Rodney Fumpston New Zealand, 1947-.

Works in the database
419
Works with images
220
Works with multiple sales
58
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Past Sales

The Moa's Egg
Volcano
The Empress's Iris
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Sales by Medium

Prints & Graphics
Sold 268 works for
$48,146
Works on Paper
Sold 57 works for
$19,634
Paintings
Sold 3 works for
$2,058
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Where to buy or sell art works by Rodney Fumpston

Auction Houses

Webb's
Sold 147 works for
$35,942
Dunbar Sloane
Sold 110 works for
$14,743
International Art Centre
Sold 25 works for
$8,965
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About Rodney Fumpston

Born in Fiji in 1947, Rodney Fumpston moved to New Zealand aged 9. An Auckland-based printmaker, he graduated from Elam School of Fine Arts in 1973 with an MFA and first class honours. He studied printmaking at the Central School of Art and Design in London, graduating in advanced studies in printmaking in 1974. In 1980 and 1983 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Art Award. Fumpston began exhibiting both in solo and group shows in the early 1970s and has exhibited widely throughout New Zealand and internationally.

Rodney Fumpston is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1990 of 419, of which 328 (78%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,280 for Home Straight sold by Webb's in May 2017. This year 12 works have been offered for sale. Works by Rodney Fumpston are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Christchurch Art Gallery.

Rodney Fumpston 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 91
  • 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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