Therese Walker Britain, Australia, 1807-76
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About Therese Walker
Therese Walker (nee Chauncy) was born near Bath in England in 1807. She apparently had little formal education and minimal art training before migrating to South Australia in 1837 with her brother in law and sister, the artist Martha Berkeley (1813-1899). She began creating miniature medallions in wax and became Australia's first female sculptor, the only significant female sculptor of the period. She exhibited two of these at the Royal Academy in London in 1841. Over the next ten years she exhibited wax portrait medallions in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Geelong. In 1861 she exhibited at Royal Society, Melbourne and in 1865 was awarded a Silver Medal at the Paris Universal Exhibition. From about 1840 Therese Walker lived in a variety of locations throughout Australia and in Mauritius, India and finally in Melbourne where she died in 1876.
Since 1970 we have recorded only one work being sold at auction by this artist, which was in 1999.
Therese Walker is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 997
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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