united by his broad touch and spectacular sense of colour. The work Rayner produced during the last phase of his career was less oriented toward aggressive experimentation with material and techniques as it was sumptuous and painterly, often addressing emotionally potent and even spiritual themes. By the 1990s, Rayner’s style of painting (and painting in general) had gone out of fashion, and Rayner had largely withdrawn to Magnetawan and Mexico. Between October 1993 and June 1994, Rayner lived in Oaxaca in southern Mexico, creating what has come to be known as the Oaxaca Suite. While Rayner’s earlier work often evokes the sublimity and vastness of the Canadian landscape in a way familiar to the work of the Group of Seven, his work in Mexico was at the intersection of the very human and the divine. In Warrior Dancer (1993), for instance, there is a man wearing a deer head holding a hunting rifle sitting on a giant frog; in A Quick Shine Before the Dance #1 (1994) there is a man who resembles Rayner donning a ritual mask and a feather headdress reading the paper while he gets his shoes shined.

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • Gordon Rayner (Canadian 1935 - 2010) , "Untitled" Drumstick
    Oct. 03, 2019

    Gordon Rayner (Canadian 1935 - 2010) , "Untitled" Drumstick

    Est: $400 - $500

    “Untitled, Drumstick” by Gordon Rayner comes from a series of prints created by nine Canadian artists who were associated with a group called The Artists' Jazz Band which was active from 1962 to around 1985. 
 The prints were put out by the Isaacs Gallery in Toronto in 1974. Gordon Rayner, painter (born 14 June 1935 in Toronto, ON; died 26 September 2010 in Toronto, ON). Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Rayner has been called "the carpenter" of contemporary Canadian art. Gordon Rayner learned his craft from his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. An exhibition of William Ronald’s work at Toronto's Hart House turned his attention to abstraction. Rayner's early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour, reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario, in the Muskokas. His cityscapes reflect his home on Toronto's Spadina Avenue. Rayner's work boldly ricochets from one concern to another, even within the same painting, though his inventions are united by his broad touch and spectacular sense of colour. The work Rayner produced during the last phase of his career was less oriented toward aggressive experimentation with material and techniques as it was sumptuous and painterly, often addressing emotionally potent and even spiritual themes. By the 1990s, Rayner’s style of painting (and painting in general) had gone out of fashion, and Rayner had largely withdrawn to Magnetawan and Mexico. Between October 1993 and June 1994, Rayner lived in Oaxaca in southern Mexico, creating what has come to be known as the Oaxaca Suite. While Rayner’s earlier work often evokes the sublimity and vastness of the Canadian landscape in a way familiar to the work of the Group of Seven, his work in Mexico was at the intersection of the very human and the divine. In Warrior Dancer (1993), for instance, there is a man wearing a deer head holding a hunting rifle sitting on a giant frog; in A Quick Shine Before the Dance #1 (1994) there is a man who resembles Rayner donning a ritual mask and a feather headdress reading the paper while he gets his shoes shined.

    4th Meridian Fine Art
  • GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010), UNTITLED, signed, numbered 94/100 and dated ‘65, 26 x 20 in — 66 x 50.8 cm
    Jul. 12, 2018

    GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010), UNTITLED, signed, numbered 94/100 and dated ‘65, 26 x 20 in — 66 x 50.8 cm

    Est: $150 - $200

    GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010)UNTITLEDmonoprintsigned, numbered 94/100 and dated ‘6526 x 20 in — 66 x 50.8 cmProvenance:Estate of Alison Hymas, Toronto, ONEstimate: $150—200

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER, UNTITLED, 24 x 35 in — 61 x 88.9 cm
    Apr. 19, 2018

    GORDON RAYNER, UNTITLED, 24 x 35 in — 61 x 88.9 cm

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    GORDON RAYNERUNTITLEDmixed media on papersigned, dated ‘79 and numbered 1/27 24 x 35 in — 61 x 88.9 cm Provenance:Private Collection, TorontoEstimate: $800–1,200

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER, ESCAPE, 1983, oil and mixed media, 9.5 ins x 10 ins x 5.5 ins; 24.1 cms x 25.4 cms x 14 cms
    Nov. 20, 2017

    GORDON RAYNER, ESCAPE, 1983, oil and mixed media, 9.5 ins x 10 ins x 5.5 ins; 24.1 cms x 25.4 cms x 14 cms

