Elioth Gruner, 1882-1939 has 580 works listed in the Australian Art Sales Digest.

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Elioth Gruner, 1882-1939, Australia.

Born in New Zealand to a Norwegian father and Irish mother, Elioth Gruner began working at the age of twelve as Julian Ashton's studio assistant. Julian Ashton was then conducting classes for the Art Society of New South Wales. Although subsequently forced to become a draper's assistant at Farmer's, the Sydney department store -following the marriage of his older brother and breadwinner - he continued to study under Ashton when the opportunity allowed.
He went on to exhibit widely, especially with the NSW Society of Artists. Norman Lindsay called Elioth Gruner 'the greatest painter of pure light the world has ever seen' and, while the claim might be an exaggerated one, the soft atmospheric effects he produced, along with his choice of cool greens and blues, lend to his work a quality of light reminiscent of Scandinavian and North German landscape painters.

Top Five Sale Prices

Mingoola Valley, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1920 lower right, 59 x 74.5 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Sydney, 07/05/07

Dreamy Morning, Middle Harbour, oil on canvas, signed and dated 'E. Gruner/1913' lower right and titled on exhibition label affixed to the reverse, 76.7 x 154.7 cm, Price $****, Christies, Melbourne, 23/11/98

The Entrance, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 66 x 79.5 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 14/08/89

Summer Afternoon Coogee Beach, oil on wood panel, signed and dated 1917 lower right, 23 x 25.5 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Sydney, 27/08/01

In Morning Sunlight, Richmond, New South Wales, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1917 lower right, 60.2 x 45.3 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23/05/05

The table below shows the number of works of art by Elioth Gruner 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 470 341

Works on Paper 40 27

Prints & Graphics 70 57

The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 345,000 works by more than 12,100 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 $Au30.00 or annual subscription for $Au170.00. 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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Elioth Gruner, 1882-1939, Australia.
Born in New Zealand to a Norwegian father and Irish mother, Elioth Gruner began working at the age of twelve as Julian Ashton's studio assistant. Julian Ashton was then conducting classes for the Art Society of New South Wales. Although subsequently forced to become a draper's assistant at Farmer's, the Sydney department store -following the marriage of his older brother and breadwinner - he continued to study under Ashton when the opportunity allowed. He went on to exhibit widely, especially with the NSW Society of Artists. Norman Lindsay called Elioth Gruner 'the greatest painter of pure light the world has ever seen' and, while the claim might be an exaggerated one, the soft atmospheric effects he produced, along with his choice of cool greens and blues, lend to his work a quality of light reminiscent of Scandinavian and North German landscape painters.
Top Five Sale Prices
Mingoola Valley, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1920 lower right, 59 x 74.5 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Sydney, 07/05/07
Dreamy Morning, Middle Harbour, oil on canvas, signed and dated 'E. Gruner/1913' lower right and titled on exhibition label affixed to the reverse, 76.7 x 154.7 cm, Price $****, Christies, Melbourne, 23/11/98
The Entrance, oil on canvas, signed lower right, 66 x 79.5 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 14/08/89
Summer Afternoon Coogee Beach, oil on wood panel, signed and dated 1917 lower right, 23 x 25.5 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Sydney, 27/08/01
In Morning Sunlight, Richmond, New South Wales, oil on canvas, signed and dated 1917 lower right, 60.2 x 45.3 cm, Price $****, Sotheby's, Melbourne, 23/05/05
The table below shows the number of works of art by Elioth Gruner 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	470	341
Works on Paper	40	27
Prints & Graphics	70	57
The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 345,000 works by more than 12,100 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 $Au30.00 or annual subscription for $Au170.00. 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.