Arthur E. Dagley New Zealand, 1919-98
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About Arthur E. Dagley
Born in Hastings, New Zealand in 1919, Arthur Dagley was a self taught artist although he did undertake classes and courses with some of the prominent artists of the time. A painter of marine scenes and ships, he began exhibiting regularly at the Tauranga Art Gallery from 1966 and at the Auckland Society of Arts and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1967 and became a full time artist in 1968. He was a finalist in the Benson and Hedges Art Award in 1968. He died in 1998.
We have records of art auction sales by Arthur Dagley from 1988 and in total 154 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 130 (84%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $28,663 for Port Theme: Life Tree No. 4 sold by Art+Object in May 2023. This year 7 works have been offered for sale.
Arthur E. Dagley 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 59
- 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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