Grahame Charles Sydney New Zealand, 1948-.
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About Grahame Charles Sydney
A Dunedin, New Zealand artist born in 1948, Grahame Sydney is a contemporary painter and printmaker, working in oils, watercolours, egg tempera, lithographs, etching and photography. He attended the University of Otago, and graduated in 1969 with a BA. After travelling to the UK and Europe in 1973/74 he returned to Dunedin and became a full time artist. He very rarely exhibits, and paints mainly on commission. In 2003 he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Grahame Sydney is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1988 of 626, of which 442 (71%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $236,885 for Ida Valley and Cook House sold by Webb's in November 2023. This year 17 works have been offered for sale. Works by Grahame Sydney are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Grahame Charles Sydney 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 238
- 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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