Works in the database
256
Works with images
95
Works with multiple sales
36

Past Sales

Nocturne, 1912
Hermitage Road, Kurrajong
(Dredging Sydney Harbour), Off Garden Island

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 151 works for
$299,447
Works on Paper
Sold 23 works for
$7,694

Where to buy or sell art works by J. Howard Ashton

Auction Houses

Leonard Joel
Sold 38 works for
$93,905
Lawsons
Sold 25 works for
$31,946
Davidson Auctions
Sold 20 works for
$26,872

Julian Howard Ashton was born in Islington, London, 1877, the son of Julian Rossi Ashton. He trained in Sydney under his father and was a landscape painter, journalist, writer and art critic. He was president of the Royal Art Society from 1942 to 1945.

In our database, 256 works by J. Howard Ashton are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1969, of which 174 (68%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $20,000 for On Summer Eves sold by Leonard Joel in November 1985. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by J. Howard Ashton are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).

J. Howard Ashton 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 221
  • Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 280
  • 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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