Edgar Mansfield Britain, New Zealand, 1907-96
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About Edgar Mansfield
Born in London 1907, Edgar Mansfield emigrated to Hastings, New Zealand in 1911. He was a member of the Six and Four Club, an art club formed after 1925 by Robert Field, and described as the 'first cell of modern art in Otago'. After four years teaching at the Feilding Agricultural School he returned to London in 1934 to continue his artistic education. After completing war service, he taught at the London College of Printing from 1948 to 1964 after which he returned to new Zealand, settling in Napier. It was on his return he turned to sculpture. Notably Mansfield was the first president of the Britain's Guild of Contemporary Bookbinders (1955-1968) and became a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors in 1980.
The total number of works by Edgar Mansfield offered for sale by auction since 1996 is 54, of which 46 (85%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $8,933 for Animism Sculpture sold by Dunbar Sloane in February 2024. This year 8 works have been offered for sale. Works by Edgar Mansfield are held by the Museum Of New Zealand.
Edgar Mansfield 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 159
- 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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