Thomas Wright Britain, Australia, 1830-81
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About Thomas Wright
Born in England in 1830, Thomas Wright studied under the landscape painter Thomas Creswick before his arrival in Melbourne in 1852 to join the gold rush. He painted landscapes and portraits and taught art at several public schools, visiting New Zealand briefly in 1861. He was a founding member of the Victorian Academy of Art in 1870, where he exhibited his Australian, New Zealand and English landscapes, and some portraits until his death in 1881.
In our database, 15 works by Thomas Wright are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1972, of which 5 (33%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $42,868 for Waihola Lake, Otago, New Zealand sold by International Art Centre in July 2000. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Thomas Wright are held by the National Gallery of Australia and Geelong Gallery.
Thomas Wright 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 1044
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 383
- 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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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