John William Coley New Zealand, 1935-.
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About John William Coley
Born in 1935 on the North Island of New Zealand, John Coley was an apprentice journalist and art critic before training to become a painter. He studied at Palmerston North Technical College and The Canterbury School of Fine Arts. Coley returned to Christchurch inspired by a contemporary exhibition in San Francisco. He taught at Christchurch Teachers' College and later became a director of McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch.
In our database, 85 works by John Coley are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1990, of which 56 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $19,949 for Cityscape - Christchurch sold by International Art Centre in April 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by John Coley are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and Auckland Art Gallery.
John William Coley is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 178
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 48
- 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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