Eleanor File New Zealand, 1918-2009
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About Eleanor File
Eleanor Alice File was born in Auckland, New Zealand, on 26 December 1918. She studied art at the Elam School of Art at the University of Auckland. She was a member of the Wellington Art Club but then founded the Wellington Watercolour Society because of her frustration that the club members had little interest in watercolours. She exhibited frequently at the Kelliher Art Award held in Auckland between 1956 and 1977, in which entrants were encouraged to “paint the visible aspect of New Zealand’s landscape and coastal scenes in a realistic and traditional way”. She was prolific in her output and painted at a rate of two or more works per week over a long period.
The total number of works by Eleanor File offered for sale by auction since 1995 is 8, of which 8 (100%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
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