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    GORDON RAYNERESCAPE, 1983oil and mixed mediasigned and dated ‘83 9.5 ins x 10 ins x 5.5 ins; 24.1 cms x 25.4 cms x 14 cms Provenance:Isaacs Gallery Limited, TorontoPrivate Collection, TorontoEstimate: $2,000–3,000

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER, UNTITLED, tapestry, 79 ins x 102 ins; 200.7 cms x 259.1 cms
    Sep. 21, 2017

    GORDON RAYNER, UNTITLED, tapestry, 79 ins x 102 ins; 200.7 cms x 259.1 cms

    Est: $2,500 - $4,000

    GORDON RAYNERUNTITLEDtapestrysigned and dated ‘76 in the design 79 ins x 102 ins; 200.7 cms x 259.1 cms Provenance:Private Collection, OntarioEstimate: $2,500–4,000

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER, LAYING IN THE SATIN FIELD (MAGNETAWAN), acrylic on shaped canvas, unframed, 42 ins x 61 ins; 106.7 cms x 154.9 cms
    May. 29, 2017

    GORDON RAYNER, LAYING IN THE SATIN FIELD (MAGNETAWAN), acrylic on shaped canvas, unframed, 42 ins x 61 ins; 106.7 cms x 154.9 cms

    Est: $3,000 - $5,000

    GORDON RAYNERLAYING IN THE SATIN FIELD (MAGNETAWAN)acrylic on shaped canvas, unframedsigned, titled and dated multiple times on the reverse 42 ins x 61 ins; 106.7 cms x 154.9 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery, TorontoPrivate Collection, OakvilleEstimate: $3,000–5,000

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER, THE MUSIC OF THE BILL SMITH ENSEMBLE, acrylic on canvas, 72 ins x 60 ins; 182.9 cms x 152.4 cms
    May. 29, 2017

    GORDON RAYNER, THE MUSIC OF THE BILL SMITH ENSEMBLE, acrylic on canvas, 72 ins x 60 ins; 182.9 cms x 152.4 cms

    Est: $7,000 - $9,000

    GORDON RAYNERTHE MUSIC OF THE BILL SMITH ENSEMBLEacrylic on canvassigned and dated ‘80 on the reverse; also signed, titled and dated 1980 on the overflap and on the stretcher 72 ins x 60 ins; 182.9 cms x 152.4 cms Provenance:The Isaacs Gallery Ltd., Toronto Private Collection, TorontoGordon Rayner (1935-2010) first appeared on the Toronto art scene in the late 1950s at a time when Abstract Expressionism had captured the imagination of young Toronto artists. Beginning as a commercial artist, Rayner was introduced to painting by his friend, Dennis Burton, with whom he shared an interest in jazz. Jazz was an integral part of the Toronto art scene, and Rayner (a drummer) became part of the long-lived Artists’ Jazz Band along with three other local artists. In the 1970s, Rayner made multi-media collages whose compositions were unified by passages of painting, and in 1978, a book on oriental carpets that he received as a gift was to have a significant impact on his work. In 1980, visiting critic Donald Kuspit detected a “Persian sensibility” in Rayner’s work. The Music of the Bill Smith Ensemble, painted in 1980, the year the ensemble was formed, recalls some of Rayner’s earlier work: the collage-like quality, the stained portion of the canvas from his post-painterly period, and a passage of expressionistic painting (applied directly from the tube). The dominant central motif, framed by decorative bands of bold colour, may be the influence of oriental rugs and of his travels through the East. Rayner has effectively captured the diverse quality of the sounds produced by the instruments in Smith’s ensemble: the rich red background could be the double bass; the pink sound waves, the violin; and the expressive web of lines festooning the top of the yellow frame—Smith’s saxophone or clarinet.Estimate: $7,000–9,000

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010), UNTITLED 41, QUADTYCH LITHOGRAPH AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER; SIGNED, NUMBERED A.P. 1/4 AND DATED 1982 LOWER RIGHT (Each sheet, 27” x 38.5”) (Total image, 57” x 77.5”) (Total size including frame, 63.3” x 83.5”)
    May. 18, 2017

    GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010), UNTITLED 41, QUADTYCH LITHOGRAPH AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER; SIGNED, NUMBERED A.P. 1/4 AND DATED 1982 LOWER RIGHT (Each sheet, 27” x 38.5”) (Total image, 57” x 77.5”) (Total size including frame, 63.3” x 83.5”)

