Cecil Fletcher Kelly New Zealand, 1879-1954
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About Cecil Fletcher Kelly
Born in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1879, Cecil Kelly studied in Christchurch under Petrus Van der Velden and in Europe. He married fellow artist Elizabeth Abbott in 1908 and they settled in New Brighton. Their home became a meeting place for artists. A teacher and landscape painter in oils, Kelly exhibited with the Canterbury Society of Arts and in the UK with the Royal Academy.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Cecil Kelly from 1988 and in total 106 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 75 (71%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $11,600 for Kowhai River, Waimakariri sold by International Art Centre in November 2010. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Cecil Kelly are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.
Cecil Fletcher Kelly 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 138
- 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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