Frank Watters Australia, 1934-2020
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About Frank Watters
Frank Watters was born in the town of Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley of New South Wales. He left school at the age of 15 and moved to Sydney, working in factories before discovering painting. In 1964 he opened a gallery in Darlinghurst with Alex and Geoffrey Webb, living on the floor above the gallery. He travelled to the United Kingdom, Europe and Brazil on a study tour in 1973/74. He started as a painter, but his career as an artist was short lived as he pursued a career as a gallerist. Watters Gallery nurtured the careers of major Australian artists for more than 50 years. In 2017, he made a generous gift to the Art Gallery of NSW when he donated over 30 artworks from his personal collection. The gallery closed in 2018 and he moved to his property in central west New South Wales where he passed away on 21 May 2020.
We have records of art auction sales by Frank Watters from 2019 and in total 11 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 10 (91%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,640 for Play Park sold by Shapiro Auctioneers in March 2019. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Frank Watters are held by the Art Gallery of NSW and National Gallery of Australia.
Frank Watters is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 716
- 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
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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