Lionel Hornabrook Jago Australia, 1882-1953
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About Lionel Jago
Born in South Australia in 1882, Jago studied at Davis Studio, Melbourne and at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney. He moved to Perth in the early 1900s and worked with the State public service until his retirement in 1945. In Perth he exhibited in the inaugural Perth Society of Artists exhibition in 1933. Jago moved to Sydney in the late 1940s and exhibited with the Royal Art Society was a finalist in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Sulman Prize in 1948 and in 1950 and a finalist for the 1950 Wynne Prize..
In our database, 187 works by Lionel Jago are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1983, of which 116 (62%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $8,050 for Chinaman's Cottage South Perth sold by GFL Fine Art in May 2021. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Lionel Jago are held by the Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Lionel Jago 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 548
- 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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