Robin Hill Australia, 1932-.
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About Robin Hill
Born in Brisbane in 1932, and moved to England with his family the following year. Hill studied at Wimbledon School of Art from 1945 to 1947, and returned to Australia in 1948, where he studied at the National Gallery School, Melbourne and at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. He worked with the ABC in the 1960s and was a pioneer in creating wildlife documentaries, at the same time creating his own paintings. He moved to the United States in 1971 and has held solo exhibitions and accepted comissions. He illustrated six books on Australian and American wildlife between 1960 and 1987.
The total number of works by Robin Hill offered for sale by auction since 1970 is 73, of which 53 (73%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $2,340 for Birds of the Northern Territory sold by Barsby Auctions in July 2020. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
Robin Hill 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 521
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 312
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 323
- 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.
- 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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