Robert Field Procter Scotland, New Zealand, 1879-1931
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About Robert Field Procter
Born in Scotland in 1879, Robert Proctor arrived in Christchurch as a child. He studied at the Canterbury School of Art where he later taught, and in Europe. He exhibited regularly in Christchurch from 1899 until moving to Auckland in about 1916 to teach at the Elam School of Art. Proctor went to Melbourne in 1928 and was employed by the Business and Technical College.
The total number of works by Robert Procter offered for sale by auction since 1987 is 88, of which 60 (68%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $15,713 for Untitled sold by Webb's in September 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Robert Procter are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Robert Field Procter 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 203
- 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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