Heliodore (Dore) Hawthorne Australia, 1895-1977
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About Works can be signed 'Brendora' Hawthorne
Heliodore Hawthorne was born in Sydney in 1985. She studied at Julian Ashton’s Sydney Art School as an evening student in 1920/21 and in the late 1920s she attended Roland Wakelin’s drawing and painting classes. During World War II Dore Hawthorne lived in Lithgow and worked at the Lithgow small arms factory assembling Bren guns. A. group of works painted during this period were exhibited in Lithgow in 1945. Frequently her works are signed Brendorah a pseudonym reflecting her work in the war years. After World War II she returned to Sydney where she workked until 1968 when she had to retire due to ill health.
The total number of works by Dore Hawthorne offered for sale by auction since 1979 is 17, of which 13 (76%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $25,200 for Factory Folk - Industrial Interlude - (Lone Rally at Small Arms Factory Lithgow 1945) sold by Shapiro Auctioneers in May 2014. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Dore Hawthorne are held by the National Gallery of Australia.
Works can be signed 'Brendora' Hawthorne is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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