Samuel Sydney (Sam) Fullbrook Australia, 1922-2004
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About Sam Fullbrook
Born in Sydney in 1922, and from 1937 worked as a timber cutter and other manual jobs before joining the army in 1940 after the outbreak of World War II. He discovered reading and painting through the Army Adult Education program and in 1946 he enrolled in the National Gallery of Victoria Art School in Melbourne. He had his first joint exhibition in Melbourne in 1948. Fullbrook has spent much of his life working and painting in an throughout Australia. From the 1960s he lived permanently in Brisbane. He was awarded the Archibald Prize for 1974, the Wynne Prize in 1963 and shared the Wynne Prize the following year. From the 1960s to 2001, his works were included in national tours and tours to the U.S. He exhibited in New York in 1989. He had solo shows in galleries in every Australian state.
Sam Fullbrook is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1969 of 539, of which 352 (65%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $146,400 for The Prospector 1960 sold by Bonhams in June 2013. This year 4 works have been offered for sale. Works by Sam Fullbrook are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Sam Fullbrook 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 447
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 235
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 312
- 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…
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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