John Shotton Parker New Zealand, 1944-2017
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About John Shotton Parker
Born in Auckland in 1944, John Parker studied at the Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury in Christchurch.His first exhibition was in 1967 a year after graduating. He became a teacher at secondary level and in 1975 was named Frances Hodgkins Fellow at the University of Otago. He became known for large scale abstract landscapes in oil inspired by the Blenheim area where he lived. In 2002 Parker was appointed a New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to painting in the Queen's Birthday and Golden Jubilee Honours list.
The total number of works by John Parker offered for sale by auction since 1993 is 215, of which 146 (68%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $34,957 for Twenty Six Vessels sold by Art+Object in November 2021. This year one work has been offered for sale. Works by John Parker are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Suter Art Gallery and Christchurch Art Gallery.
John Shotton Parker is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 194
- 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.
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