Works in the database
13
Works with images
5
Works with multiple sales
1

Past Sales

Red Camellias
Searching Roots
Castle Hill Landscape (c.1929)

Sales by Medium

Works on Paper
Sold 4 works for
$1,076
Paintings
Sold 3 works for
$699

Where to buy or sell art works by Alice Joyce (Janna) Bruce

Auction Houses

Lawsons
Sold 5 works for
$1,106
Davidson Auctions
Sold 1 works for
$489
Aust. Art Auctions
Sold 1 works for
$180

Born in Sydney in 1909, Janna Bruce was known mainly as a watercolourist and teacher. She travelled widely, living in China for three years and studying in London, Paris and under Dattilo Rubbo in Sydney. She was an exhibiting member of the Australian Watercolour Institute.

The total number of works by Janna Bruce offered for sale by auction since 1974 is 13, of which 7 (54%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Janna Bruce are held by the Art Gallery of NSW.

Alice Joyce (Janna) Bruce is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 291
  • 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…

Unknown. We do not have dates of birth and/or death of this artist, or the dates are uncertain.

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