William Kinloch Sprott New Zealand, 1864-93
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About William Kinloch Sprott
Born in Dunedin in 1864, William Sprott studied at the Canterbury College School of Art and later was a teacher there. He exhibited in the South Island from 1882, and was said to have influenced his friend, artist Alfred Walsh. Sprott died in Auckland in 1893 at the age of 29.
In our database, 18 works by William Sprott are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1988, of which 14 (78%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $4,955 for Children at Pock Cave, Sumner sold by Webb's in December 1997. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021. Works by William Sprott are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery.
William Kinloch Sprott 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 230
- 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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