William Clarke Wontner Paintings & Artwork for Sale | William Clarke Wontner Art Value Price Guide

Nov. 16, 2024
Künstler des 19. Jahrhunderts
Est: €200 - €400
Künstler des 19. Jahrhunderts - Junge Frau in orientalischer Tracht - Öl/Lwd. 85,5 x 60 cm. Rahmen. Rest. Verso Flicken. Spannungsrisse. Die Darstellung erinnert an Arbeiten von William Clarke Wontner (1857 Stockwell - 1930 Worcester).
Das Kunst- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG
Mar. 29, 2023
William Clarke Wontner (British, 1857-1930) Portrait of a young woman in Eastern costume
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
William Clarke Wontner (British, 1857-1930) Portrait of a young woman in Eastern costume signed 'W.Wontner' (lower left) oil on canvas, circular 62.5 x 62.5cm (24 5/8 x 24 5/8in).
Bonhams
Feb. 09, 2022
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857-1930)
Est: €2,500 - €3,500
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857-1930) Lady Kensington Huile sur toile signée en bas à gauche. Ancienne étiquette au dos. Exposé en 1894 à la Summer Exhibition de la New Gallery, The Studio Edwards... Peintre britannique né à Stockwell dans le Surrey, il reçoit sa première formation de son père, William Hoff Wontner. Peintre essentiellement de portrait et de genre, proche du mouvement néo-classique et orientaliste, il exposera à la Royal Academy à partir de 1879. Dimensions : 60 x 50 cm
Accademia Fine Art
Dec. 05, 2021
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857 - 1930): "PORTRAIT OF A HUSZAR"
Est: $5,000 - $7,000
1884; oil on canvas; signed and dated lower left; Provenance: The Estate of Barry Tarlow, Los Angeles; Condition: has been restored; 52 1/2 x 40 inches; 67 1/4 x 55 inches frame
Abell Auction
May. 16, 2020
Künstler des 19./20. Jahrhunderts - Junge Frau in orientalischer Tracht - Öl/Lwd. 85,5 x 60 cm. Rahmen. Rest. Verso Flicken. Spannungsrisse.
Est: €1,000 - €2,000
Künstler des 19./20. Jahrhunderts - Junge Frau in orientalischer Tracht - Öl/Lwd. 85,5 x 60 cm. Rahmen. Rest. Verso Flicken. Spannungsrisse.
Das Kunst- und Auktionshaus Kastern GmbH & Co KG
Sep. 22, 2019
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857-1930), PORTRAIT OF MRS KENNETH MACKENZIE WITH
Est: £3,000 - £5,000
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857-1930), PORTRAIT OF MRS KENNETH MACKENZIE WITH HER DOG, signed and dated 1894 lower left, oil on canvas, in a good gilt-composition gadrooned frame, inscribed to old label verso. 202cm by 116cm Provenance: The Keith Schellenberg Collection
Elstob Auctioneers
Jul. 16, 2019
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857-1930) Portrait de Joan Ogle
Est: €5,000 - €6,000
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857-1930) Portrait de Joan Ogle Huile sur toile signée et datée 1893 en bas à gauche. Œuvre exposée à la New Gallery, summer exhibition 1894 (Etiquette originale d'époque collée au dos). Madame Joan Ogle est l'épouse de Lord Collins of Kensington et la fille de William Ogle (Etiquette au dos). Dimensions : 61 x 51 cm Peintre britannique né à Stockwell dans le Surrey, il reçoit sa première formation de son père, William Hoff Wontner. Auteur essentiellement de portraits et de scènes de genre, proche du mouvement néo-classique et orientaliste, il exposera à la Royal Academy à partir de 1879.
Accademia Fine Art
Jul. 12, 2018
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER | The Emerald Necklace
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Dec. 03, 2017
Large British Neo-Classical Oil Painting by William Clarke Wontner (Attr.)
