Thomas George (Tom) Wells Australia, 1934-.
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About Thomas George (Tom) Wells
Born in Victoria in 1934, Thomas Wells studied at the Ballarat School of Mines Art School and the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 1963 he took a study tour to Europe and the USA. He has taught art at Frankston Teachers Training College and Deakin University in Belmont, Geelong. America. His first exhibition was held in Brisbane in 1964 and he also exhibited in Melbourne and Adelaide. An impressionist watercolour artist he favoured landscapes and won the Minnie Crouch Prize for Watercolour in 1963, at that time administered by the Art Gallery of Ballarat and the camberwell Rotary Prize for Watercolour in 1971.
The total number of works by Tom Wells offered for sale by auction since 1973 is 33, of which 20 (61%) were sold. No works have been offered for sale this year, and the last sale we have recorded for the artist was in 2023.
Thomas George (Tom) Wells 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 1014
- Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 719
- Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 379
- 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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