Herbert Walter Cotton Australia, 1872-1931
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About Herbert Walter Cotton
Herbert Cotton was born in New England, NSW in 1872. A painter, cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator, his first cartoons were published in the Bulletin magazine in 1894, after which he worked for a number of newspapers and magazines, as a cartoonist and caricaturist. As a painter, he favoured watercolours, depicting landscapes and coastal scenes in the environs of Sydney. He exhibited in the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition, the 1887 Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition and others.
In our database, 55 works by Herbert Cotton are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1979, of which 47 (85%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,880 for Sunlight Harbour, Taylor Bay, Sydney sold by Leonard Joel in December 2014. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
Herbert Walter Cotton is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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