Duncan Darroch New Zealand, 1888-1967
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About Duncan Darroch
Born in Milton, New Zealand in 1888, and in the 1920s, worked with Union Steam Ship Company calling at ports around New Zealand and travelling to Canada and Britain. Largely self taught, he was painting at this time athough in 1922 he did spend a year studying at the Canterbury School of Art. Duncan Darroch lived nearly all his adult life in the Mount Cook area, having been appointed honorary ranger at Mt Cook National Park in 1954. He was known for his impressionist landscapes - particularly of mountains, and seascapes.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Duncan Darroch from 1991 and in total 94 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 85 (90%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,461 for The Bow, Pamir sold by International Art Centre in October 1999. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Duncan Darroch are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery, Suter Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.
Duncan Darroch 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 60
- 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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