Miriam Moxham Australia, 1885-1971
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About Miriam Moxham
Born in Sydney in 1885, Miriam Moxham began her art training at the East Sydney Technical College from 1930 to 1939, then at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School, and the Royal Art Society School. She was a regular exhibitor of still life, landscape and genre scenes in the Society of Artists’ exhibitions throughout the 1930s and ’40s. Until the outbreak of World War II she continued to take art classes as a mature age student at East Sydney Technical College and shared a studio in the city with Douglas Watson, a fellow student. Her first solo exhibition was at Sydney’s Grosvenor Galleries in 1937 as was her second, in 1951. She was a finalist in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Archibald Prize in 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938 and 1944, and the Sir John Sulman Prize in 1940, 1941, 1946, 1951 and 1960. As well as being a painter, she was also a poet and illustrated a book of her poems that was published in 1936. She died in Sydney on 6 March 1971.
The earliest auction listing we have for Miriam Moxham is in 1977 and in total 26 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 13 (50%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $25,300 for Sport of Kings - The Preliminary sold by Christies in August 1999. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
Miriam Moxham is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- 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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