Eveline W. Syme Australia, 1888-1961
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About Eveline Syme
Eveline Syme was born in Surrey Englland in 1888. After leaving school in Melbourne, she travelled to England and gained her MA from Cambridge University in 1914 and continued her studies in art in Melbourne, London and Paris, and travelled and worked through Europe in the early 1920s. She returned to Melbourne in 1929 and was activly involved in the art scene. Known as a painter and printmaker, she was a member of a number of art associations and foundation member of the Contemporary Group in 1932 and regularly exhibited with the Melbourne Society of Women Painters and Sculptors and the Independent Group of Artists.
In our database, 170 works by Eveline Syme are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1979, of which 135 (79%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $147,273 for Tuscan Landscape (Verso: Siena), C.1920s sold by Deutscher and Hackett in July 2022. This year 4 works have been offered for sale. Works by Eveline Syme are held by the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and a further four major public national galleries (see list below).
Eveline Syme 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 933
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 371
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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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