Harry (Henry) John Weston Australia, 1874-1938
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About Harry Weston
Born in Hobart in 1874, Henry Weston trained as an architect, but was also a cartoonist and watercolourist. In collaboration with Blamire Young and Lionel Lindsay around 1893, he designed a number of posters, and also designed postcards and illustrated books. He was a contributor to The Bulletin magazine and exhibited in South Australia from 1907. Harry (Henry) John Weston died in NSW on 21 October 1938.
We have records of art auction sales by Henry Weston from 1969 and in total 109 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 72 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,910 for Coming through the Heads sold by Goodmans Auctioneers in November 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 Henry Weston are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of NSW.
Harry Weston 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 1017
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 379
- 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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