David Barker (New Zealand) New Zealand, 1941-.
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About David Barker (New Zealand)
English born artist David Barker arrived in New Zealand in 1951 and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours from Elam School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in 1964. He was awarded a Masters degree in Fine Art from the University of Hawaii in 1966. He paints landscapes and seacapes and has exhibited Spain, France, United States, London, and Canada. He now lives British Columbia, Canada, and regularly returns to New Zealand to exhibit. His other interests include producing documentary and travel films, books, yacht design and construction.
Our database records art auction sales of works by David Barker (New Zealand) from 1985 and in total 259 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 182 (70%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $9,034 for San Michele, Venice sold by International Art Centre in July 2019. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by David Barker (New Zealand) are held by the Australian War Memorial, Art Gallery of NSW and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
David Barker (New Zealand) 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 241
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 14
- Dictionary of Australian Artists Online, an online resource for biographical data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators.
- The Find New Zealand Artists web site: a database of artist names that directs researchers to the rich resources found in New Zealand's libraries, art society exhibition histories and published sources.
- 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.
The Australian Art Sales Digest is a database of over 610,000 works by more than 12,000 artists who are listed as having either lived or worked in Australia or New Zealand, and an additional 36,000 foreign and other artists, offered for sale by auction in Australia and New Zealand from the early 1970s to the present day.
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