Frank Prout (Francis) Mahony Australia, Britain, 1862-1916
Past Sales
Sales by Medium
Where to buy or sell art works by Frank Mahony
Auction Houses
About Frank Mahony
Born in Melbourne in 1862, Mahony studied at the New South Wales Academy of Art. He worked on the staff of the 'Pictorial Atlas of Australasia' and 'The Bulletin' and taught at the Royal Art Society School in Sydney. Mahony gained popularity for his paintings of horses and country scenes in the 1890s. In 1904 he went to England, but failed to gain recognition as an artist and died there in obscurity in 1917.
The total number of works by Francis Mahony offered for sale by auction since 1972 is 116, of which 62 (53%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $4,313 for On the Track sold by GFL Fine Art in November 2018. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Francis Mahony are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, Auckland Art Gallery and Queensland Art Gallery.
Frank Mahony 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 656
- 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.
The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 610,000 works by more than 12,000 artists who are listed as having either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, and an additional 36,000 foreign and other artists, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand from the early 1970s to the present day.
Access to the database is available on either a monthly or annual subscription. During the subscription period you have unlimited access to the site. If you would like to subscribe, please proceed to our Subscription Form.