Amalie Sara Colquhoun Australia, 1894-1974
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About Amalie Colquhoun
Amalie Sara Colquhoun nee Field was born in Victoria in 1894. A painter and teacher, she studied drawing and design at the Ballarat Technical Art School, becoming the Art Mistress there in the mid-1920s. And continued her studies at Sydney Technical College, then in Melbourne under Max Meldrum. She married Archibald Douglas Colquhoun before going to Europe for further studies. She and her husband conducted an art school in Melbourne in the late 1920s.
In our database, 99 works by Amalie Colquhoun are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1969, of which 79 (80%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $18,000 for Lorne Street sold by Deutscher and Hackett in November 2009. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Amalie Colquhoun are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Amalie Colquhoun 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 336
- 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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