James Edward Buchanan Boswell New Zealand, Britain, 1906-71
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About James Edward Buchanan Boswell
A New Zealand born artist, James Boswell was born in 1906. He studied at the Elam School of Fine Arts in Auckland in 1925, then moved to London where he studied at the Royal College of Art in London until 1929. In 1927 Boswell exhibited with the London Group. He began commercial work in 1932, and that year he joined the Communist Party, and produced illustrations and cartoons for left wing British newspapers such as the 'Daily Worker' and 'Left Review'. Boswell was a founding member of 'Artists International' a left wing organisation later to become known as 'Artists against Fascism'. He served in World War II and sketched army and battle scenes. He became a full time artist from 1952.
In our database, 15 works by James Boswell are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1981, of which 11 (73%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2001. Works by James Boswell are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.
James Edward Buchanan Boswell 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 26
- 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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