William Rubery Bennett Australia, 1893-1987
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About Rubery Bennett
William Rubery Bennett, landscape painter, was born Brisbane in 1893. He studied at the Royal Queensland Art Society School in Brisbane and in Sydney under John Salvana, Lawson Balfour and Fred Britten. He moved to Sydney, where he conducted the Rubery Bennett Art Gallery in the 1930s and 1940s, dealing mostly in Australian impressionistic painters. He was one of the first to exhibit the work of Tom Garrett (1929) and later himself became a popular painter of late impressionistic landscapes, his aim being to capture the pervading light of summer landscapes, his preferred subject matter.
William Bennett is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1969 of 1,266, of which 926 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $93,500 for Kangaroo Valley from the Slope of Mount Cambewarra sold by Sotheby's in April 1987. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by William Bennett are held by the Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of NSW and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Rubery Bennett 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 253
- Kerr, Joan. Dictionary of Australian Artists, Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870. Oxford University Press, Australia, 1993. Page 63
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 287
- 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…
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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