Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, 1879-1957 has 81 works listed in the Australian Art Sales Digest.

Home Page | Find Artist | User Info | Subscribe | Contact Us

Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, 1879-1957, Australia.

Born in Australia on the New South Wales coast, Burgess studied art in Sydney prior to moving to St Ives, Cornwall in 1901. From 1904 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and the Paris Salon. He was also a founding member of the Society of Marine Artists in Britain. During World War I. he was appointed by the Australian government to be the official war artist with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow.

Top Five Sale Prices

Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, A Yacht and Pilot Offshore, watercolour heightened with white, signed, 60.9 x 81.3 cm, Price $****, Christies, London, 01/12/88

Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, Untitled (Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow), oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Arthur Burgess' with monogram, 62 x 74 cm, Price $****, Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 10/12/01

Arthur Burgess, Kaiser-I-hind P&o Ocean Liner Built 1914, oil on board, 27 x 43 cm, Price $****, Davidson Auctions, Sydney, 16/06/07

Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, Shipping at Cowes, oil on board, signed, inscribed and dated '05 lower left, 44.5 x 54.5 cm, Price $****, Joel's, Melbourne, 02/11/83

Arthur Burgess, Tilbury Docks, oil on board, signed lower right: Arthur Burgess, 50.5 x 75 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Sydney, 08/12/04

The table below shows the number of works of art by Arthur James Wetherall Burgess 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 40 26

Works on Paper 41 29

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.

The Australian Art Sales Digest is published by John Furphy Pty. Ltd., Melbourne, Australia.

Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, 1879-1957, Australia.
Born in Australia on the New South Wales coast, Burgess studied art in Sydney prior to moving to St Ives, Cornwall in 1901. From 1904 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour and the Paris Salon. He was also a founding member of the Society of Marine Artists in Britain. During World War I. he was appointed by the Australian government to be the official war artist with the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow.
Top Five Sale Prices
Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, A Yacht and Pilot Offshore, watercolour heightened with white, signed, 60.9 x 81.3 cm, Price $****, Christies, London, 01/12/88
Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, Untitled (Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow), oil on canvas, signed lower left 'Arthur Burgess' with monogram, 62 x 74 cm, Price $****, Shapiro Auctioneers, Sydney, 10/12/01
Arthur Burgess, Kaiser-I-hind P&o Ocean Liner Built 1914, oil on board, 27 x 43 cm, Price $****, Davidson Auctions, Sydney, 16/06/07
Arthur James Wetherall Burgess, Shipping at Cowes, oil on board, signed, inscribed and dated '05 lower left, 44.5 x 54.5 cm, Price $****, Joel's, Melbourne, 02/11/83
Arthur Burgess, Tilbury Docks, oil on board, signed lower right: Arthur Burgess, 50.5 x 75 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Sydney, 08/12/04
The table below shows the number of works of art by Arthur James Wetherall Burgess 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	40	26
Works on Paper	41	29
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.