John Ford Paterson Scotland, Australia, 1851-1912
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About John Ford Paterson
John Paterson was born in Dundee, Scotland in 1851. He studied at the Royal Scottish Academy Schools where he exhibited his first painting. He migrated to Melbourne with his family in 1872, where he met Buvelot. They painted together until Paterson returned to Edinburgh in 1875. where he undertook further studies, and exhibited in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. John Paterson returned to Melbourne in 1884, where he coninued working and exhibiting. He later became a trustee of the Melbourne National Gallery and president of the Victorian Artists' Society in 1901-2.
Our database records art auction sales of works by John Paterson from 1967 and in total 133 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 72 (54%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $47,250 for Rickett's Point sold by Sotheby's in November 2001. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2022. Works by John Paterson are held by the Ian Potter Museum of Art, Art Gallery of NSW and a further six major public national galleries (see list below).
John Ford Paterson 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 764
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 352
- 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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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