    Est: -

    GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010) UNTITLED 41QUADTYCH LITHOGRAPH AND MIXED MEDIA ON PAPER; SIGNED, NUMBERED A.P. 1/4 AND DATED 1982 LOWER RIGHT (Each sheet, 27” x 38.5”) (Total image, 57” x 77.5”) (Total size including frame, 63.3” x 83.5”)Estimate: $300—400

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER, FLYING OUT, acrylic on canvas, 59.5 ins x 71.75 ins; 151.1 cms x 182.2 cms
    May. 25, 2015

    GORDON RAYNER, FLYING OUT, acrylic on canvas, 59.5 ins x 71.75 ins; 151.1 cms x 182.2 cms

    Est: $7,000 - $9,000

    GORDON RAYNER FLYING OUT acrylic on canvassigned on the reverse, also signed, titled and dated 1980 on the overflap, and signed, titled and dated "Nov. 1980" on the stretcher 59.5 ins x 71.75 ins; 151.1 cms x 182.2 cms Provenance:Isaacs Gallery Ltd., TorontoThe Collection of Rothmans, Benson & Hedges Inc.Private CollectionLiterature:David Burnett and Marilyn Schiff, Contemporary Canadian Art, Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton, 1983, pages 91-92, and page 91, Fig. 79, reproduced in colour.Note:Since childhood, Rayner had summered on Georgian Bay, near Magnetawan. Burnett writes: "His response to this northern landscape, touched by his interest and experience in the East (Rayner had travelled to Turkey, Iran and India on a Canada Council grant), had led to his finest pictures, from River Window (1965) (Art Gallery of Windsor) to Flying Out (1980), characterized by brilliance of colour and breadth of gesture."

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010), UNTITLED (SEAGRIM?), OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; TITLED? VERSO, 30" x 22" — 76.2 x 55.9 cm.
    May. 14, 2015

    GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010), UNTITLED (SEAGRIM?), OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; TITLED? VERSO, 30" x 22" — 76.2 x 55.9 cm.

    Est: -

    GORDON RAYNER (CANADIAN, 1935-2010)UNTITLED (SEAGRIM?)OIL ON MASONITE; SIGNED LOWER RIGHT; TITLED? VERSO30" x 22" — 76.2 x 55.9 cm.Estimate: $1,000—1,500

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER (Canadian 1935-2010)
    Jun. 10, 2014

    GORDON RAYNER (Canadian 1935-2010)

    Est: $400 - $600

    UNTITLED (BLARNEY KISS) lithograph 4/75 signed and dated lower right, 1984 image size: 23 x 29 1/2 in. / 58.4cm x 75cm

    A. H. Wilkens Auctions & Appraisals
  • RAYNER, Gordon (1935-)
    May. 13, 2014

    RAYNER, Gordon (1935-)

    Est: $3,000 - $4,000

    RAYNER, Gordon (1935-) "North Storm III" Copolymere and acrylic on canvas Given, titled and dated on a label from the Isaacs Gallery on the reverse: 1966 122x152.5cm - 48x60"

    Iegor
  • GORDON RAYNER, UNTITLED, mixed media sculpture, 13 ins x 4 ins x 4 ins; 33 cms x 10.2 cms x 10.2 cms
    Mar. 04, 2014

    GORDON RAYNER, UNTITLED, mixed media sculpture, 13 ins x 4 ins x 4 ins; 33 cms x 10.2 cms x 10.2 cms

    Est: $700 - $900

    GORDON RAYNERUNTITLED, mixed media sculpture; signed and dated 1983 on the reverse 13 ins x 4 ins x 4 ins; 33 cms x 10.2 cms x 10.2 cms Note: Renowned for his manipulation of painting materials, Gordon Rayner has been called "the carpenter" of contemporary Canadian art. Rayner was taught by his father, a landscape painter, and worked in various commercial art firms, including Wookey, Bush and Winter with Jack Bush. Rayner's early 1960s work, with its juxtaposed materials, experiments in canvas shape and sense of humour and reflects the neo-dada mood then prevalent in Toronto. In time he became a sumptuous painter of Canadian landscape, especially the area around Magnetawan, Ontario. His cityscapes reflect his home on Toronto's Spadina Avenue. Rayner's work boldly ricochets from one concern to another, even within the same painting, though his inventions are united by his broad touch and spectacular sense of colour.

