Stanislaw (Stacha) Halpern Australia, 1919-69
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About Stacha Halpern
Born in Poland in 1919, Halpern arrived in Australia in 1939. He studied fine art in Lvov, Poland before the Nazi invasion, at the George Bell School in the 1940s .and briefly at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. A painter and potter, he returned to Europe in 1951 where he worked and exhibited regularly in Paris, and also in Italy and Denmark. He returned to Melbourne in 1966 where he died in 1969. In 1970 the National Gallery of Victoria held a retrospective of his work.
The earliest auction listing we have for Stacha Halpern is in 1982 and in total 91 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 66 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $19,550 for Laura sold by GFL Fine Art in May 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Stacha Halpern are held by the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of Western Australia.
Stacha Halpern 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 494
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 319
- 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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