Peter Griffen Australia, 1948-.
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About Peter Griffen
Born in Adelaide in 1948 Peter Griffin was director of Flight Gallery, South Australia. A teacher and painter and since his first exhibition in 1972 has had over 50 solo exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas. His paintings have been shown in the Sulman, Fleurieu, Blake, and Dobell Prize exhibitions and are in corporate, public and private collections, in particular a large number in the Macquarie University collection. In 2011 he won the Section B Musswellbrook Art Prize. His work has been critically assesed many times by Professor Sasha Grishin and recently Peter Griffen published a book on his work, In and Out of Abstraction.
The total number of works by Peter Griffen offered for sale by auction since 1990 is 44, of which 30 (68%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $6,898 for Across the Three Mile Diggings sold by Evans Hastings Valuers & Auctioneers in July 2018. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
Peter Griffen 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 482
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 270
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…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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