What are Clarice Beckett paintings worth?

Clarice Beckett’s work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $32 USD to $142,777 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2000 the record price for this artist at auction is $142,777 USD for.

What is Clarice Beckett known for?

Painting
Clarice Beckett/Known for

Did Clarice Beckett paint in oils?

Clarice Beckett was born in 1887 in Casterton in regional Victoria. Beckett declined a fourth year of study in oils under Bernard Hall and instead joined controversial tonalist painter and teacher Max Meldrum in his newly opened private art school.

How old was Clarice Beckett when she died?

48 years (1887–1935)
Clarice Beckett/Age at death

What medium did Beckett use?

Clarice Beckett/Forms

Where did Clarice Beckett live?

Beaumaris
Clarice Beckett’s quiet, lyrical paintings are synonymous with the Bayside suburb of Beaumaris, where she lived for sixteen years.

Who discovered Clarice Beckett?

Beckett was largely forgotten until the late 60s, when art historian and gallerist Rosalind Hollinrake rediscovered her work.

Where is Clarice Beckett buried?

In 1934 her mother died: on 7 July next year Clarice, exhausted, died of pneumonia in a hospital at Sandringham. She was buried in the Cheltenham cemetery.

Who influenced Clarice Beckett?

She was the oldest of two girls and her interest in art was encouraged by her mother, herself a hobbyist painter. She attended school locally at Casterton before boarding at Queens College in Ballarat where she studied charcoal drawing under Eva Hopkins.

Which is the first painting of Clarice Beckett?

In scale and subject matter, this premium group of Clarice Beckett paintings demonstrates the full range of the artist’s oeuvre, and was painstakingly assembled by Rosalind Hollinrake. The earliest work by Beckett is Luna Park, 1919, which is the first known painting of the famous fun park, which opened in 1912.

Who is Clarice Beckett and what did she do?

Clarice Beckett was a courageous and deeply intelligent artist, whose tonal range and painting technique had never been seen before in Australia. Had she lived longer, Beckett would have made an even more substantive contribution. Perhaps the final word should come from Walt Whitman, one of Beckett’s favourite poets.

How big is the exhibition of Clarice Beckett?

Clarice Beckett will be the largest survey ever staged of the artist’s work, and the first for over twenty years. This exhibition will explore Beckett’s deeply felt internal life while offering a window into universal human experience.

Why was Clarice Beckett donated to the National Gallery?

This personal tribute is a transformational addition to the Gallery’s Australian art collection and consolidates the Gallery’s renowned role as a leader in the collection of important art by Australian women. Clarice Beckett’s story – of tragedy, chance and triumph – makes this large group donation of pertinent cultural significance.