Robert A. Wade Australia, 1930-.
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About Robert A. Wade
Born in Melbourne in 1930, Robert Wade is a graphic artist and watercolourist. His traditional realist paintings have been exhibited in Victoria, New York and Florida in the USA and in London. His work is represented in regional and institutional collections. He has exhibited with most of the major watercolour societies in the world and won important awards in many countries. In 1986 he received the "Advance Australia Medal" for his outstanding contribution to Australian art, and in 2003 he received the Medal of The Order of Australia for his contribution to watercolour as artist, educator and promoter of Australian art. He was elected "Artist of the Year", Victorian Artists' Society, 1985 and 1986; in 1988 he received the "Winsor and Newton Australian Bi-Centenary Award for Watercolour". His work has received 13 major overseas awards in England, France and USA, plus 105 awards in Australia. Among the awards are the Cornelissen Award of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, 1983; Talens Award and Public Choice, Grand Prix International, Tregastel, France 1994; Clay Kent Medal, International Society of Marine Painters, Washington, D,C., 1985. He has won 105 awards for watercolour in Australia since 1977, including three gold medals for watercolour at the Camberwell Rotary Exhibition in 1981, 1985, 1987.
The total number of works by Robert Wade offered for sale by auction since 1982 is 26, of which 9 (35%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,320 for The Olgas sold by Leonard Joel in April 1992. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
Robert A. Wade 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 993
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 702
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 376
- 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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