Henry Freer Rawson New Zealand, 1838-79
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About Henry Freer Rawson
Born in 1838, Henry Rawson arrived in Auckland in 1856 and settled in New Plymouth. From 1870 he was living in Wellington and had operating a dental practice. He was a landscape painter and engraver and painted scenes in Taranaki, the Whanganui River, Nelson and the lower South Island. He exhibited at the Otago Art Societry in 1878.
We have records of art auction sales by Henry Rawson from 2002 and in total 8 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 8 (100%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,828 for Two Maori Figures Before Mt Egmont sold by Dunbar Sloane in May 2002. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Henry Rawson are held by the Museum Of New Zealand.
Henry Freer Rawson 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 208
- 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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