John Pine Snadden New Zealand, 1913-99
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About John Pine Snadden
Born 24 May 1913 in Te Kuiti, John Snadden served in the artillery during World War II and recieved a Military Cross for his part in the Battle of Crete. Post war he worked in advertising and film production and latterly taught art at secondary school level and in private classes. He returned to Crete after World War II and many of his works depict Greece. He painted and exhibited with, among others, Don Peebles, John Drawbridge, Melvyn Day, Brian Carmody. John
The total number of works by John Snadden offered for sale by auction since 1995 is 16, of which 13 (81%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $7,278 for Spatial Composition sold by Art+Object in September 2012. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2020. Works by John Snadden are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.
John Pine Snadden is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 228
- 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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