Luise Tet Fong New Zealand, Australia, 1964-.
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About Luise Tet Fong
Born in Malaysia in 1964, Luise Fong arrived in New Zealand as a child. She studied art at the Elam School of Fine Arts, majoring in printmaking. An abstract artist, she held her first solo exhibition in 1989, and in 1994 won a scholarship to the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne. In Melbourne she taught at RMIT and continued to exhibit her work in New Zealand and Australia, as well as travelling and exhibiting in Frankfurt and Hong Kong. In 2000 Luise Fong returned to New Zealand, and was appointed Lecturer in Painting at Elam School of Fine Arts where she remained until 2005.
The total number of works by Luise Fong offered for sale by auction since 1996 is 149, of which 70 (47%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $13,802 for Smoke sold by Dunbar Sloane in May 2005. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Luise Fong are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Luise Tet Fong 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 85
- 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.
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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