Thomas Arthur McCormack New Zealand, 1883-1973
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About Thomas Arthur McCormack
Born at Napier, New Zealand in 1883, Thomas McCormack was mainly a self taught artist, although he studied briefly in Napier and Wellington. As well as being a prolific watercolourist, painting landscapes, seascapes, still life and flower paintings, he was also an art teacher. He settled in Wellington from about 1921 and exhibited with the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts there. He was on the first committee of the New Zealand Society of Artists in 1933.
Thomas McCormack is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1985 of 412, of which 301 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $7,828 for Lady Reading sold by Dunbar Sloane in November 2016. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Thomas McCormack are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further two major public national galleries (see list below).
Thomas Arthur McCormack is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- Gil Docking, with additions by Michael Gunn covering 1970-90. Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting, David Bateman Ltd., New Zealand, 1990 Page 144
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 164
- 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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