Elisabeth Cummings Australia, 1934-.
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About Elisabeth Cummings
Born in Brisbane in 1934, Elisabeth Cummings studied at the East Sydney Technical College and in Europe. She won the New South Wales Travelling Scholarship in 1958 and lived in Florence for a decade, where she conducted a private art school with her husband, James Barker. On her return to Australia, along with a group of like-minded artists she established an artist's community in Wedderburn, Victoria. In 2017 the third retrospective of her "sumptuous paintings of studio interiors and her evocations of the landscape" toured the S. H. Ervin Gallery in Sydney, and three regional New South Wales galleries.
The earliest auction listing we have for Elisabeth Cummings is in 1977 and in total 198 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 163 (82%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $43,200 for Inside the Yellow Room sold by Shapiro Auctioneers in November 2016. This year 16 works have been offered for sale. Works by Elisabeth Cummings are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, Art Gallery of South Australia and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Elisabeth Cummings 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 359
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 152
- Germaine, Max. A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1991. Page 100
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 301
- 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…
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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