Adelaide Eliza Scott Ironside Australia, 1831-67
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About Adelaide Eliza Scott Ironside
Born in Sydney in 1831, Adelaide Ironside left Australia in 1855 for the UK. She painted imaginative religious pictures and was greatly influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites. She also studied fresco painting at a monastery in Perugia, Italy. She was granted an audience with Pope Pius IX and given permission to copy pictures in the Vatican. When she died in Rome in 1867 from tuberculosis, James Brunton Stephens wrote a memorial poem to her describing her as the 'impersonation of genius'.
The earliest auction listing we have for Adelaide Ironside is in 1979 and in total 8 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 7 (88%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $7,700 for Madonna and Child sold by Lawsons in April 1999. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2000. Works by Adelaide Ironside are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and Art Gallery of South Australia.
Adelaide Eliza Scott Ironside 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 543
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 390
- 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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