John Richard Passmore Australia, 1904-84
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About John Passmore
Born in redfern, Sydney in 1904, left school at age 13 and began work with a signwriter. Passmore studied in Sydney under Julian Ashton and George Lambert, then visited Britain and Europe where he worked and studied. When he returned to Sydney in 1951 his work showed the influences of Cezanne and Rembrandt. John Passmore began teaching at the Julian Ashton School, then the Newcastle Technical College followed by the National Art School, East Sydney Technical College. In 1959 he won the first Helena Rubinstein Travelling Scholarship and went back to Europe, but his health collapsed in the early 1960s and he took little or no part in further exhibitions.
John Passmore 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 570, of which 353 (62%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $312,000 for The Bathers sold by Deutscher and Hackett in August 2007. This year 4 works have been offered for sale. Works by John Passmore are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
John Passmore 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 762
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 352
- 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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