Michael Shepherd New Zealand, 1950-.
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About Michael Shepherd
Born in 1950 in Hamilton, New Zealand, Michael Shepherd graduated with a Diploma of Fine Arts (Honours) from Elam, the School of Fine Arts, University of Auckland in 1979. In 1982 he was awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council travel grant, which he used to study 17th century Dutch painting at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. He held his first solo exhibition in Auckland in 1980 and since then has exhibited throughout New Zealand. Michael Shepherd was awarded a M.N.Z.M (Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit) for services to the Arts in 2008 and a major survey exhibition of his work was held at the Waikato Museum in 2019.
In our database, 114 works by Michael Shepherd are listed as being offered for sale, the earliest in 1989, of which 71 (62%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $14,850 for Bouquet at Taupiri sold by Webb's in November 1989. This year 8 works have been offered for sale. Works by Michael Shepherd are held by the Museum Of New Zealand, Auckland Art Gallery and Christchurch Art Gallery.
Michael Shepherd 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 224
- 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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