Harry Pelling Gill Britain, Australia, 1855-1916

Works in the database
57
Works with images
32
Works with multiple sales
1
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Past Sales

Seascape
Portrait of a Lady
Old Foundry Wharf
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Sales by Medium

Works on Paper
Sold 39 works for
$20,762
Paintings
Sold 5 works for
$5,323
Prints & Graphics
Sold 1 works for
$115
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Where to buy or sell art works by Harry Pelling Gill

Auction Houses

Elder Fine Art
Sold 13 works for
$11,680
Leonard Joel
Sold 9 works for
$5,740
Small & Whitfield Auctions
Sold 9 works for
$3,345
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About Harry Pelling Gill

Born in England in 1855, Harry Gill studied at the Royal College of Art, London, prior to his arrival in Australia in 1881. He was the first principal of the South Australian School of Art in Adelaide, from this position exerting a major influence on the South Australian art scene. As honorary curator of the National Gallery of South Australia, he compiled the first catalogue of the collection. Harry Pelling Gill died in the Mediterranean when returning to England in 1916.

We have records of art auction sales by Harry Gill from 1970 and in total 57 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 45 (79%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,200 for In the Adelaide Hills sold by Leonard Joel in August 1993. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Harry Gill are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Harry Pelling Gill 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 460
  • Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 314

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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