Peter Allen Powditch Australia, 1942-2022
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About Peter Powditch
Born in Sydney in 1942, Peter Powditch studied at the East Sydney Technical College and privately with John Olsen from 1960 to 1963, and held a number of part time tertiary lecturing positions from 1960 to the late 1980s. A member of the Sydney Young Contemporaries Group, he first exhibited in Sydney in in 1966 and subsequently in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra and Brisbane. He was awarded both the Georges Invitational Prize and the Sir John Sulman Prize in 1972, at the peak of his career. He participated in many major exhibitions including Australian Art Today which toured South East Asia in 1970 and Australian Prints at the Victoria and Albert Museum London in 1972. In 1981, Peter Powditch was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (OA)for his services to art. From a household name in the 1970s, to an introvert living in the Byron hinterland for the last two decades of his life, Peter Powditch was an artist and educator who came to success at the moment when Australia was defining its identity. He died on Saturday, 13 February, 2022 aged 79.
The earliest auction listing we have for Peter Powditch is in 1974 and in total 227 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 145 (64%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $79,773 for Maroubra Olympic sold by Deutscher and Hackett in October 2023. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Peter Powditch are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Peter Powditch 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 793
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 555
- 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…
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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