Theo Schoon New Zealand, 1915-85
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About Theo Schoon
Born in 1915 in Java, Indonesia, Theo Schoon arrived in New Zealand from Indonesia in 1939 where he studied at Canterbury School of Arts. His Dutch parents sent him and his brother to the Netherlands for further education, where he attended the Rotterdam Academy of Fine Arts, and travelled in Europe, acquiring first-hand knowledge of European modernism. He returned to Java in 1936 and then moved to New Zealand in 1939 with his family. He was one of the early European artists to be influenced by Maori culture, and known as a painter, sculptor, photographer and ceramicist.
Theo Schoon is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1993 of 608, of which 441 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $312,649 for Untitled Mural sold by Art+Object in November 2020. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Theo Schoon are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Theo Schoon 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 219
- 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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