Simon Payton New Zealand, 1950-.
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About Simon Payton
Born in New Zealand in 1950, Simon Payton studied at University of Canterbury. An expressionist painter and assemblage artist he is also known for his portraits. As well as New Zealand, he has exhibited in Germany, Holland, USA, and Britain. In 1989 he won the National Bank Art Award for Contemporary Painting, at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, and in 2002 and 2004 he was a finalist in the Adam Portraiture Award, New Zealand Portrait Gallery, Wellington.
The total number of works by Simon Payton offered for sale by auction since 1989 is 95, of which 49 (52%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,985 for Random Spaces, Swing Me, Swing Me, Exclusive Journey 2004 sold by International Art Centre in April 2008. This year 5 works have been offered for sale.
Simon Payton 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 196
- 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.
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