Alastair Cameron Gray Australia, 1898-1972
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About Alastair Gray
Born in New Zealand in 1898, Alastair Cameron Gray arrived in Australia as a teenager in 1911. He studied architecture at the University of Melbourne in 1924. From the mid 1920s to c1950 he worked for in South Africa for the Anglo American Mining Trust. As an artist, he studied under Harold Herbert and was principally a watercolourist. From 1950 he was a regular exhibitor at the Victorian Artists Society and was secretary from 1956 to 1959. He was awarded the Victorian Artist Society prize for watercolours in 1958.
The total number of works by Alastair Gray offered for sale by auction since 1969 is 151, of which 101 (67%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Alastair Gray are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery and National Gallery of Australia.
Alastair Gray is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 476
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 317
Artists' Resale Royalty
Could the second and subsequent works by this artist sold after June 9, 2010 for over $1,000 be liable for the Artists' Resale Royalty? More info…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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