Born in Victoria in 1948, Rick Amor studied at the National Gallery School in Melbourne from 1966 to 1968. A winner of the National Gallery Travelling Scholarship, he held his first one-man exhibition at the Joseph Brown Gallery in 1974.
Rick Amor is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1974 of 630, of which 431 (68%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $294,545 for Figure in a Landscape sold by Menzies in June 2019. This year 6 works have been offered for sale. Works by Rick Amor are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Australian War Memorial and a further eight major public national galleries (see list below).
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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…
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