26th May, 2019 13:00

The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction

 
  Lot 583
 

NIGHT SCENE, AN OIL BY ALEXANDER MCKENZIE

ALEXANDER MCKENZIE (AUSTRALIAN B 1971 - ),
NIGHT SCENE
oil on linen, signed and dated '01, further signed, titled and dated '01 verso
60cm x 60cm
Framed.
Note: Alexander McKenzie is one of Australia's most successful contemporary artists. The son of Scottish migrants, McKenzie knew he would become a painter from the earliest years and had his own purpose-built art studio at home from the age of eleven. Shortly after leaving the City Art Institute he won the Brett Whiteley Scholarship to study at Julian Ashton School of Art, graduating in 1994. Between 1995-2002 he studied and traveled throughout England, Ireland, France, Scotland and Italy. His landscape paintings have been described as "aesthetically reminiscent of 15th century Dutch Masters – with contemporary motifs... reflecting the human journey that transpires time and place". In 2013 he was commissioned by the Australian War Memorial to paint a ten metre by three metre background as part of the World War I centenary commemorations. The diorama depicts the 1918 Battle of Semakh that unfolded on the Sea of Galilee's southern shore in the last months of the Sinai and Palestine campaign. McKenzie's work has been part of numerous solo and group exhibitions in Australia, Hong Kong, Scotland, Ireland and the United States and is part of corporate and private collections across the globe. YouTube features several films of exhibitions and interviews with McKenzie (Youtube Alexander McKenzie artist). Several of Alexander McKenzie's paintings have been sold at auction in Australia and prices are recorded at the Australian dollar equivalent of US$17,917, US$14,572 and US$13,935 (very approximately £13,700, £11,200 and £10,700) source "findartinfo".

 

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Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500


 
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