Lionel James Cowen Australia, 1847-95
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About Lionel James Cowen
Lionel James Cowen was born c1847 in Jamaica. He presumably moved back to England and became a member of the Royal Society of British Artists and is believed to have exhibited his oil paintings at the Royal Academy, British Institute and the Grosvenor Gallery, London. He moved to Sydney in 1889 and set up a studio in Ash Street off 346 George Street. He travelled to Tasmania and painted scenes in Hobart and Launceston which he exhibited in the Tasmanian International Exhibition in 1891-92. He died on board the Oruba in the Indian Ocean, on 7 July 1895 aged 48.
The total number of works by Lionel Cowen offered for sale by auction since 1976 is 10, of which 8 (80%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $4,664 for Making the Bouquet sold by Deutscher and Hackett in August 2022. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Lionel Cowen are held by the Art Gallery of NSW.
Lionel James Cowen 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 347
- 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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