Austen A. Deans, 1915-. has 133 works listed in the Australian Art Sales Digest.

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Austen A. Deans, 1915-., New Zealand.

Austen A. Deans was born in Christchurch , New Zeland. He studied Art at the Canterbury University College School of Art and gained his Diploma in 1938.
During the First World War he was sent to the Middle East and was appointed assistant New Zealand War Artist in Crete where he was taken prisoner. A prisoner of war for four years, he remained in England for a further six months to give evidence against collaborators.
He married in 1946 and two years later left for England with his wife. He studied for two years at Sir John Cass College, which is affiliated to the University of London. Late in 1950 the family returned to NZ and purchased a small farm at Peel Forest, South Canterbury where he built a home with a spacious studio.
Austen Deans has won many National Art Awards and is represented in the National Gallery, the Christchurch and Dunedin Public Galleries and others. He exhibits in the NZ Academy, Art Society and has held numerous one-man-exhibitions.

Top Five Sale Prices

Austen Deans, Mt D'archiac, Mt Cook National Park, oil on canvas, signed, title inscribed on stretcher verso, 85 x 80 cm, Price $****, Webb's, Auckland, 30/10/01

Austen A. Deans, Lichean - Peel Forest, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1954, 74 x 48 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 15/10/07

Austen A. Deans, Mesopotamia Station, Head of Rangatata, oil on canvas, signed and dated 2000, 69 x 89 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 27/11/07

Austen A. Deans, Mt Dõarchiac, Mt Cook National Park, oil on canvas, signed, dated 1947, inscribed on stretcher verso, 85 x 80 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 25/07/06

Austen A. Deans, Looking Across the Rangatata, watercolour, signed and dated 1987, 39 x 78.5 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 27/11/07

The table below shows the number of works of art by Austen A. Deans 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 48 37

Works on Paper 78 66

Prints & Graphics 7 7

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.

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Austen A. Deans, 1915-., New Zealand.
Austen A. Deans was born in Christchurch , New Zeland. He studied Art at the Canterbury University College School of Art and gained his Diploma in 1938. During the First World War he was sent to the Middle East and was appointed assistant New Zealand War Artist in Crete where he was taken prisoner. A prisoner of war for four years, he remained in England for a further six months to give evidence against collaborators. He married in 1946 and two years later left for England with his wife. He studied for two years at Sir John Cass College, which is affiliated to the University of London. Late in 1950 the family returned to NZ and purchased a small farm at Peel Forest, South Canterbury where he built a home with a spacious studio. Austen Deans has won many National Art Awards and is represented in the National Gallery, the Christchurch and Dunedin Public Galleries and others. He exhibits in the NZ Academy, Art Society and has held numerous one-man-exhibitions.
Top Five Sale Prices
Austen Deans, Mt D'archiac, Mt Cook National Park, oil on canvas, signed, title inscribed on stretcher verso, 85 x 80 cm, Price $****, Webb's, Auckland, 30/10/01
Austen A. Deans, Lichean - Peel Forest, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1954, 74 x 48 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 15/10/07
Austen A. Deans, Mesopotamia Station, Head of Rangatata, oil on canvas, signed and dated 2000, 69 x 89 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 27/11/07
Austen A. Deans, Mt Dõarchiac, Mt Cook National Park, oil on canvas, signed, dated 1947, inscribed on stretcher verso, 85 x 80 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 25/07/06
Austen A. Deans, Looking Across the Rangatata, watercolour, signed and dated 1987, 39 x 78.5 cm, Price $****, International Art Centre, Auckland, 27/11/07
The table below shows the number of works of art by Austen A. Deans 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	48	37
Works on Paper	78	66
Prints & Graphics	7	7
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.