Colin Lanceley Australia, 1938-2015
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About Colin Lanceley
Born in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1938, Lanceley moved with his family to Sydney the following year. He studied at the East Sydney Technical College in the mid 1950s and in 1965 he won the Helena Rubinstein Travelling Scholarship. He travelled to London that year and had a solo exhibition with Marlborough Fine Art in 1966. Lanceley lived and worked in London for the next 10 years, and as well as exhibiting, taught at the Chelsea School of Arts. He arrived back in Australia in 1980 and a major exhibition of his work was held at the Art Gallery of NSW in 1987. In 1990 he received an Order of Australia. He is known for his pop art and use of collage. He has exhibited widely throughout Australia and in New York.
Colin Lanceley is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1974 of 474, of which 300 (63%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $58,560 for Atlas sold by Deutscher and Hackett in August 2017. This year 16 works have been offered for sale. Works by Colin Lanceley are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia and a further nine major public national galleries (see list below).
Colin Lanceley 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 593
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 389
- 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.
- 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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