Maxwell Harold (Max) Gimblett New Zealand, United States, 1935-.
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About Max Gimblett
Born in 1935, Max Gimblett is a New Zealand born abstract painter who has lived and worked in the USA since 1962 and is now based in New York. He has maintained a close interest in the work of New Zealand artists and in 1980-81, with the aid of a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Grant he opened a studio in Auckland to demonstrate working methods practised in New York. He was appointed to the honorary position of Visiting Professor of Art to the National Institute of Creative Arts and Industries at Auckland University in 2003. In 2015 he was named an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to art.
Max Gimblett is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1992 of 621, of which 438 (71%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $141,523 for Brave New World sold by Art+Object in November 2022. This year 26 works have been offered for sale. Works by Max Gimblett are held by the Queensland Art Gallery, Auckland Art Gallery and a further five major public national galleries (see list below).
Max Gimblett 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 216
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 96
- 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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