Rosa Catherine Fiveash Australia, 1854-1938
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About Rosa Fiveash
Born in Adelaide in 1854, Rosa Fiveash was a watercolourist, china-painter and natural history illustrator. She studied at the Adelaide School of Design under H.P. Gill, and later taught art at secondary school. She illustrated John Ednie Brown's 'Forest Flora of South Australia' and many of her flower paintings are represented in Adelaide's Botanic Gardens art collection and the State Herbarium.
The total number of works by Rosa Fiveash offered for sale by auction since 1996 is 6, of which 6 (100%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,638 for Budgerigars sold by Elder Fine Art in July 2023. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Rosa Fiveash are held by the National Gallery of Australia.
Rosa Fiveash 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
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
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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