Dorothy Kate Richmond New Zealand, 1861-1935
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About Dorothy Kate Richmond
The daughter of artist J. K. Richmond, Dorothy Richmond was born in Auckland in 1861, but lived in Nelson for many years. She went to Europe to further her education, and in 1878 won a scholarship to Slade School in London. Richmond returned to New Zealand in 1881 and continued to teach and study art and, from 1885, to exhibit with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington. She returned to England in in 1898 and studied at the Newlyn School of art, and then in 1901 she and Frances Hodgkins set off on sketching tours in Europe and North Africa. Richmond returned to new Zealand in 1904 and became very influential in art circles in Wellington where she taught privately from 1903.
In our database, 245 works by Dorothy Richmond are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1988, of which 190 (78%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $37,978 for Milking Time, Te Awamutu sold by International Art Centre in March 2015. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Dorothy Richmond are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery and Suter Art Gallery.
Dorothy Kate Richmond is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 99
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 211
- 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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