Julian Smith Australia, 1873-1947
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About Julian Smith
Julian Augustus Romaine Smith was born in Camberwell, Surrey, England, and moved with his family to Melbourne as a young boy. He studied medicine at Melbourne University and went on to a distinguished career in surgery. He took up photography around 1925 and became a founder member of the Victorian Salon in 1929 and a member of the Melbourne Camera Club. Dr Smith worked chiefly in portraiture and what was known as the character study. His busy schedule made outdoor work difficult. Instead he had models come to the studio. A portfolio of reproductions of his prints titled Fifty Masterpieces of Photography by Dr Julian Smith was published posthumously in 1949.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Julian Smith from 1969 and in total 45 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 27 (60%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $1,620 for Australia Alert sold by Leonard Joel in May 2010. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by Julian Smith are held by the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Julian Smith is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 367
- 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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