Works in the database
17
Works with images
7
Works with multiple sales
2

Past Sales

The Orchard
Packing Room
Cathedral

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 3 works for
$3,728
Works on Paper
Sold 9 works for
$2,109
Prints & Graphics
Sold 1 works for
$96

Where to buy or sell art works by Ethel Barringer

Auction Houses

Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers
Sold 1 works for
$2,928
Leonard Joel
Sold 5 works for
$1,186
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sold 2 works for
$616

Born in Adelaide, Ethel Barringer was a painter in watercolours and career art teacher. She studied under H. P. Gill at the Norwood Art School and later under Hans Heysen. She continued her studies in England at Sir John Cass Technical School.

The earliest auction listing we have for Ethel Barringer is in 1977 and in total 17 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 13 (76%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,928 for The Orchard sold by Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers in October 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Ethel Barringer are held by the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Ethel Barringer 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 243
  • Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 284
  • 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…

No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.

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