Peter Wichman Britain, New Zealand, 1946-.
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About Peter Wichman
Born in London in 1946, Peter Wichman arrived in New Zealand in 1960. He completed an MA in English at Victoria University and an MLitt in Oxford, and studied drawing and painting at the Waikato Society of Arts. He is a portrait and figurative painter working in oil, acrylic and collage, and a printmaker. He exhibited in solo shows in Auckland between 2005 and 2016. A literary historian as well as a painter, Wichman has tutored and lectured in both English literature and art.
The earliest auction listing we have for Peter Wichman is in 1997 and in total 40 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 29 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,832 for Toothbrush from the Ordinary Mysteries Series sold by Webb's in September 2013. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
Peter Wichman 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 269
- 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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