Shona Graham McFarlane New Zealand, Britain, 1929-2001
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About Shona Graham McFarlane
Born in Gore, New Zealand in 1929, Shona McFarlane studied at Dunedin Teachers College and in England at the Hammersmith School of Art in London. She worked as a journalist until the 1970s when she established an art gallery in Dunedin. In 1994, she was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Year's Honours list. She wrote six books and was vice president of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts for many years. She painted for more than 50 years, creating thousands of paintings.
Our database records art auction sales of works by Shona McFarlane from 1994 and in total 198 works by the artist have been offered for sale, of which 164 (83%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $42,959 for Dunedin Houses (Macleggan Street 1961) sold by Dunbar Sloane in July 2024. This year 9 works have been offered for sale. Works by Shona McFarlane are held by the Museum Of New Zealand.
Shona Graham McFarlane is listed in the following standard biographical references:
- McGahey, Kate. The Concise Dictionary of New Zealand Artists Painters Printmakers Sculptors, Gilt Edge Publishing, Wellington, New Zealand, 2000. Page 165
- 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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