Gordon Tovey New Zealand, Britain, 1901-74
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About Gordon Tovey
Born in Wellington in 1901, Gordon Tovey studied at Wellington Technical College and in England. A teacher and landscape painter, he died in 1974.
The total number of works by Gordon Tovey offered for sale by auction since 1994 is 7, of which 5 (71%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2008. Works by Gordon Tovey are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Gordon Tovey is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 248
- 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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