Clifford Dudley (Dudley) Wood Australia, 1905-80
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About Clifford Dudley (Dudley) Wood
Born in Geelong, Victoria in 1905, Dudley Wood studied at the Swinburne Technical College and the National Gallery School from 1926 to 1927. During World War II he was appointed an official war artist and worked as a camouflage artist with the RAAF in Queensland. He was a finalist in the Archibald Prize with two works in 1941 and the Wynne Prize in 1944. A commercial artist and painter mainly of bush landscapes, he became a teacher of watercolour painting at the Swinburne Technical College in 1962 until 1970. He exhibited with the Victorian Artists Society and won several local awards.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Dudley Wood from 1969 and in total 295 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 214 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $9,136 for Footsloggers c.1945 sold by Leonard Joel in November 2016. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Dudley Wood are held by the National Gallery of Victoria and Ian Potter Museum of Art.
Clifford Dudley (Dudley) Wood is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 1039
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 383
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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