Ludwig Becker Germany, Australia, 1808-61
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About Ludwig Becker
Born in Germany in 1808, Becker arrived in Tasmania in 1851 where he painted miniatures. Between 1852 and 1854 he was a gold miner at Bendigo. Sketches from this period were exhibited in Melbourne in 1854. He was a noted geologist and naturalist as well as an artist, known to have corresponded with John Gould on the subject of Lyrebirds in 1855. In 1856 he was on the Council of the Victorian Society of Artists. He joined the ill- fated 1860 Burke and Wills expedition and was one of its victims when, some eight months later, he perished about 13 kilometres south of Coopers Creek.
We have records of art auction sales by Ludwig Becker from 1971 and in total 13 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 9 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $204,000 for Naplomata (Henrietta) 1852; Kanjawerkie 1852 sold by Sotheby's in May 2011. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2021. Works by Ludwig Becker are held by the National Gallery of Australia, National Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of South Australia.
Ludwig Becker 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 248
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 59
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 286
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- 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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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