Est: $5,000 - $15,000
Riveting and Glamorous Oil painting attributed to acclaimed English artist William Clarke Wontner (1857 - 1930) | Late 19th Century or Early 20th Century | The painting is a very large oil on canvas | Housed in a beautiful ornate gold frame | Dimensions: 46″ x 25″, with frame 54″ x 35″ | Painting is in Very Good condition. William Clarke Wontner (17 January 1857 Stockwell, Surrey – 23 September 1930 Worcester) was an English portrait painter steeped in Academic Classicism and Romanticism. Wontner was born in Stockwell, Surrey, the son of noted architect, designer and renderer William Hoff Wontner (1814–1881) and Catherine Smith. Under the tutelage of his father, Wontner worked with John William Godward (1861–1922), a noted exponent of what became known as Greco-Roman style. The two were destined to become great friends. Wontner was part of the neo-classical movement in England, led by Alma-Tadema. His style favoured seductively languorous women against classical or oriental marbled backdrops. His faithfully rendered fabrics draped over patently European models, somehow created an air of Orientalism. His work was exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1879, at the Society of British Artists and at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours. When the Grosvenor Gallery closed in 1890, Wontner exhibited at the New Gallery. Wontner married Jessie Marguerite Keene (1872–1950), daughter of Charles Joseph Keene, on 7 June 1894 at St. Dominic’s Priory Church, Naverstock Hill in Hampstead. The couple had no children. Wontner was buried on 26 September 1930 at Ripple in Worcestershire.
Worthington Galleries
Jun. 28, 2017
Circle of William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930) British. An Odalisque in an Interior, Holding a Fan, with a Landscape Beyond, Oil on Canvas, 13.75" x 17".
Est: £3,000 - £4,000
Circle of William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930) British. An Odalisque in an Interior, Holding a Fan, with a Landscape Beyond, Oil on Canvas, 13.75" x 17".
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Mar. 22, 2017
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857-1930) - A classical maiden, half-length, in a white dress with a golden shawl
Est: £15,000 - £25,000
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (1857-1930) A classical maiden, half-length, in a white dress with a golden shawl signed and dated ‘W. Wontner 1917’ (lower left) oil on canvas 25 x 21 in. (63.5 x 53.3 cm.)
Christie's
May. 06, 2015
William Clarke Wontner (British, 1857-1930) A portrait of a you
Est: -
William Clarke Wontner (British, 1857-1930) A portrait of a young woman in Eastern costume 25 x 21in (63.5 x 53.3cm)
Bonhams
Jan. 23, 2013
William Clarke Wontner (British, 1857-1930)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
Zorahayda signed and dated 'W. Wontner/1905' (lower left); inscribed 'William Wontner/ 1 The Studios/ Edwardes Square Kensington/ No. 1. "Zorahayda"/ Price £315.-.-.' in the artist's hand on a label attached to the back board, also bears another label stamped in red LAE (for Liverpool Autumn Exhibition) and numbered below 206 (corresponding to its number in the 1905 autumn exhibition) oil on canvas 102 x 102cm (40 1/8 x 40 1/8in).
Bonhams
May. 10, 2012
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER
Est: £30,000 - £50,000
1857-1930 AN EASTERN BEAUTY signed u.l.: W. Wontner oil on canvas 53 by 43cm., 21 by 17in.
Sotheby's
Mar. 28, 2012
WONTNER, WILLIAM CLARKE (Stockwell 1857 - 1930
Est: CHF5,000 - CHF7,000
WONTNER, WILLIAM CLARKE (Stockwell 1857 - 1930 Worcester) Portrait of Lady Collins. 1893. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left: W. Wontner. 1893. Inscribed verso on label: Joan Ogle, wife of Lord Collins of Kensington. 61.5 x 50.5 cm. Provenance: Swiss private collection. Exhibited: New Gallery, London, Summer Exhibition, 1894 (according to label verso). WONTNER, WILLIAM CLARKE (Stockwell 1857 - 1930 Worcester) Portrait der Lady Collins. 1893. Öl auf Leinwand. Unten links signiert und datiert: W. Wontner. 1893. Verso auf Etikette bezeichnet: Joan Ogle, wife of Lord Collins of Kensington. 61,5 x 50,5 cm. Provenienz: Schweizer Privatbestz. Ausstellung: New Gallery, London, Summer Exhibition, 1894 (gemäss Verso Etikette).
