Bernhard Rust Australia, 1929-2008
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About Bernhard Rust
Born in Germany in 1929, Bernhard Rust studied at the School of Applied Art in Berlin from 1946 to 1948 prior to his arrival in Australia in 1949. He then studied part-time at the East Sydney Technical College from 1950 to 1957, and at Swinburne Technical College in Melbourne in 1965. he became a full time artist in 1967 and held his first exhibition in that year in Melbourne. He exhibited with the Social Realist group at the Victorian Artists Society in the 1960s and at commercial galleries in the 1970s and 1980s. He taught part-time in Melbourne at the Council of Adult Education from 1970 to 1991.
In our database, 113 works by Bernhard Rust are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1969, of which 83 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,140 for New Beginnings at the Nissen Huts 1959 sold by Leonard Joel in February 2011. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Bernhard Rust are held by the Ian Potter Museum of Art.
Bernhard Rust 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 851
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 594
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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