Ernest Buckmaster Australia, 1897-1968
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About Ernest Buckmaster
Ernest Buckmaster was born in Auburn, Victoria and studied at the National Gallery of Victoria School from 1918 until 1924 under Bernard Hall and W. B. McInnes. He exhibited with the Victorian Artist's Society from 1919 to 1943 and in Sydney in 1927 and won the Archibald Prize in 1932. Buckmaster also exhibited with the Twenty Melbourne Painters from 1933 to 1962 and the Australian Academy of Art from 1938 to 1946, of which he was a foundation member. He was appointed an official war artist in 1945 and travelled to Singapore for the surrender of the Japanese, of which he painted 25 pictures for the Australian War Memorial. He won the Albury (Regional Art Centre) prize in 1950 and 1963. In 1959 he suffered a hear attack, and it wasn't until 1964 that he resumed holding annual exhibitions.
Ernest Buckmaster is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1967 of 1,723, of which 1,268 (74%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $27,025 for Morning Along the Goulburn Thornton Towards Eildon, Victoria sold by Christies in May 2003. This year 7 works have been offered for sale. Works by Ernest Buckmaster are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of Western Australia and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Ernest Buckmaster 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 292
- 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.
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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