Frank Brooke-Smith New Zealand, Australia, c1860-1932
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About Frank Brooke-Smith
Born in England about 1860, Frank Brooke-Smith arrived in New Zealand as a child. He trained as a lawyer, and had art lessons in Dunedin, joining a small Bohemian art club. He married and moved to Melbourne where he worked as an artist and teacher. Brookesmith and his family returned to New Zealand, teaching for a time at Invercargill Boys' High School, then privately. He exhibited his paintings with the Otago Art Society from 1886 and in major New Zealand centres, as well as with the Victorian Art Society in 1902.
In our database, 76 works by Frank Brooke-Smith are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1976, of which 51 (67%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,500 for Wycliffe Bay - Entrance to Shagg Bay, New Zealand sold by Leonard Joel in July 1987. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Frank Brooke-Smith are held by the Suter Art Gallery.
Frank Brooke-Smith 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 29
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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