Charles Summers Australia, 1825-1878
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About Charles Summers
Born in Somerset, England in 1825 Charles Summers was an English sculptor active in London, Melbourne and Rome. As a result of ill-health, he travelled to Australia in 1852 and worked on the building of Parliament House in Melbourne. He was the creator of the memorial to the explorers Burke and Wills in Melbourne in 1867. He returned to England in in 1867 and then opened a studio in Rome where he worked on commissions.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Charles Summers from 1978 and in total 9 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 5 (56%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $66,000 for Slave sold by Leonard Joel in March 1998. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2011. Works by Charles Summers are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, National Portrait Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Charles Summers 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 924
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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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