John Oakley New Zealand, 1901-77
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About John Oakley
Born in 1901, John Oakley was known as a New Zealand painter and teacher in Napier and at the University of Caterbury School of Fine Arts. He exhibited with the Auckland Society of Arts, the Canterbury Society of Arts, the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1937 and The Group in 1950, 1952 and 1958. He was the author of Paintings of Canterbury 1840 - 1890, published in 1969.
Our database records art auction sales of works by John Oakley from 1989 and in total 19 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 8 (42%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by John Oakley are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery.
John Oakley 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 186
- 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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