W. Basil (Basil) Honour New Zealand, 1897-1988

Works in the database
159
Works with images
82
Works with multiple sales
19
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Past Sales

Lake Scene
River with Haystacks
Chateau de Saumur Loire Valley
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Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 105 works for
$55,646
Works on Paper
Sold 8 works for
$2,659
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Where to buy or sell art works by W. Basil (Basil) Honour

Auction Houses

International Art Centre
Sold 35 works for
$20,857
Dunbar Sloane
Sold 48 works for
$18,772
Webb's
Sold 15 works for
$11,405
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About W. Basil (Basil) Honour

Born in Wellington in 1897, Honour studied under T. A. McCormack. He worked as an insurance broker and painted in his own time. He was aware of the pecunious situation of many artists and was a Founder of the The New Zealand Society of Artists in Christchurch in 1933. In the 1960s he visited England and attended classes with the British Artist, Peter Lanyon. Throughout his life he exhibited widely, including with the Auckland Society of Arts, the Canterbury Society of Arts, and the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1925.during the 1920s and 1930s. His work is mainly of landscapes painted in oils.

The earliest auction listing we have for W. Basil (Basil) Honour is in 1983 and in total 159 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 113 (71%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,585 for A Winter Landscape sold by Webb's in June 2005. This year one work has been offered for sale.

W. Basil (Basil) Honour 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 120
  • 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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