Graham Albert Edward Thorley Australia, 1922-90
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About Graham Albert Edward Thorley
Melbourne artist Graham A. Thorley won the Herald newspaper Junior Art Exhibition aged 17 in 1939 and studied at Swinburne Art School. A portrait, landscape and figural artist, it was this later category that caused comment when he exhibited at the Velasques Gallery in Melbourne in 1946 with the Herald's art critic [CT] commenting: "According to the canons of art and humor it is permissible for people to be clothed or nude; it is not permissible (except in French revue) to accentuate nudity with odd articles of clothing such as hats, stockings etc." The art critic for The Argus newspaper, Alan McCulloch was similarly scathing in his review. He exhibited at the Atheneum Gallery in 1948 1954 and 1955 and at the lower Kozminsky Gallery in 1951. A prolific entrant in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, he was a finalist in 1939, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1976 and a finalist in the Wynne Prize in 1954.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Graham Thorley from 1987 and in total 15 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 7 (47%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,500 for Portrait of Jock Sturrock sold by Leonard Joel in April 1999. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2015. Works by Graham Thorley are held by the National Portrait Gallery and National Gallery of Victoria.
Graham Albert Edward Thorley is not listed in any of the standard biographical references listed on our references page.
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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