Nicholas Chevalier, 1828-1902 has 306 works listed in the Australian Art Sales Digest.

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Nicholas Chevalier, 1828-1902, Europe, Australia, New Zealand.

Nicholas Chevalier was born of a Swiss father and Russian mother in St Petersburg, Russia. In 1845 he went to Lausanne, where he began his art studies under J. S. Guingard (1811-1897), and three years later moved to Munich to pursue the study of architecture.
By 1851 Chevalier was in London, where he exhibited watercolours at the Royal Academy and worked for the lithographer Ludwig Gurner. After further study in Italy from 1853-1854, Chevalier sailed for Melbourne. He arrived in Australia in late 1854 or early 1855. He enjoyed success in Australia, working variously as an illustrator, decorator (designing decorations for the Duke of Edinburgh's first visit to Melbourne in 1867), printmaker, teacher and artist.
He explored western Victoria with the astronomer Neumayer in 1862-3, and travelled widely in New Zealand in 1864-5. The Buffalo Ranges won Chevalier the prize for best picture by an artist resident in the Australian colonies in 1864 and was purchased for the National Gallery of Australia. He helped to found a school of art and art gallery in Victoria and was a founder member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts. He toured Victoria and Tasmania with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867-8. Chevalier visited Tahiti in 1869 on the homeward leg of the Duke of Edinburgh's cruise on HMS Galatea. The Duke had invited Chevalier to join his suite for the return journey in Sydney on 11 March 1869, and Chevalier (joining Brierly as a second artist), travelled with the Duke until 6 April 1870, visiting Sydney, New Zealand, Tahiti, Manila, Japan, India and Ceylon. He left the Galatea in Candy, Ceylon, travelling to England, where he settled for the rest of his life.
Soon after arrival in England, Chevalier exhibited one hundred and fifty views at the Crystal Palace and then ninety-five watercolours, mounted on five screens, at the South Kensington Museum, in January 1872

Top Five Sale Prices

Nicholas Chevalier, Mt. Cook and the Southern Alps, oil, signed, dated, 183 x 305 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 30/05/88

Nicholas Chevalier, Sealer's Cove, Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1864 lower left, 42.5 x 68.5 cm, Price $****, Joel's, Melbourne, 20/07/88

Nicholas Chevalier, Weary, a Day at St. Leonards, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right N. Chevalier 1878, 121 x 88 cm, Price $****, Christies, Brisbane, 06/06/89

Nicholas Chevalier, Mount Zero and Lake Taylor, Victoria, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1862, framed, 79 x 122.5 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23/03/83

Nicholas Chevalier, Looking Toward Kosciusko from Doolins Plain at Tom Groggin 1866, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left 'N. Chevalier/1866', 83.5 x 109 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 10/08/98

The table below shows the number of works of art by Nicholas Chevalier 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 79 44

Works on Paper 190 124

Prints & Graphics 37 32

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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Nicholas Chevalier, 1828-1902, Europe, Australia, New Zealand.
Nicholas Chevalier was born of a Swiss father and Russian mother in St Petersburg, Russia. In 1845 he went to Lausanne, where he began his art studies under J. S. Guingard (1811-1897), and three years later moved to Munich to pursue the study of architecture. By 1851 Chevalier was in London, where he exhibited watercolours at the Royal Academy and worked for the lithographer Ludwig Gurner. After further study in Italy from 1853-1854, Chevalier sailed for Melbourne. He arrived in Australia in late 1854 or early 1855. He enjoyed success in Australia, working variously as an illustrator, decorator (designing decorations for the Duke of Edinburgh's first visit to Melbourne in 1867), printmaker, teacher and artist. He explored western Victoria with the astronomer Neumayer in 1862-3, and travelled widely in New Zealand in 1864-5. The Buffalo Ranges won Chevalier the prize for best picture by an artist resident in the Australian colonies in 1864 and was purchased for the National Gallery of Australia. He helped to found a school of art and art gallery in Victoria and was a founder member of the Victorian Society of Fine Arts. He toured Victoria and Tasmania with the Duke of Edinburgh in 1867-8. Chevalier visited Tahiti in 1869 on the homeward leg of the Duke of Edinburgh's cruise on HMS Galatea. The Duke had invited Chevalier to join his suite for the return journey in Sydney on 11 March 1869, and Chevalier (joining Brierly as a second artist), travelled with the Duke until 6 April 1870, visiting Sydney, New Zealand, Tahiti, Manila, Japan, India and Ceylon. He left the Galatea in Candy, Ceylon, travelling to England, where he settled for the rest of his life. Soon after arrival in England, Chevalier exhibited one hundred and fifty views at the Crystal Palace and then ninety-five watercolours, mounted on five screens, at the South Kensington Museum, in January 1872
Top Five Sale Prices
Nicholas Chevalier, Mt. Cook and the Southern Alps, oil, signed, dated, 183 x 305 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 30/05/88
Nicholas Chevalier, Sealer's Cove, Wilson's Promontory, Victoria, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1864 lower left, 42.5 x 68.5 cm, Price $****, Joel's, Melbourne, 20/07/88
Nicholas Chevalier, Weary, a Day at St. Leonards, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower right N. Chevalier 1878, 121 x 88 cm, Price $****, Christies, Brisbane, 06/06/89
Nicholas Chevalier, Mount Zero and Lake Taylor, Victoria, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1862, framed, 79 x 122.5 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23/03/83
Nicholas Chevalier, Looking Toward Kosciusko from Doolins Plain at Tom Groggin 1866, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left 'N. Chevalier/1866', 83.5 x 109 cm, Price $****, Deutscher~Menzies, Melbourne, 10/08/98
The table below shows the number of works of art by Nicholas Chevalier 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	79	44
Works on Paper	190	124
Prints & Graphics	37	32
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.