Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
1900 - 1988
Maurice Haycock’s career as an artist was the result of a chance meeting with A. Y. Jackson. Haycock was a prominent research scientist at the Department of Mines in Ottawa and was aboard a supply ship in the Canadian Arctic in 1927 when he met Jackson and was inspired to begin painting.

Their shared interests meant that, in 1943, Haycock was invited to accompany Jackson on a painting trip in Charlevoix where the two became firm friends. They continued painting together for the next thirty years, with expeditions far into Canada’s north as well as in locations from BC to Labrador. Their regular sketching trips were mostly closer to home, in Algoma, Georgian Bay, the Eastern Townships, the Laurentians and the Ottawa Valley.

In 1969, Haycock was the first artist to paint at the North Pole, while assisting a research team there and his extensive travels and painting trips across Canada’s North between 1926 and 1987 earned him the title Canada’s Arctic Artist. A tragic fire destroyed a large collection of his paintings in 2003 but a book titled “On-Site with Maurice Haycock, Artist of the Arctic” was published posthumously in 2007.

Photo courtesy of the Haycock family archive
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High Country in Central Labrador by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $10,000
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
High Country in Central Labrador
25 x 32 in, 63.5 x 81.3 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $10,000 CDN (premium included)
The Group of Seven & their Contemporaries on Thursday, April 29, 2021
Boreal Forest, North of Lake Superior, 1949 by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $8,750
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Boreal Forest, North of Lake Superior, 1949
31 x 28 in, 78.7 x 71.1 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $3,500 - $4,500 CDN
Sold for: $8,750 CDN (premium included)
Works by the Group of Seven & their Contemporaries on Thursday, October 27, 2022
Great Bear Lake with Fall Colours by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $7,500
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Great Bear Lake with Fall Colours
20 1/4 x 25 1/4 in, 51.4 x 64.1 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000 CDN
Sold for: $7,500 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art on Thursday, February 29, 2024
Candego Mine, Gaspé by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $6,875
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Candego Mine, Gaspé
24 x 30 in, 61 x 76.2 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $3,500 - $5,000 CDN
Sold for: $6,875 CDN (premium included)
Fine Canadian Art on Thursday, November 28, 2019
Arctic Coastline - MacKenzie Delta, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $5,938
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Arctic Coastline - MacKenzie Delta, Tuktoyaktuk, NWT
18 x 24 in, 45.7 x 61 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $1,800 - $2,400 CDN
Sold for: $5,938 CDN (premium included)
Spring Thaw: Canadian Landscapes on Thursday, June 28, 2018
Athabasca River in Rockies Near Sunwapta by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $5,938
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Athabasca River in Rockies Near Sunwapta
29 x 34 in, 73.7 x 86.4 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000 CDN
Sold for: $5,938 CDN (premium included)
Works by the Group of Seven & their Contemporaries on Thursday, October 28, 2021
Dorne Lake and Lake Athabaska by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $5,313
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Dorne Lake and Lake Athabaska
10 3/4 x 14 in, 27.3 x 35.6 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $800 - $1,200 CDN
Sold for: $5,313 CDN (premium included)
20th Century & Modern Art on Thursday, January 31, 2019
Teshierpi Mountain, Western Arctic by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $5,000
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Teshierpi Mountain, Western Arctic
11 x 14 in, 27.9 x 35.6 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500 CDN
Sold for: $5,000 CDN (premium included)
The Group of Seven & their Contemporaries on Thursday, April 29, 2021
From North Knoll of Smallwood Ore-body by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $4,680
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
From North Knoll of Smallwood Ore-body
11 x 14 in, 27.9 x 35.6 cm
oil on board
Estimate: $3,000 - $3,500 CDN
Sold for: $4,680 CDN (premium included)
May 2012 - 6th Session on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Gunnar Mines by Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock sold for $4,313
Dr. Maurice Hall Haycock
Gunnar Mines
25 x 32 in, 63.5 x 81.3 cm
oil on canvas
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000 CDN
Sold for: $4,313 CDN (premium included)
May 2007 - 2nd Session on Saturday, May 26, 2007