Walter Seehusen Australia, 1842-1907
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About Walter Seehusen
Born in Germany in 1842, Walter Seehusen came to Victoria in c1864, leaving his wife and daughter i at the onset of the German-Danish war. He exhibited paintings of scenery and bush genre from 1880 to 1895 with the Victorian Academy of Arts, later renamed the Victorian Artists’ Society. He was the first art master at the Bairnsdale School of Mines in 1893.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Walter Seehusen from 1973 and in total 27 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 21 (78%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $7,700 for The Gold Panners, Beechworth District sold by Leonard Joel in November 1993. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2017.
Walter Seehusen 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 866
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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