Jean McKay New Zealand, 1908-93
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About Jean McKay
Born in Christchurch in 1908, Jean McKay (married name was Jane Leggett) studied at Wellington Technical College. She was best known for her floral paintings and exhibited at the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts from 1927 to 1945 and at the Otago Art Society in 1927.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Jean McKay from 1993 and in total 45 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 26 (58%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,514 for Still Life, Flowers and Fruit sold by Dunbar Sloane in May 2002. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021. Works by Jean McKay are held by the Museum Of New Zealand.
Jean McKay 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 168
- 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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