Alexander Schramm Australia, c1814-1864
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About Alexander Schramm
Born in Germany around 1814, portraitist, Alexander Schramm arrived in South Australia in 1849. he exhibited regularly in Adelaide from 1857 to 1964 and his work includes family portrairts, bush landscapes and Australian aboriginals. A series of paintings of Aboriginal life is included in the National Gallery of South Australia.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Alexander Schramm from 1988 and in total 11 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 9 (82%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $760,500 for Adelaide, a Tribe of Natives on the Banks of The River Torrens sold by Sotheby's in May 2005. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Alexander Schramm are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia, National Gallery of Australia and National Gallery of Victoria.
Alexander Schramm 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 861
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 700
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 364
- 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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