William Dunn Knox Australia, 1880-1945
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About William Dunn Knox
William Dunn Knox was born in Adelaide in 1880. He studied at the National Gallery of Victoria in 1919 winning a prize for drawing. As a businessman became the. manager of the Eagle and Globe Steel Co., painting on a part time basis. He was council member of the Australian Art Association and Victorian Artists Society, and a foundation member of the Australian Academy of Art. He painted in oil and occasionally watercolour continuing the tradition of plein-air landscape painting of the previous century.
William Knox is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1969 of 407, of which 287 (71%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $60,000 for Summer Pastoral sold by Leonard Joel in November 1987. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by William Knox are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia and National Gallery of Australia.
William Dunn Knox 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 583
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 331
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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