Eva G. Lucas Australia, 1885-1973
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About Eva G. Lucas
Born Eva Freeman in Christchurch in 1885, Eva Lucas attended the Canterbury College School of Art between 1903 and 1907, where she received first class awards for her drawings from life and the antique. She illustrated a 1904 article by Robert M. Laing (BSc) on New Zealand Ceramiaceae (algae) for the journal of the New Zealand Institute and she was awarded a silver medal for drawing and painting at the 1906-7 New Zealand International Exhibition, which was held in Christchurch's Hagley Park. This medal is held in the CAG archive along with one of her sketchbooks. Lucas later exhibited with the Canterbury Society of Arts, the Auckland Society of Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1923, Lucas moved to Melbourne with her daughter Dehlia and Australian-born husband Walter, living in both Sydney and Brisbane before returning to Melbourne. Lucas worked as a commercial artist in Australia between 1930 and 1950 and from the late 1940s sculpted ceramic works, which she glazed and fired herself. She is recorded as a finalist in the Art Gallery of New South Wales' Archibald Prize in 1940, for a work titled Portrait. Acquired by the Gallery in 1995, this painting is, in many ways, a conventional 'head and shoulders' portrait. In addition to her drawing and painting talents, she was skilled in copperwork, leatherwork, beading and pokerwork (the art of making pictures or patterns on wood using a series of deep grooves made by heated pokers).
In our database, 13 works by Eva Lucas are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1988, of which 8 (62%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2009.
Eva G. Lucas is not listed in any of the standard biographical references listed on our references page.
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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