Jack John Noel Kilgour Australia, Britain, 1900-87
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About Jack Kilgour
Born in Victoria in 1900, Kilgour studied at the Sydney Art School and in England from about 1930at St. Martin's School of Art, Chelsea Polytechnic and the Royal Art School to 1938. He returned to Australia in 1939 and took up a teaching position at the East Sydney Technical College from 1939 to 1970. He is principally a landscape artist and held about 10 exhibitions in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney after his return until 1983. A restrospective of this work was held at the New England Art Museum in 1977.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Jack Kilgour from 1974 and in total 307 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 182 (59%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $20,400 for The Desert Wind sold by Sotheby's in August 2007. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Jack Kilgour are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Jack Kilgour 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 574
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 330
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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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