Ernest Heber Thompson New Zealand, Britain, 1891-1971
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About Ernest Heber Thompson
Ernest Heber Thompson was born in Dunedin in 1892. He was an artist in black and white, and a cartoonist, who also taught at the Dunedin School of Art. He enlisted to fight in the First World War in 1915, and served as a sergeant in the 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He completed a large number of cartoons while serving in France from 1916 to 1917. Thompson was wounded in 1917, and remained in England after the end of First World War. He was a finalist at the Prix de Rome, 1923, and exhibited widely, including at the Royal Academy. He was a representative of the New Zealand National Art Gallery in London, for the period from 1951 to 1966.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Ernest Thompson from 2000 and in total 15 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 11 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,442 for Derwentwater sold by Webb's in December 2002. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2019. Works by Ernest Thompson are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Ernest Heber Thompson 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 243
- 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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