Edmund Morison Wimperis Britain, New Zealand, 1835-1900
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About Edmund Morison Wimperis
Born in England in 1835, Edmund Wimperis was apprenticed to a wood engraver, and worked for the 'Illustrated London News'. He was a professional landscape watercolourist by 1873. He visited Dunedin, New Zealand in about 1879, and exhibited with the Otago Art Society.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Edmund Wimperis from 1989 and in total 16 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 9 (56%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $7,475 for The Approaching Storm 1890 sold by Sotheby's in December 1994. 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 Wimperis are held by the Art Gallery of NSW and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Edmund Morison Wimperis 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 273
- 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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