Janet Elaine Paul New Zealand, 1919-2004

Works in the database
110
Works with images
59
Works with multiple sales
14
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Past Sales

Untitled
Untitled
To Dear Jane
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Sales by Medium

Works on Paper
Sold 42 works for
$19,058
Paintings
Sold 13 works for
$7,078
Prints & Graphics
Sold 21 works for
$5,503
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Where to buy or sell art works by Janet Elaine Paul

Auction Houses

Dunbar Sloane
Sold 61 works for
$21,264
Art+Object
Sold 6 works for
$7,197
Webb's
Sold 5 works for
$2,357
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About Janet Elaine Paul

Born in Auckland in 1919, Janet Paul with her husband was a leading figure in New Zealand publishing and bookselling in the 1950s and 1960s. A painter, printmaker, publisher and art historian she studied privately. After leaving publishing she moved to Wellington, and became art librarian at Alexander Turnbull Library. In 1991 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from Victoria University for her scholarly work on 19th century colonial painters. In 2014 a restrospective, No Less Than Everything: The Art and Times of Janet Paul was held at the Turnbull Gallery, National Library in Wellington.

The total number of works by Janet Paul offered for sale by auction since 1993 is 110, of which 76 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,506 for Fleur Adcock sold by Art+Object in September 2016. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Janet Paul are held by the Auckland Art Gallery.

Janet Elaine Paul 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 195
  • 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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