Claus Edward (Edward) Fristrom Australia, New Zealand, 1864-1950
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About Claus Edward (Edward) Fristrom
The brother of well known portrait painter, Oscar Fristrom, Edward Fristrom was born in Sweden in 1864, and studied at the Royal Art School, Stockholm. He became a seaman, arriving in Brisbane in the 1890s where he settled and married. He was a Council member of the Queensland art Society. Like his brother he frequently painted portraits of the indigenous people. By 1903 he had travelled to New Zealand where he gained a reputation as a portrait and landscape painter, exhibiting with the Auckland Society of Arts. While in New Zealand he taught at Eltham School. Bu 1909 he was back in Brisbane, and for the next 7 years travelled between Australia and New Zealand, until 1916 he went to California, where he lived until his death in 1950.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Edward Fristrom from 1973 and in total 162 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 108 (67%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $15,919 for Whiua sold by International Art Centre in March 1992. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Edward Fristrom are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Museum Of New Zealand and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Claus Edward (Edward) Fristrom 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 446
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 80
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 89
- 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.
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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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