Robert Franken Holland, Britain, New Zealand, 1946-.
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About Robert Franken
Born in Holland in 1946, Robert Franken studied at the Royal Academy of Art and the Free Academy of Art prior to his arrival in New Zealand in 1967. An abstract artist working in a variety of media, he first exhibited in 1972 in Wellington and since then has exhibited at least annually throughout New Zealand and in Japan, Switzerland, Australia, Netherlands and China. He has won a number of awards, including the QEII Arts Council Material Grant in 1977 and 1986, QEll Arts Council Studio Grant in 1984 and the BP Art Award in 1990.
In our database, 46 works by Robert Franken are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1993, of which 27 (59%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $6,311 for 'For a Moment They Fused and Were as One' 1992 sold by Dunbar Sloane in November 1994. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Robert Franken are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, National Gallery of Australia and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Robert Franken 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 88
- 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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