Colleen Shirley Hamilton was born on December 25 1930 in Christchurch New Zealand. She was a self-taught painter in oils of the New Zealand and Australian landscape and settlement, floral still life and farming. Some of her works were purchased by the New Zealand Government paintings as gifts to visiting overseas dignitaries. Colleen Hamilton moved to the Hartley region of the Blue Mountains in N.S.W in 1986 where she continued painting.
The total number of works by Colleen Hamilton offered for sale by auction since 1997 is 16, of which 14 (88%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021.
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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…
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