Edmund Thomas Gouldsmith Britain, Australia, New Zealand, 1852-1932
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About Edmund Gouldsmith
Born in England in 1852, Gouldsmith studied at the Bristol Government School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London, before coming to Australia in 1883. He was a member of the Royal South Australian Society of Fine Arts. In 1886 he moved to Christchurch in New Zealand where he was art master at Christ's College. He returned to England in the 1890s and died there in 1932. His work is represented in the Art Gallery of South Australia and major New Zealand collections, including the Hocken and Turnbull Libraries, and the Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch.
The earliest auction listing we have for Edmund Gouldsmith is in 1974 and in total 33 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 21 (64%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,250 for Australian River Scene with Settler's Hut sold by Leonard Joel in November 1985. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Edmund Gouldsmith are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Edmund Gouldsmith 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 473
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 316
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 98
- 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.
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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