Colin Lovell-Smith New Zealand, 1894-1961
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About Colin Lovell-Smith
Born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1894, Colin Lovell-Smith studied at Canterbury School of Art in c1908 and in England, and then worked as a commercial artist in his father's printing business. After service during both World War I and World War II he initially taught commercial art and then later life drawing and anatomy at secondary level at St Andrews College in Christchurch and then at the Canterbury School of Art, becoming Director in 1947. He died in 1960.
The total number of works by Colin Lovell-Smith offered for sale by auction since 1984 is 65, of which 51 (78%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $23,019 for Canterbury Garden sold by International Art Centre in March 2023. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Colin Lovell-Smith are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery.
Colin Lovell-Smith 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 151
- 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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