Ivy Grace Fife New Zealand, 1905-76
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About Ivy Grace Fife
Born in Christchurch in 1905, Ivy Field attended the Canterbury School of Art as a student, became a student teacher and then a full time staff member, staying for 39 years. She was also a Council Member of the Canterbury Society of Arts from 1949 to 1966 and a member of the Advisory Committee of the Robert McDougall Art Gallery. She was known for her Canterbury based landscapes and portraits. Field died in 1976 and in 1977, a retrospective exhibition of Fife's work was held at the Robert McDougall Gallery (now the Christchurch Art Gallery).
Our database records art auction sales of works by Ivy Fife from 2001 and in total 68 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 54 (79%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $26,957 for Cass sold by International Art Centre in April 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Ivy Fife are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery, Suter Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery.
Ivy Grace Fife 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 82
- 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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