Stewart Angus MacFarlane Australia, 1953-.
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About Stewart MacFarlane
Born in Adelaide in 1953, Stewart MacFarlane enrolled at the South Australian School of Art in 1969 and graduated with a Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) in 1974. In 1975 he travelled to New York where he studied and worked for eight years. In New York, he was awared a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting) from the School of Visual Arts in 1977. in Adelaide, Melbourne and the USA. He is a painter and printmaker and has exhibited widely since 1979.He returned to Australia in 1983, and took post-graduate studies at the Victorian College of the Arts graduating in 1984. After a year as artist-in-residence in the Besozzo Studio, Italy he returned to Australia and was awarded a residency with the Roswell Artist-in-residence program, New Mexico, USA, for a year. Over the next eight years, Stuart MacFarlane worked and exhibited between Melbourne, Sydney, and Roswell. In 1994, he received a residency at The Bemis Centre, Omaha, Nebraska in the USA.
We have records of art auction sales by Stewart MacFarlane from 1990 and in total 146 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 78 (53%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $9,760 for Boardroom sold by Mossgreen Auctions in November 2010. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Stewart MacFarlane are held by the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Stewart MacFarlane 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 643
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 430
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 339
- 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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