Philip (Phil) Davey Australia, 1949-.
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About Phil Davey
A landscape painter Phil Davey was born in England in 1949, and arrived in Australia as a child in 1958. He completed a Bachelor of Education at the State College of Victoria, Rusden and then taught at secondary level for 14 years. He has been artist in residence at Camberwell Grammar School and Ivanhoe Girls Grammar School in Melbourne in 1989-90. In 2003 he was the The Bundanon Trust Artist in Residence. He is a painter, ceramicist, draughtsman and printmaker and has held 33 solo exhibitions mostly in Melbourne since his first solo exhibition there since 1988. His work has also been included in about 15 group shows. In 2009 he completed a course in ceramic studies at Box Hill TAFE, Melbourne.
In our database, 37 works by Phil Davey are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1991, of which 31 (84%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,720 for Night Walk 1994 sold by Mossgreen Auctions in May 2016. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Phil Davey are held by the Geelong Gallery.
Phil Davey 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 366
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 161
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
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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