Esther Paterson Australia, 1892-1971
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About Esther Paterson
Born in carlton in 1892, Esther Paterson studied at the Melbourne National Gallery School from 1907 to 1912, commencing her studies aged 13 and graduating as the head of the painting class. She was a council-member of the Victorian Artists Society from 1954 to 1968, elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London in 1949, and president of the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors in 1966. Best known for her street-scenes and landscapes, Paterson also worked as a commercial artist in book-illustration and cartoons. She died in 1971 in Middle Park, and a retrospective exhibition was held at Manly Art Gallery & Museum in 2003.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Esther Paterson from 1975 and in total 113 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 86 (76%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $8,050 for St Kilda Beach sold by Sotheby's in May 1999. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Esther Paterson are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Ian Potter Museum of Art and Geelong Gallery.
Esther Paterson 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 764
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 352
- 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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