George Chance New Zealand, 1885-1963
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About George Chance
George Chance was born in Liverpool, England in 1885 and worked in retail photography stores in London before migrating to Dunedin, New Zealand in 1909. He again worked in retail photography, but within 10 years was exhibiting and selling his photographs He became the leading exponent of pictorial photography in New Zealand, and according to William Main, author of George Chance: Photographs the artist sold over 30,000 prints in his lifetime.
George Chance is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1994 of 544, of which 470 (86%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,022 for The Waitaki Hydro sold by Art+Object in June 2022. This year 9 works have been offered for sale. Works by George Chance are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
George Chance is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- 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.
The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 610,000 works by more than 12,000 artists who are listed as having either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, and an additional 36,000 foreign and other artists, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand from the early 1970s to the present day.
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