Milan Mrkusich New Zealand, 1925-2018
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About Milan Mrkusich
Born in Dargaville on the North Island of New Zealand in 1925, Milan Mrkusich is mainly a self-taught artist and is known as a pioneer of abstract painting in New Zealand. He first exhibited at the Auckland School of Architecture in 1949, and has since exhibited widely throughout New Zealand. Retrospective exhibitions of his work were held at the Auckland Art Gallery in 1972 and 1985, and at the Gus Fisher Gallery in 2009. Mrkusich was made an officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 1997.
Milan Mrkusich is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1988 of 409, of which 222 (54%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $275,836 for Emblem I (Water Fire) sold by Webb's in November 2022. This year 4 works have been offered for sale. Works by Milan Mrkusich are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Milan Mrkusich is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 174
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 177
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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