Isabel MacKenzie Australia, 1890-1977
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About Isabel MacKenzie
Born in Melbourne in 1890, MacKenzie studied at the Royal Art School, Sydney from 1920 to 1927. She taught art at secondary level in the 1920s and was a lecturer in art at the Sydney Teachers' College from 1941. Pimarly a landscape artist, working in oils, she exhibited with the Royal Art Society, the New South Wales Society of Artists and the Society of Women Painters in London. Her work is represented in the National Collection in Canberra.
In our database, 57 works by Isabel MacKenzie are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1974, of which 32 (56%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,500 for Wharves and Ships, Sydney Harbour sold by Mason Gray in November 1989. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Isabel MacKenzie are held by the Art Gallery of NSW and National Gallery of Australia.
Isabel MacKenzie 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 651
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 339
- 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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