David Aspden Britain, Australia, 1935-2005
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About David Aspden
Born in England in 1935, David Aspden arrived in Australia in 1950 where he began painting. He left school and was apprenticed to a painter and signwriter at Port Kembla, and during this period developed an interest in becoming a full time artist. He held his first one-man exhibition at the Watters Gallery, Sydney, in 1965. He has since had many showings of his works and has won several awards including the Crouch Prize at Ballarat in 1970, a Gold Medal at the Sao Paulo Biennale in 1971 and the Wynne Prize for landscape painting in 1995.
In our database, 229 works by David Aspden are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1974, of which 159 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $32,400 for Fishing the Hawkesbury 1995 sold by Leonard Joel in September 2010. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by David Aspden are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia and a further seven major public national galleries (see list below).
David Aspden is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 223
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 22
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 281
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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