Isobel (Iso) Rae Australia, France, Britain, 1860-1940
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About Iso Rae
Born in Collingwood, Melbourne in 1860, Iso Rae studied at the School of Fine Arts at the National Gallery of Victoria. With her sister, Alison, who was also a painter, she established life classes with the Victorian Art Society in Melbourne. In 1887 Rae left Melbourne with her mother and sister bound for Paris, and the company of other Australian artists living and working in Paris. She studied at the Academie Colarossii and came under the influence of Rupert Bunny, Marie Tuck, Tudor St. George and E. Phillips Fox. The Rae family travelled to Etaples a well-known artists’ colony, for the summer in 1890 and moved there pemanently in 1893 after which she continued to paint and exhibit at Le Toquet. During her early years in Europe Iso continued to exhibit her work in Australia, including with the Victorian Artists’ Society in 1896, and in Dunedin New Zealand in 1889-90. At the end of World War I she moved to the small village of Trepied, near Etaples, where she stayed until 1932, then moved England to live at St Leonards in Sussex.
The total number of works by Iso Rae offered for sale by auction since 1985 is 42, of which 37 (88%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $515,455 for (Femme Bretonne a Jardin Etaples) (circa 1890s) sold by Smith & Singer in August 2023. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Iso Rae are held by the National Gallery of Victoria and National Gallery of Australia.
Iso Rae 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 808
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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