Denys Watkins New Zealand, Britain, 1945-.
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About Denys Watkins
Born in Wellington in 1945 Denys Watkins studied at Wellington School of Design from 1962 to 1964 and painting and printmaking in London at the Central School of Art & Design and the Royal College of Art from 1968 to 1970. An abstract painter, using a variety of media including etching, screenprinting, watercolour, acrylic and oil painting he has been exhibiting in New Zealand and internationally since 1971. He has been a lecturer at Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland University since 1980.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Denys Watkins from 1990 and in total 311 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 187 (60%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $16,315 for Man-O-the-woods sold by Art+Object in July 2017. This year 7 works have been offered for sale. Works by Denys Watkins are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Denys Watkins 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 236
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 262
- 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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