William Crothers Fitler United States, Australia, New Zealand, 1857-1915
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About William Crothers Fitler
William Crothers Fitler was born in Philadelphia 1857 and studied art at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He came to Australia with S.B. Schell and W.T. Smedley to work on the production of the 'Picturesque Atlas of Australia from 1884-1888. Little is known of the artist's later period. Fitler is known to have visited and worked in New Zealand with Schell, and has works in public collections in that country. He is believed to have returned to America as a condition of his assignment. Fitler married a divorced American artist Ms.Claude Raquet Hirst at New York in 1901. A black and white artist, as well as colour tonalist landscape painter, Fitler has many colour paintings to his credit in art galleries across America, New Zealand and Australia, the latter including one of The Queensland Club from the Botanic Gardens, and another of Queensland Parliament House.
We have records of art auction sales by William Fitler from 1975 and in total 19 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 10 (53%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2019. Works by William Fitler are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery and Art Gallery of South Australia.
William Crothers Fitler 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 426
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 309
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 83
- 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.
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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