Tom Alberts Australia, 1962-.
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About Tom Alberts
Born in Hobart in 1962, Tom Alberts moved to Perth with in 1970. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Art Studies at Curtin University (previously WAIT) in 1983. In late 1990 the artist moved to Melbourne. Principally a portraitist and figure artist working in oil, charcoal and pastel, he has held 20 solo exhibitions between 1988 and 2020 in Perth Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane and participated in numerous group exhibitions. Amongst his recent awards and prizes are the Rome Studio Residency, Australia Council for the Arts in 1999, Winner of the 2002 Outback Art Award, Broken Hill Art Gallery, Broken Hill, and First Prize, Rick Amor Self Portrait Prize, Montsalvat, Victoria. He has received 4 portrait commissions from the University of Melbourne as well as commissions from Historic Memorials Collection, Parliament House, Canberra and the Royal Melbourne Children’s Hospital. He was awarded the Australia Council for the Arts Rome Studio Residency in 1999.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Tom Alberts from 1997 and in total 46 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 34 (74%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $9,818 for Salon 2004-5 sold by Leonard Joel in June 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Tom Alberts are held by the Art Gallery of Western Australia, National Gallery of Australia and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Tom Alberts is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 204
- 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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