James Fitzgerald Britain, New Zealand, 1869-1945
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About James Fitzgerald
.James Fitzgerald was born in Britain and is known to have lived in both Auckland and Christchurch. Mainly a watercolourist, he worked as an architectural draughtsman, lithographic artist and art teacher. He exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts in Wellington from 1926 to 1944 and less frequently with the Auckland Society of Arts and The Canterbury Society of Arts.
In our database, 23 works by James Fitzgerald are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1991, of which 14 (61%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $3,072 for Takahe Hotel, Christchurch sold by Dunbar Sloane in November 2000. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by James Fitzgerald are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery and Auckland Art Gallery.
James Fitzgerald 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 83
- 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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