Frank Gross Austria, New Zealand, 1908-63
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About Frank Gross
Born in Austria in 1908, Frank Gross studied in London and Paris prior to his arrival in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1934 where he worked as a designer in a fur factory. After settling in Christchurch he became a painter and a tutor at the University of Canterbury School of Fine Arts. He founded the Town & Country Society of Artists in Christchurch in 1962, but died suddnely in 1963 just before the Society's first exhibition was held.
The earliest auction listing we have for Frank Gross is in 1989 and in total 158 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 127 (80%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $4,756 for View of Lake Hawea sold by Dunbar Sloane in December 2019. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Frank Gross are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery.
Frank Gross is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 102
- 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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