Robin Kay New Zealand, 1919-2017
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About Robin Kay
Born in 1919, Robin Kay is a representational painter working in watercolour, oil pastel and ink and a writer. In his final year at university he attended painting and drawing classes at the Canterbury University College of Arts. Between 1962 and 1970, he won 1st prize, 2nd prize and six merit awards for watercolour in the National Bank Art Awards.A member of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts with whom he exhibited from 1938 onwards, and also exhibited in the Hays Art Competitions in 1963, the Auckland Society of Arts, and the Canterbury Society of Arts.
We have records of art auction sales by Robin Kay from 1993 and in total 45 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 38 (84%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by Robin Kay are held by the Christchurch Art Gallery and Museum Of New Zealand.
Robin Kay 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 138
- 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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