Vincent Brown Australia, 1901-2001
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About Vincent Brown
Born in Brisbane in 1901, Brown studied at Slade School and at Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford. He worked with war-time concert parties prior to visiting to Australia where he held several exhibitions before returning to London in 1948. He came back to Australia with his family in 1978 and found a large number of his early paintings in the family house. These were exhibited in Brisbane in 1979 and at a major retrospective exhibition in Sydney in 1980 and in Melbourne in 1981. A book on the artist's life and work was published in 1980. A further retrospective was held at the Queensland Art Gallery in 1990.
Vincent Brown is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1973 of 441, of which 261 (59%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $26,000 for Pipes of Pan 1943 sold by Mason Gray in June 1989. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Vincent Brown are held by the Queensland Art Gallery, National Gallery of Australia and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Vincent Brown 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 289
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 87
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 291
- 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…
Yes, eligible, subject to the artist satisfying the residency test. The artist is alive or has been deceased for less than 70 years. Contact the Copyright Agency for information on the residency test.
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