Murray Stanley Gordon Grimsdale New Zealand, 1943-.
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About Murray Stanley Gordon Grimsdale
Born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1943, Murray Grimsdale studied at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts from 1959-63. He then travelled to the UK where studied and worked, returning to New Zealand in 1974. A figurative and landscape painter, and a sculptor working in bronze and terracotta, and an illustrator he has also lived and worked in Fiji.
The total number of works by Murray Grimsdale offered for sale by auction since 1993 is 68, of which 48 (71%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $4,232 for Portrait of Tony Fomison sold by Art+Object in August 2022. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Murray Grimsdale are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery.
Murray Stanley Gordon Grimsdale 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 101
- 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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