Harry Linley Richardson Britain, New Zealand, 1878-1947
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About Harry Linley Richardson
The son of a commercial artist, designer and watercolourist, Harry Richardson was born in England in 1878. He studied art in London, where he won the Queen's Prize for life drawing, and at L'Academie Julian in Paris. In 1908 Richardson arrived in New Zealand; for the first three years he taught life drawing at the Wellington Technical College Art School, and then became head of the art school at Palmerston North. He developed an interest in Maori life and mythology. He exhibited his drawings, paintings and etchings widely in New Zealand and in Sydney.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Harry Richardson from 1971 and in total 312 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 200 (64%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $47,139 for The Artists' Three Children sold by Webb's in September 2022. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Harry Richardson are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Christchurch Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery.
Harry Linley Richardson is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 114
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 211
- 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.
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