Rata D. B. Lovell-Smith New Zealand, 1894-1969
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About Rata D. B. Lovell-Smith
A New Zealand artist born in Christchurch in 1894, Rata Lovell Smith studied art at the Canterbury School of Art. A landscape artist who worked mainly with oils, she won the Bledisloe Medal in 1939. After 1935 she also painted still lifes of flowers. She taught at Canterbury School of Art from 1924 to 1945 and exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts between the 1920s and 1951.
The earliest auction listing we have for Rata Lovell-Smith is in 1988 and in total 129 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 94 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $21,940 for Kaikoura sold by International Art Centre in November 2004. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Rata Lovell-Smith are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and Auckland Art Gallery.
Rata D. B. Lovell-Smith 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 152
- 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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