Eric Albert Lee-Johnson New Zealand, 1908-93
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About Eric Albert Lee-Johnson
Born in 1908 in Suva, Lee-Johnson arrived in New Zealand in 1912, living in the King Country. He trained at the Elam School of Art and studied lithography in London from 1930 to 1934. On his return to New Zealand in 1942 he lived at Piha, working as a copywriter for an advertising company. In 1950 to 1951 he was editor of 'New Zealand Arts Year Book'. Lee-Johnson exhibited widely in New Zealand and overseas from 1946 and in 1969 his 'Drawings from North New Zealand' was published.
Eric Lee-Johnson is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1989 of 427, of which 266 (62%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $19,516 for Night of Storm sold by Webb's in June 2001. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by Eric Lee-Johnson are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Eric Albert Lee-Johnson is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 134
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 147
- 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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