Carl Hampel Australia, 1887-1942
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About Carl Hampel
Originally a postal worker and farmer, Hempel was born c1887 but turned to painting and studied under Max Meldrum in Melbourne from 1914 to 1922. A landscape and floral artist, he was a member of Australian Art Association, the Victorian Artists society where he exhibited, and the Twenty Melbourne Painters group. He moved to Tasmania in 1922 and then went to live in London the following year, where he exhibited with the Royal Academy. He and his wife and child were killed in an air raid in London in 1942.
We have records of art auction sales by Carl Hampel from 1969 and in total 238 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 165 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,800 for Still Life - Flowers sold by Leonard Joel in November 1989. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Carl Hampel are held by the Geelong Gallery.
Carl Hampel 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 496
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 319
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
- 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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