John Shearer Bowman Australia, 1820-1909
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About John Shearer Bowman
Born in England in 1820, John Shearer Bowman arrived in Australia in 1857 and settled in Victoria. A competent painter of Australian highland landscapes, he travelled throughout Tasmania, Gippsland, the Victorian Alpine region and the Snowy Mountains recording dramatic panoramas in both oil and pastel. He exhibited several works in the 1876 New South Wales Academy of Art Exhibition, one of which, a portrait of Charles Dickens, remains in the collection of the State Library of New South Wales. He also continued to exhibit regularly in London, submitting 10 paintings to the London International Exhibition of 1872, and again in 1873, as recorded by the London Art Journal of that year.
We have records of art auction sales by John Bowman from 1991 and in total 13 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 8 (62%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $16,450 for Pioneers, Mount Kosciusko sold by Deutscher~Menzies in August 2001. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021. Works by John Bowman are held by the Art Gallery of NSW.
John Shearer Bowman is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- 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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