Ross Ritchie New Zealand, 1941-.
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About Ross Ritchie
Born in Wellington, New Zealand in 1941, Ross Ritchie is a post-modern artist, largely self-taught apart from taking some classes at the Wellington Polytechnic School. In 1964 he married artist, Pauline Thompson and moved to Auckland. He was exhibition designer at Auckland Art Gallery in the mid 1990s.
In our database, 99 works by Ross Ritchie are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1989, of which 62 (63%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $24,253 for Composition sold by Art+Object in May 2023. This year 2 works have been offered for sale. Works by Ross Ritchie are held by the Auckland Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery and a further three major public national galleries (see list below).
Ross Ritchie 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 200
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 212
- 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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