Richard Aldworth Oliver Britain, New Zealand, 1811-89
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About Richard Aldworth Oliver
An English naval officer and watercolorist, Richard Oliver was born in 1811. He visited New Zealand while surveying the Pacific region from 1847 to 1851 in the 'HMS Fly'. He painted and sketched the local landscapes and Maoris. Lithographs were made from some of these and published in 'Lithographic Drawings from Sketches in New Zealand' produced in England in 1852.
In our database, 98 works by Richard Oliver are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1990, of which 52 (53%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $78,953 for Group Outside a Tent, Pomare's Pah, Bay of Islands sold by Webb's in June 2002. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Richard Oliver are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Richard Aldworth Oliver 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 188
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