John Roy Eldershaw Australia, 1892-1973
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About John Eldershaw
Born in Randwick, Sydney in 1892, John Eldershaw studied painting at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney, London and Paris. He lived and worked from Richmond in Tasmania for 20 years and then toured Australia by caravan from for two years from 1939. During World War II served as a camouflage artist. He is best known for his watercolours of representational landscapes. John Eldershaw was a foundation member of the Australian Watercolour Institute, an Honorary Life member since 1960, and was president from 1949 - 1952. He and held the record as the longest exhibiting member of the Australian Watercolour Institute, having participated in fifty of their annual exhibitions.
John Eldershaw is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1969 of 461, of which 337 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $11,000 for The Spit, Sydney Harbour sold by Christies in June 1989. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by John Eldershaw are held by the Art Gallery of NSW, National Gallery of Australia and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
John Eldershaw 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 404
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 307
- 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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