Herbert Harry (Bert) Tornquist New Zealand, 1897-1969
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About Herbert Harry (Bert) Tornquist
Born in New Zealand in 1897, Bert Tornquist studied at the University of Auckland Elam School of Arts and the Chicago Art Institute. He became known as a commercial artist, painter, photographer and writer. As a portrait photographer from the early 1920s to the mid 1940s he captured images of many international celebrities of the era. After retiring from photography he became a full time artist and art reviewer. He exhibited with the Auckland Society of Arts in 1948 and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1933.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Bert Tornquist from 1994 and in total 64 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 51 (80%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,421 for South of Tauranga sold by Webb's in June 2004. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Bert Tornquist are held by the Auckland Art Gallery.
Herbert Harry (Bert) Tornquist 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 248
- 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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