Peter Peryer New Zealand, 1941-2018
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About Peter Peryer
One of New Zealand's foremost photographers, Peter Peryer was born in 1941 and graduated with a degree in English and a Masters in Education. It was not until he was in his thirties that he took up photography. In 1985 Peryer received the Fulbright scholarship to travel to the United States and in 1998 he had a major exhibition in Germany called Second Nature which toured Germany and Australia. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) and in 2000 he was awarded a Laureate Award by the New Zealand Foundation for the Arts. His works are widely collected and are held in all major New Zealand institutions, and internationally, including the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris and the Australian National Gallery in Canberra. Peryer is a New Zealand Arts Foundation Laureate.
Peter Peryer is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1992 of 603, of which 376 (62%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $19,464 for Jam Rolls, Neenish Tarts, Doughnuts sold by Art+Object in June 2018. This year 5 works have been offered for sale. Works by Peter Peryer are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further six major public national galleries (see list below).
Peter Peryer is listed in the following standard biographical references:
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