Henry M. Burn Britain, Australia, 1807?-1884
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About Henry M. Burn
Born in 1807 in Birmingham, England, Burn arrived in Victoria in 1853. Nothing very much is known about this competent and important historical artist who painted mainly around Melbourne in the English style of light oil and watercolour, but he is remembered for his topographical drawings of the Victorian goldfields and his historically important views of Melbourne in the 1850s to the 1870s. He exhibited at the Victorian Society of Fine Arts in 1857 then the Victorian Academy of Arts from 1870 to 1877.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Henry Burn from 1967 and in total 79 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 50 (63%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $74,400 for Richmond, the Yarra and South Yarra Hill 1869 sold by Sotheby's in November 2010. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Henry Burn are held by the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Geelong Gallery and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Henry M. Burn 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 297
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 115
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 292
- 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
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