James (Jim) Turkington New Zealand, 1895-1979
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About Jim Turkington
Born in Ireland in 1895, James Turkington arrived in New Zealand as a two-year-old. Mainly self-taught, he did study at Wellington Technical College and later became a well known Auckland as a painter, sculptor and mural painter. He taught at Elam School for 32 years and was a member and later president of the Auckland Society of Arts with which he exhibited in 1948. He also exhibited with New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in several shows from 1932.
We have records of art auction sales by Jim Turkington from 1989 and in total 36 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 26 (72%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $13,444 for Horses in a Landscape sold by Webb's in July 2003. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Jim Turkington are held by the Museum Of New Zealand.
Jim Turkington 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 251
- 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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