William Montague Whitney Australia, c1880-1948
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About William Montague Whitney
William Montague Whitney was born in St Kilda, Melbourne in 1867. He studied at the J. S. Watkins School in Sydney and exhibited with the Royal Art Society and Victorian Art Society and in 1926 was the founder of the Australian Art Society.
In our database, 44 works by William Whitney are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1981, of which 25 (57%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022.
William Montague Whitney 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 1023
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 380
- 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.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
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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