John Kinder Britain, New Zealand, 1819-1903
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About John Kinder
Born in England in 1819, John Kinder studied art in Bristol before enrolling in law at Cambridge University, graduating as a MA in 1845. He then entered the Church, serving as a curate in London. In 1855 he arrived in New Zealand after accepting a post offered to him as headmaster of the new Church of England Grammar School in Auckland. He left there in 1871 to become master at St John's Theological College. Kinder exhibited paintings with the Society of Artists in 1871 and 1873. He was a keen early photographer and used both photographs and sketches as studies for paintings.
We have records of art auction sales by John Kinder from 1987 and in total 135 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 92 (68%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $33,000 for St Stephen's Chapel and Burial Ground, Taurarua (Judge's Bay) Auckland sold by Webb's in April 2001. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by John Kinder are held by the Auckland Art Gallery and Christchurch Art Gallery.
John Kinder 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 44
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 139
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