Thomas Flintoff Britain, Australia, c1809-1891
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About Thomas Flintoff
Born in Newcastle Upon Tyne, England in 1809, Thomas Flintoff worked in England, USA, Mexico and Polynesia before arriving in Victoria in the 1850s. He lived intitially in Ballarat where he set up a photographic studio and later in Melbourne, where he also set up a studio. He was also a painter working in oils, and created numerous portraits of the notable citizens of the time, as well as painting landscapes. He exhibited with the Victorian Academy of the Arts in 1872 and 1873.Flintoff died in 1891.
In our database, 25 works by Thomas Flintoff are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1973, of which 14 (56%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,080 for Portrait of Alma Anne Hurford sold by Leonard Joel in March 1995. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Thomas Flintoff are held by the National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of NSW.
Thomas Flintoff 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 429
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 265
- 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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