Robert Donn Scotland, New Zealand, 1878-1966
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About Robert Donn
Robert Donn arrived in New Zealand from Scotland in 1921, after serving at the western front during World War I. In Scotland he had studied printmaking and painting in oil and watercolour. From 1922 he taught art at Dunedin and later Auckland teachers colleges.
In our database, 6 works by Robert Donn are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 2000, of which 5 (83%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2005.
Robert Donn 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 67
- 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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