Edward Cairns Officer Australia, 1871-1921
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About Edward Officer
Edward Cairns Officer, a landscape painter in oil, was born in Swan Hill, Victoria in 1871. He studied at the National Gallery of Victoria School, 1893-94 and in Paris at the Academie Julian. Officer received advice and help from the French landscape painter Henri Harpignies in Paris and exhibited at the Paris Salon, Royal Institute, London, and Royal Society of British Artists, 1892-1904. He was first president of the Australian Art Association from 1912-21, and a trustee of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne from 1916-21.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Edward Officer from 1972 and in total 229 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 182 (79%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $6,500 for Half Moon Bay sold by Leonard Joel in July 1989. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Edward Officer are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW and Ian Potter Museum of Art.
Edward Officer 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 741
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 350
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
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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