William Joseph Wadham Britain, Australia, New Zealand, 1864-1950
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About William Joseph Wadham
Born in Liverpool, England in 1864, Wadham studied in England and had his first picture accepted for exhibition at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool, at the of age 14, before coming to Australia in 1885. He was a prominent figure in the Adelaide art scene in the late 1800s, joining the South Australian Society of Arts, and in 1892 and was Foundation President of the Adelaide Easel Club in 1895. Mainly a landscape painter in watercolour, he lived in New Zealand, Tasmania and mainland Australia. In the early 1920s Wadham opened the Wadham Art Gallery in Sydney, which carried works by a large number of artists. He returned to live in England in 1923.
In our database, 260 works by William Wadham are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1972, of which 167 (64%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $9,200 for Evening Camp Scene sold by Sotheby's in August 2000. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by William Wadham are held by the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
William Joseph Wadham 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 993
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 376
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 258
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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.
- 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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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