James Peter Quinn Australia, 1869-1951
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About James Quinn
Born in Melbourne in 1869, James Quinn studied at the National Gallery School under Folingsby from 1886 to 1893 and in that year was awarded the Travelling Scholarship. Studied in Paris at the Academies Julian and the Ecole Des Beaux Arts under Laurens from 1894 to 1902, after which he moved to London. A member of the Royal Institute of Painters and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and exhibited at the Royal Academy. He established a reputation as a portrait painter, but returned to Australia in 1937 after the death of one of his sons. His career didn't progress after this until a retrospective exhibition of his work was held by the Victorian College of the Arts in 1980.
We have records of art auction sales by James Quinn from 1967 and in total 150 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 103 (69%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $18,000 for Daffodils sold by Sotheby's in November 1991. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023. Works by James Quinn are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, Art Gallery of NSW and a further six major public national galleries (see list below).
James Quinn 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 807
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 357
- 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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