David Cautley Fairbairn Australia, 1949-2020
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About David Fairbairn
Born in Zambia in 1949 David Fairbairn studied at the West Surrey College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools in London prior to his arrival in Australia in 1981. Working across drawing, painting and printmaking, he has had thirty solo exhibitions since 1981 and has been in over eighty group shows. In Australia, he has received over forty awards and prizes including the Dobell Prize for Drawing and the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. In 2012 he was awarded the Mosman Art Prize and the Sunshine Coast Art Prize and was a finalist in the Art Gallery of New South Wales Archibald Prize in 2016.
The total number of works by David Fairbairn offered for sale by auction since 1989 is 15, of which 12 (80%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by David Fairbairn are held by the Art Gallery of NSW and Art Gallery of South Australia.
David Fairbairn 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 416
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 208
- 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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