Herbert Edward Badham, 1899-1961 has 70 works listed in the Australian Art Sales Digest.

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Herbert Edward Badham, 1899-1961, Australia.

Herbert Badham studied under Julian Ashton and George Lambert at the Sydney Art School, where his fellow students during the 1920s included William Dobell, Charles Meere, Ena Cambridge and Rah Fizelle.
In 1932 Badham was runner up to Dobell for the NSW Travelling Art Scholarship. Badham's works show the influence of English figural modernism, but the breadth of his interests led him even to a dalliance with surrealism, and his work also shows knowledge of the Dutch masters. Like these mentors, Badham was able to discover the extraordinary in the everyday, and he possessed a keen eye allied to a lively and lucid style.
For much of his career he painted the everyday life of Sydney, its harbour (he was born in Watson's Bay), and it's people, both ordinary and otherwise. He was known as a kind and likeable man, and his works are sympathetic of human foibles (particularly when compared with the acerbic works coming from wartime Melbourne). He taught for many years at East Sydney Tech, and it must be said that were he not so dedicated a teacher and writer he would have left us more paintings.
He published A study of Australian Art (1949), only the second attempt at writing Australian art history since William Moore's work of 1934. For much of the 40s he travelled Australia researching this book.

Top Five Sale Prices

Herbert Edward Badham, Travellers, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1933 lower right, 93.3 x 69 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26/04/99

Herbert Badham, Kings Cross Fair 1945, oil on composition board, signed and dated lower left: H. Badham 45, inscribed on old label verso: H. Badham/East Sydney Tech College/ 'Kings Cross Fair'/ Price 30 gns, 48 x 38 cm, Price $****, Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, 29/10/03

Herbert Badham, Kings Cross Fair 1945, oil on board, signed and dated lower right: H. Badham '45, 48 x 38 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 03/05/00

Herbert Edward Badham, Travellers, oil on canvas, signed and dated '33 lower right, 90 x 67.5 cm, Price $****, Joel's, Melbourne, 20/07/88

Herbert Edward Badham, Hotel Scene - Figures in a Bar, oil on canvas, signed and dated '40 lower right, 102 x 81 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26/11/90

The table below shows the number of works of art by Herbert Edward Badham offered and sold by auction in Australia and New Zealand over the last thirty years and listed in our database. Full details of each work, including title, medium, size, signature and sold price are available to subscribers.

Medium Offered Sold

Paintings 65 42

Works on Paper 5 4

The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 300,000 works by more than 11,400 artists who have either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand since the early 1970s. The database is regularly updated with current year auction results, as they become available.
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Herbert Edward Badham, 1899-1961, Australia.
Herbert Badham studied under Julian Ashton and George Lambert at the Sydney Art School, where his fellow students during the 1920s included William Dobell, Charles Meere, Ena Cambridge and Rah Fizelle. In 1932 Badham was runner up to Dobell for the NSW Travelling Art Scholarship. Badham's works show the influence of English figural modernism, but the breadth of his interests led him even to a dalliance with surrealism, and his work also shows knowledge of the Dutch masters. Like these mentors, Badham was able to discover the extraordinary in the everyday, and he possessed a keen eye allied to a lively and lucid style. For much of his career he painted the everyday life of Sydney, its harbour (he was born in Watson's Bay), and it's people, both ordinary and otherwise. He was known as a kind and likeable man, and his works are sympathetic of human foibles (particularly when compared with the acerbic works coming from wartime Melbourne). He taught for many years at East Sydney Tech, and it must be said that were he not so dedicated a teacher and writer he would have left us more paintings. He published A study of Australian Art (1949), only the second attempt at writing Australian art history since William Moore's work of 1934. For much of the 40s he travelled Australia researching this book.
Top Five Sale Prices
Herbert Edward Badham, Travellers, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1933 lower right, 93.3 x 69 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26/04/99
Herbert Badham, Kings Cross Fair 1945, oil on composition board, signed and dated lower left: H. Badham 45, inscribed on old label verso: H. Badham/East Sydney Tech College/ 'Kings Cross Fair'/ Price 30 gns, 48 x 38 cm, Price $****, Lawson~Menzies, Sydney, 29/10/03
Herbert Badham, Kings Cross Fair 1945, oil on board, signed and dated lower right: H. Badham '45, 48 x 38 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 03/05/00
Herbert Edward Badham, Travellers, oil on canvas, signed and dated '33 lower right, 90 x 67.5 cm, Price $****, Joel's, Melbourne, 20/07/88
Herbert Edward Badham, Hotel Scene - Figures in a Bar, oil on canvas, signed and dated '40 lower right, 102 x 81 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 26/11/90
The table below shows the number of works of art by Herbert Edward Badham offered and sold by auction in Australia and New Zealand over the last thirty years and listed in our database. Full details of each work, including title, medium, size, signature and sold price are available to subscribers.
Medium	Offered	Sold
Paintings	65	42
Works on Paper	5	4
The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 300,000 works by more than 11,400 artists who have either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand since the early 1970s. The database is regularly updated with current year auction results, as they become available. The information is used Access to the database is available on either a monthly subscription for $Au25.00 or annual subscription for $Au145.00. During the subscription period you have unlimited access to the site. If you would like to subscribe, please click here for our Secure Subscription Form Please note we do not buy, sell, appraise or value works of art, but offer an information resource used by auction houses, collectors, commercial galleries, valuers, researchers and consultants.