Born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1948, Robert McLeod studied at Glasgow School of Art until 1969 prior to his arrival in New Zealand in 1972. McLeod painted in an abstract style until the 1990's when his work started to move towards figuration. By 2000, the figuration had completely taken over. He has been teaching art at Wellington High School for more than 30 years while regularly exhibiting his own work throughout New Zealand and in Sydney.
The total number of works by Rob McLeod offered for sale by auction since 1989 is 155, of which 103 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $15,466 for Black Bob sold by Art+Object in September 2012. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Rob McLeod are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
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