Works in the database
85
Works with images
19
Works with multiple sales
5

Past Sales

River Gums
Castle on the Waters Edge'
Tug Boats at the Port

Sales by Medium

Paintings
Sold 31 works for
$7,297
Works on Paper
Sold 24 works for
$2,195

Where to buy or sell art works by Charles Frydrych

Auction Houses

Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Sold 14 works for
$1,835
Leonard Joel
Sold 18 works for
$1,727
Aust. Art Auctions
Sold 3 works for
$1,650

Born Czechoslovakia, Charles Frydrych studied in Prague and Paris and subsequently emmigrated to Australia in 1950. He is a landscape painter in oils and watercolours and worked and sold from his home and studio in the Adelaide suburb of St Mary's.

The total number of works by Charles Frydrych offered for sale by auction since 1980 is 85, of which 55 (65%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,000 for Granite Island, SA sold by Du Plessis Galleries in March 2000. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.

Charles Frydrych is listed in the following standard biographical references:

  • Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 235
  • Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 312
  • 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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