Martin Thompson (New Zealand) New Zealand, 1956-2021
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About Martin Thompson (New Zealand)
Martin Thompson born in Wellington in 1956 was a self-taught artist whose grid-like drawings gained international recognition among aficionados of 'outsider' art. His drawings were meticulously constructed, usually on A4 or A3 sheets of 1mm spaced graph paper, with repeated patterns devised from formulas he calculated for each piece. His work become internationally renowned after its inclusion in the American Folk Art Museum's Obsessive Drawings exhibition in 2005. He moved to Dunedin in 2007 where he died on September 4, 2021 aged 65.
We have records of art auction sales by Martin Thompson (New Zealand) from 2014 and in total 27 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 21 (78%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $4,779 for Untitled sold by Webb's in December 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
Martin Thompson (New Zealand) is not listed in any of the standard biographical references listed on our references page.
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