Benjamin Duterrau Britain, Australia, 1767-1851
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About Benjamin Duterrau
Benjamin Duterrau, a watchmaker's son, was born in London of Huguenot descent and served an apprenticeship to an engraver. He later established himself as a portrait and genre painter and, between 1817 and 1827, exhibited regularly with the Royal Academy, the British Institution and the Society of British Artists. In August 1832, Duterrau arrived in Van Diemen's Land accompanied by his daughter, Sarah, and opened a studio in Hobart Town. He was then aged sixty-five years. Over the next decade, he focused his attention on the Tasmanian Aborigines and the attempts made to resettle them by the Methodist 'protector' George Augustus Robinson, producing a series of major oil paintings on this subject. Duterrau is also known to have executed some portraits of European settlers during the 1830s and 1840s.
In our database, 19 works by Benjamin Duterrau are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1974, of which 16 (84%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $196,364 for Self Portrait sold by Deutscher and Hackett in December 2021. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021. Works by Benjamin Duterrau are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Benjamin Duterrau 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 394
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 231
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 306
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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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