Frederick James Porter New Zealand, Britain, 1883-1944
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About Frederick James Porter
Born in Auckland in 1883, Frederick Porter studied with C. F. Goldie, in Melbourne, and at the Academie Julian in Paris under J. P. Laurens. During World War I he worked for the British Government as a draughtsman and designer. A painter of landscapes and still lifes, he was a member of the London Group from 1916. He was well thought of as a contemporary artist and he found influential patrons in John Maynard Keynes and Samuel Courtauld. They later purchased a number of works for the Courtauld Collection. His work is also included in the Tate Gallery in London as well as New Zealand's National Art Gallery and Auckland City Art Gallery.
We have records of art auction sales by Frederick Porter from 1987 and in total 22 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 8 (36%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,076 for Hickling Broad sold by FishersOnlineArt/ Fishers Fine Arts in March 1995. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2019. Works by Frederick Porter are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Frederick James Porter 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 201
- 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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