Jane Sutherland Scotland, Australia, 1853-1928
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About Jane Sutherland
Born in New York in 1853, Jane Sutherland arrived in Sydney as a child in 1864, moving to Melbourne in 1870. She studied at the National Gallery School in Melbourne and became known as an Australian landscape painter, who was part of the pioneering plein-air movement in Australia, and a member of the Heidelberg School. She exhibited at the Victorian Academy of Arts from 1878, then with the Australian Artists’ Association, and with the Victorian Artists’ Society from 1888 until 1911. With Amy Vale, she was elected to the committee of the Victorian Artists Society in 1900, the first two women to be on the VAS Committee.. Her career was curtailed in the early 1900s when she suffered a stroke, but following the death of her carer-brother in 1911 she was foreced to retire.
The total number of works by Jane Sutherland offered for sale by auction since 1972 is 37, of which 31 (84%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $96,000 for After Autumn Rain sold by Sotheby's in April 2008. This year 3 works have been offered for sale. Works by Jane Sutherland are held by the National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Australia and Ian Potter Museum of Art.
Jane Sutherland 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 928
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 371
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…
No, ineligible. The artist has been deceased for more than 70 years.
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