Estelle Mary (Jo) Sweatman Australia, 1872-1956
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About Jo Sweatman
Born in 1872, Jo Sweatman studied at the National Gallery School from 1890 to 1898. She was a member of the Australian Artists' Association and exhibited with the Victorian Artists Society between 1901 and 1917. Jo Sweatman was also a founding member of the Twenty Melbourne Painters group. A landscape painter who was know as one of Australia's formost painters of wattle, she lived in the semi-rural outer Melbourne suburb of Warrandyte and was a member of the artistic group that existed in Warrandyte.
The total number of works by Jo Sweatman offered for sale by auction since 1969 is 201, of which 139 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $33,600 for The Secret Garden sold by Lawson~Menzies (now trading as Menzies) in December 2007. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Jo Sweatman are held by the National Gallery of Victoria.
Jo Sweatman 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 931
- 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…
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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