Kennett Watkins Britain, New Zealand, 1847-1933
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About Kennett Watkins
Born in India in 1847, Kennett Watkins studied extensively in England and Europe before arriving in New Zealand in 1873 and initially worked as a photographer. He married and began exhibiting his paintings in 1877 in Auckland where he also worked as a teacher. Watkins painted landscapes in oil and watercolour.
In our database, 61 works by Kennett Watkins are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1992, of which 32 (52%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $136,540 for Maori Family Canoeing on the Waikato River sold by Dunbar Sloane in December 2000. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Kennett Watkins are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.
Kennett Watkins 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 263
- 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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