Lorna Muir Nimmo Australia, 1920-90
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About Lorna Nimmo
Born in Katoomba New South Wales in 1920, Lorna Nimmo studied at the East Sydney Technical College where she later taught. She was awarded a New South Wales travelling scholarship for landscape painting and studied at the Slade School of Art and the Courauld institute in London. and won the Wynne Prize in 1941. She exhibited with the Australian Watercolour Instiute in Sydney from the 1940s to the 1980s and the Society of Artists in the early 1940s. She lectured in contemorary art at the University of Sydney from 1955 to 1980.
In our database, 43 works by Lorna Nimmo are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1973, of which 37 (86%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,400 for Boundary Street Paddington sold by Lawsons in July 1992. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021. Works by Lorna Nimmo are held by the National Gallery of Australia and Art Gallery of NSW.
Lorna Nimmo 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 729
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 506
- Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 335
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 348
- Australian Prints + Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
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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