Works in the database
105
Works with images
93
Works with multiple sales
8

Past Sales

Memorabilia
Test Case
Cricket Memorabilia

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 62 works for
$59,594
Works on Paper
Sold 10 works for
$3,284

Where to buy or sell art works by Alfred H. Engel

Auction Houses

Elder Fine Art
Sold 24 works for
$31,248
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sold 23 works for
$19,751
Scammell Auctions
Sold 6 works for
$4,797

Born in Austria in 1941, Alfred Engel arrived in Adelaide in 1973. Largely a self-taught painter, he did travel to New York to study at the “Art Students League“. He works in oil, egg tempera and watercolor and is a fellow and tutor of the Royal South Australian Society of Arts, and has exhibited in Adelaide, Melbourne and Darwin.

We have records of art auction sales by Alfred Engel from 1988 and in total 105 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 72 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $5,750 for Happy Dreams sold by Elder Fine Art in October 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 Alfred Engel are held by the Queensland Art Gallery.

Alfred H. Engel is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 203
  • 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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