    Waddington's
  • Gordon Rayner (Canadian, b. 1935)
    Dec. 11, 2013

    Gordon Rayner (Canadian, b. 1935)

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Gordon Rayner (Canadian, b. 1935) >Notes from the far North <br>signed and dated 'Rayner 1980' (on the reverse); signed and dated again twice and titled 'NOTES FROM THE FAR NORTH G. RAYNER 1980 Rayner 80' (on the overlap); signed, dated and titled again 'GORDON RAYNER 1980 NOTES FROM THE FAR NORTH' (on the stretcher bar) >collage--handmade paper and acrylic on canvas <br>47½ x 60 in. (120.7 x 152.4 cm.) >Executed in 1980. <br>

    Christie's
  • G. RAYNER Pencil sketch, head of a horse. THEO G.
    Jun. 02, 2011

    G. RAYNER Pencil sketch, head of a horse. THEO G.

    Est: £25 - £50

    G. RAYNER Pencil sketch, head of a horse. THEO G. MORTON. Signed and Dated April '76. 13 x 13ins.

    John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
  • Gordon Rayner (1935- ), CanadianUNTITLED
    Oct. 21, 2010

    Gordon Rayner (1935- ), CanadianUNTITLED

    Est: $500 - $700

    Gordon Rayner (1935- ), CanadianUNTITLED; Media media print; signed, dated '66 and numbered 25/30 in pencilSheet 30" x 20" - 76.2 x 50.8 cm.

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER B. 1935
    Dec. 03, 2009

    GORDON RAYNER B. 1935

    Est: $7,000 - $9,000

    BUSH BIRCH signed twice, titled and dated by the artist on the reverse; Gordon Rayner, Bush Birch, 1972; further titled and dated: Bush Birch (Magnetewan) 1972

    Sotheby's
  • Gordon Rayner (1935- ), Canadian UNTITLED (FROGS)
    Oct. 08, 2009

    Gordon Rayner (1935- ), Canadian UNTITLED (FROGS)

    Est: $300 - $400

    Gordon Rayner (1935- ), Canadian UNTITLED (FROGS) (FROM TORONTO 20); Monoprint; signed, dated 65 and numbered 40/100 in pencil Sheet 25.5" x 19.75" - 64.8 x 50.2 cm.

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER MT. EISENHOWER, BANFF, 1950, oil on
    May. 26, 2009

    GORDON RAYNER MT. EISENHOWER, BANFF, 1950, oil on

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    GORDON RAYNER MT. EISENHOWER, BANFF, 1950, oil on board; signed 18 ins x 24 ins; 45 cms x 60 cms

    Waddington's
  • GORDON RAYNER FORKS OF THE CREDIT, oil on board;
    May. 26, 2009

    GORDON RAYNER FORKS OF THE CREDIT, oil on board;

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    GORDON RAYNER FORKS OF THE CREDIT, oil on board; signed 18 ins x 24 ins; 45 cms x 60 cms

    Waddington's
  • Gordon Rayner (1935- ), Canadian, Wool Hanging,
    Mar. 19, 2008

    Gordon Rayner (1935- ), Canadian, Wool Hanging,

    Est: $200 - $400

    Gordon Rayner (1935- ), Canadian, Wool Hanging, 17/25, 1976 77.6" x 100.8" - 197 x 256 cm., signed in the weave Rayner, numbered 17/25 and dated 76

    Waddington's
  • Gordon Rayner, (Canadian, b. 1935), Untitled, 1969
    Oct. 23, 2005

    Gordon Rayner, (Canadian, b. 1935), Untitled, 1969

    Est: $150 - $250

    Gordon Rayner (Canadian, b. 1935) Untitled, 1969 color lithograph, edition 39/60 signed "Rayner" (lower right) 18 x 25 inches.

    Hindman
  • Gordon Rayner, (Canadian, b. 1935), Untitled, 1969
    Aug. 21, 2005

    Gordon Rayner, (Canadian, b. 1935), Untitled, 1969

    Est: $150 - $250

    Gordon Rayner (Canadian, b. 1935) Untitled, 1969 color lithograph, edition 39/60 signed "Rayner" (lower right) 18 x 25 inches.

    Hindman
  • Gordon Rayner, (Canadian, b. 1935), Untitled, 1969
    Jun. 05, 2005

    Gordon Rayner, (Canadian, b. 1935), Untitled, 1969

    Est: $300 - $500

    Gordon Rayner (Canadian, b. 1935) Untitled, 1969 color lithograph, edition 39/60 signed "Rayner" (lower right) 18 x 25 inches.

    Hindman
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