Koller Auctions
Mar. 24, 2012
Wontner, William Clarke (1857 Stockwell-Worcester 1930)
Est: - €2,000
Wontner, William Clarke (1857 Stockwell-Worcester 1930) Potrait einer Schönheit im orientalischem Gewand. Öl/Lwd. (rest. und Spannungsrisse in Lwd.), re. u. sign., 85x 60 cm, R.
Dannenberg
Apr. 22, 2010
William Clarke Wontner (British, 1857-1930) Leonora
Est: £15,000 - £20,000
Leonora signed 'W. Wontner' (lower left) oil on canvas 60 x 52.5cm (23 5/8 x 20 11/16in).
Bonhams
Jun. 04, 2009
William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930)
Est: £8,000 - £12,000
William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930) Maid Marian signed and indistinctly dated 'W. Wontner 1895[?]' (lower left) oil on canvas 28 x 23½ in. (71 x 59.7 cm.)
Christie's
Jan. 23, 2008
William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930) Portrait of a
Est: £12,000 - £15,000
William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930) Portrait of a young woman Half length, wearing a green dress, in a woodland setting Oil on canvas Signed and dated '06 upper left 78cm x 52cm
Dreweatts 1759
Jul. 12, 2007
William Clarke Wontner 1857-1930 , an eastern beauty oil on canvas
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
signed u.l.: W. Wontner oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 22, 2006
William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930)
Est: £70,000 - £100,000
Valeria signed 'W.Wontner' (lower left) oil on canvas 25 x 21 in. (63.5 x 53.3 cm.)
Christie's
Nov. 21, 2006
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER, 1857-1930
Est: £5,000 - £7,000
HONEYSUCKLE HONEYSUCKLE 143.5x98cm., 56½x38½in. signed and dated 1907 oil on canvas, unframed PROVENANCE Christie's, 16 March 1973, lot 162, bought by 'Friedman'; Christie's, 26 July 1974, lot 145 EXHIBITED probably Royal Academy, 1907 no. 263, entitled "Portrait of a Lady" NOTE Wontner, who is more commonly associated with Classical and Oriental beauties, also enjoyed a thriving portrait practice. His commissioned works such as those of Mrs. Duff Assheton-Smith (New Gallery 1900), Elsie Maud Huggins (dated 1900) as well as Colonel John Gordon Wolridge-Gordon and his wife Isabel Wolridge-Gordon (both circa 1911), all showed the model, as here, in contemporary dress. Although it is tempting to suggest that the present portrait was of his wife, Jessie Marguerite née Keene (1871-1950), who sat for a number of the artist's works, the young lady is clearly younger than the 35-year-old Jessie. The size of the canvas also suggests a commissioned work and given its date can be assumed to be Wontner's 1907 Royal Academy exhibit. The young lady holds a bunch of honeysuckle, a flower that symbolized friendship, love and devotion. This painting is to be included in the forthcoming Wontner Catalogue Raisonné, currently being compiled by Alice Munro-Faure, to whom we are grateful for the above entry.
