Gwendoline (Gwen) Knight New Zealand, 1888-1974

Works in the database
108
Works with images
63
Works with multiple sales
7
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Forthcoming Sales

Untitled, Boats
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Past Sales

Landscape Study
Pukeiti Pukeiti
Pukeiti
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Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 65 works for
$67,735
Works on Paper
Sold 23 works for
$23,510
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Where to buy or sell art works by Gwendoline (Gwen) Knight

Auction Houses

Dunbar Sloane
Sold 74 works for
$80,508
International Art Centre
Sold 7 works for
$5,905
Webb's
Sold 3 works for
$2,116
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About Gwendoline (Gwen) Knight

Born in Wellington in 1888, Gwen Knight grew up in Sydney went to Europe to study art and work in 1929. She lived in Europe for the next 19 years. Her paintings were known for their pastel-like effects. Knight was the model for Frances Hodkins' Under the Pines, a watercolour, now in the National Art Gallery in Wellington. Gwen Knight returned to New Zealand in 1948 and lived in Wellington. She exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1929, the Auckland Society of Arts in 1949 and the Hays Art Competitions in 1960 and 1966.

The total number of works by Gwen Knight offered for sale by auction since 1991 is 108, of which 88 (81%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,363 for The Goldfish Pond sold by Dunbar Sloane in September 2019. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Gwen Knight are held by the Museum Of New Zealand.

Gwendoline (Gwen) Knight 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 141
  • 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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