Garrett Kingsley Australia, 1915-82
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About Garrett Kingsley
Born in Sydney in 1915, Kingsley is best known as a portrait painter. He studied at the East Sydney Technical College and the Julian Ashton School, and was a Fellow of the Royal Art Society of NSW. While hardly a household name in Australian art, Garrett Kingsley enjoyed a long and successful career as a painter of naturalist landscapes, in the manner of his friend Lance Solomon and of gently exoticised nudes, reminiscent of the work of Arthur Murch from the 1930s to the 1970s. He was a Fellow of the Royal Art Society and a member of the Australian Artists Society. He won both the Bathurst Prize (1963) and the Blue Mountains Prize (1963).
The total number of works by Garrett Kingsley offered for sale by auction since 1969 is 214, of which 138 (64%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $9,000 for Two Nudes sold by Lawsons in August 2008. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Garrett Kingsley are held by the Art Gallery of NSW.
Garrett Kingsley 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 578
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 331
- 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…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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