Darcy Nicholas New Zealand, 1945-.
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About Darcy Nicholas
Born in Taranaki, New Zealand in 1945, Darcy Nicholas is a self taught Maori contemporary artist. A painter in acylic on paper and canvas, and sculptor, he has travelled widely studying native and traditional art of the local peoples. He lived in Melbourne in 1973 and now lives in Lower Hutt in the North Island, 17 km north of Wellington. As well as exhibiting throughout New Zealand he hs also exhibited in Australia, Africa, United States, France, India, Britain, Germany, Netherlands, and Canada. He was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship in 1984 enabling him to study American and African art in the USA. In 2005 he won the Creative Wellington Award for his services to the arts.
The earliest auction listing we have for Darcy Nicholas is in 1993 and in total 45 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 31 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $6,876 for Rongoue Roa sold by International Art Centre in July 2003. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021.
Darcy Nicholas is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 182
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
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