Phyllis Pauline Waterhouse Australia, 1917-89
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About Phyllis Pauline Waterhouse
Born in Melbourne in 1917, Phyllis Pauline Waterhouse studied drawing and painting under W. B. McInnes and Charles Wheeler at the National Gallery School in Melbourne, and in London and Spain. Principally a landscape painter, her first solo exhibition was at Georges Gallery in Melbourne in 1946. She won the Women's Weekly Portrait Prize in 1958 and was twice winner of the Crouch Prize in 1950 and 1951. She was a co-director of the Leveson Street Gallery in Melbourne which operated from 1952 to 1979.
The earliest auction listing we have for Phyllis Waterhouse is in 1967 and in total 220 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 152 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,700 for Conservatory Corner sold by Leonard Joel in October 2021. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Phyllis Waterhouse are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Ian Potter Museum of Art and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).
Phyllis Pauline Waterhouse 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 1004
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 378
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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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