Sotheby's
Oct. 24, 2006
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER
Est: $150,000 - $200,000
BRITISH, 1857-1930 THE WILLING CAPTIVE measurements 42 by 30 in. alternate measurements 106.7 by 152.4 cm signed W Wontner and dated 1911 (lower right) oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jun. 27, 2006
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER 1857-1930
Est: £10,000 - £15,000
HONEYSUCKLE 143.5 by 98 cm., 56 ½ by 38 ½ in. signed and dated l.l.: W. Wontner 1907 oil on canvas PROVENANCE Christie's, 16 March 1973, lot 162, bought by 'Friedman'; Christie's, 26 July 1974, lot 145 EXHIBITED probably Royal Academy, 1907 no. 263, entitled "Portrait of a Lady". NOTE Wontner, who is more commonly associated with Classical and Oriental beauties, also enjoyed a thriving portrait practice. His commissioned works such as those of Mrs. Duff Assheton-Smith (New Gallery 1900), Elsie Maud Huggins (dated 1900) as well as Colonel John Gordon Wolridge-Gordon and his wife Isabel Wolridge-Gordon (both circa 1911), all showed the model, as here, in contemporary dress. Although it is tempting to suggest that the present portrait was of his wife, Jessie Marguerite née Keene (1871-1950), who sat for a number of the artist's works, the young lady is clearly younger than the 35-year-old Jessie. The size of the canvas also suggests a commissioned work and given its date can be assumed to be Wontner's 1907 Royal Academy exhibit. The young lady holds a bunch of honeysuckle, a flower that symbolized friendship, love and devotion. This painting is to be included in the forthcoming Wontner Catalogue Raisonné, currently being compiled by Alice Munro-Faure, to whom we are grateful for the above entry.
Sotheby's
Jun. 25, 2006
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER, (BRITISH 1857-1930), THE WILLING CAPTIVE
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (british 1857-1930) "THE WILLING CAPTIVE" Signed and dated "W. Wontner 1911" bottom right, oil on canvas 42 x 30 in. (106.7 x 76.2cm) provenance: Frost & Reed, London, UK. Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Estimate $20,000-30,000 Very minor hairline scratch to right of woman''s mouth (just visible in photo). Uneven varnish, dirty and yellowed. Generally excellent original condition.
Freeman's
Apr. 19, 2006
William Clarke Wontner (British, 1857-1930)
Est: $30,000 - $50,000
An Elegant Beauty signed 'W. Wontner' (bottom center) oil on canvas 30 x 25 in. (76.5 x 63 cm.)
Christie's
Jan. 28, 2006
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER 1857-1930
Est: $20,000 - $30,000
PORTRAIT OF A BEAUTY IN ORIENTAL COSTUME measurements 21 by 17 in. alternate measurements 53.5 by 43.3 cm. possibly signed at a later date W. Wontner (upper left) oil on canvas Condition Note: Not lined. Canvas has been cut down at the lower edge; pigment separation in the dark background around the figure and some on the vest; pigment has creased on face and neck, possibly due to canvas shrinking. Under UV light: the signature has been added over the old varnish; it appears to float but it is not fluorescing. The signature's color under UV is dark brown and not purple. The signature has been tested by an outside conservator and is apparently old. There are a few small areas of paint loss along the egdes from frame abrasion. We are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described in our catalogue. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Sotheby's
Jul. 01, 2004
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER ACTIVE 1879-1925
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
signed l.l.: W. Wontner/ 1916 oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Jun. 11, 2004
William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930)
Est: £20,000 - £30,000
The Turban signed and dated 'W.Wontner 1925' (lower left) oil on canvas 24 7/8 x x 20 7/8 in. (63.2 x 53 cm.)
Christie's
Mar. 26, 2004
f - WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER ACTIVE 1879-1925
Est: £50,000 - £70,000
signed and dated l.l.: W. Wontner 1914 THE TURQUOISE NECKLACE
Sotheby's
Mar. 26, 2004
f - WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER ACTIVE 1879-1925
Est: £40,000 - £60,000
signed and dated l.l.: W. Wontner 1914
Sotheby's
Jan. 01, 2004
Wontner, William Clarke (Brit., 1857-1930) portrait of woman with rosy cheeks & marbled background
Est: $10,000 - $12,000
signed "W. Wontner 1916," 24 1/2 "h x 20 1/2 "w.
Quinn's Auction Galleries
Nov. 27, 2002
William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930)
Est: $54,250 - $85,250
Lois signed and dated 'W.Wontner 1918' oil on canvas 25 x 21 in. (63.5 x 53.3 cm.) PROVENANCE with Richard Haworth, Blackburn, by 1926. Purchased by the present owner's father and thence by descent. NOTES Lois compares to Cyrene (lot 14) in concept and style, and may have been executed as a companion piece. Wontner has placed his model against a cool marble backdrop, a device which serves to enhance the rich colours of her costume. It also alludes to the classical world which remained, to both Wontner and his fellow painter John William Godward, the main locus of their inspiration. Whether inferred or direct, this aesthetic influence is present in Wontner's more imaginative work, though it is sometimes absent from his more orthodox portraits. Lois, like Cyrene, fuses together the modern and the classical world. The marble is doubly symbolic; it had been adopted by interior decorators establishing their own take on the Greek frigidarium. Similarly, Lois herself wears a snake bangle which alludes to ancient designs, and her delicate evening gown is secured at the shoulder like a toga. Her unadorned neck and simple hairstyle further ratify the greco-roman aesthetic, which emphasised elegant line rather than fussy decoration. John William Godward's comparable depictions of classical figures placed against marble surfaces often confine the head to a greater degree, as for example in Sabinella (1912) or A Classical Beauty (1909). For an enlightening account of both Godward and Wontner's aesthetic milieu, see Vern Swanson, John William Godward, The Eclipse of Classicism, 1997. SALESROOM NOTICE Please note that the provenance for this picture should read: with Richard Haworth, Blackburn, by 1926.
Christie's
Jun. 11, 2002
William Clarke Wontner (1857-1930)
Est: $37,250 - $52,150
A Classical Beauty signed 'W.Wontner' (lower right) oil on canvas 233/4 x 193/4 in. (60.3 x 50.2 cm.) PROVENANCE with Richard Green, London.
Christie's
Apr. 24, 2002
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (BRITISH, ACTIVE 1879-1925)
Est: $100,000 - $150,000
signed and dated W.Wontner 1914 (lower left) oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Apr. 24, 2002
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (BRITISH, ACTIVE 1879-1925)
Est: $120,000 - $180,000
signed and dated W.Wontner 1914 (lower left) oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Apr. 24, 2002
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER (BRITISH, ACTIVE 1879-1925)
Est: $200,000 - $300,000
signed and dated W. Wontner 1903 (lower left) oil on canvas
Sotheby's
Nov. 02, 2001
WILLIAM CLARKE WONTNER, (British, 1879 - 1925)
Est: $300,000 - $400,000
signed and dated W Wontner 1901 (lower left); also inscribed on a label attached to the backboard on the reverse: 'Then stole I up, and trancedly Gazed on the Persian girl alone, Serene with argent-lidded eyes Amorous, and lashes like rays Of darkness, and a brow of pearl Tressed with redolent ebony, In many a dark delicious curl, Flowing beneath her rose-hued zone; The sweetest lady of the time, Well worthy of the golden prime, Of good Haroun Alraschid.' oil on canvas 66 by 44in. 167.6 by 111.8cm. The subject of Wontner's 1901 painting comes from The Thousand and One Nights, otherwise known as Arabian Nights Entertainments. These were first known in Europe in the early eighteenth century; there followed a succession of translations from the Arabic which ranged from the salacious or outright indecent through to the heavily bowdlerized. The figure of H-run Ar-Rashid, caliph of old Baghdad, and referred to in the last line of the quoted verse, appears in many of the tales. He was in fact an historical figure, living in the eighth century and ruling over a territory which extended from the Indian border to the Arabian gulf. The most famous version of the Thousand and One Nights, and which caused intense interest in the later years of the nineteenth century (and from which the lines of verse attached to the present painting have been taken), was that made by Sir Richard Burton, one time British consul in Damascus but also intrepid traveler and adventurer in Africa, South America, and Asia, and in addition to a prodigious linguist. His audacious and unexpurgated version of the tales appeared in 1885-8. Wontner's The Persian Girl represents the genre of the Oriental female figure presented in an alluring way and within a calculatingly exotic setting. The figure is loosely dressed and holding an ivory-inlaid stringed instrument. She looks expectantly toward the spectator. She is perhaps intended as a denizen of the harem, and certainly the richly furnished chamber that sh
Sotheby's