PETER SIDDELL
1935 - 2011
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PETER SIDDELL
Selected works sold by auction at International Art Centre
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Sir Peter Graham Siddell KNZM QSO (1935 – 24 October 2011) was a noted New Zealand artist.
Siddell was born in Auckland and educated at Mt Albert Grammar School and the Auckland College of Education. In 1960 he married artist Sylvia Siddell, with whom he lived in Auckland. They had two daughters, now adults. Siddell had painted full-time since 1972, when he held his first solo show. Following this, he took part in many exhibitions in both public and commercial galleries.
Siddell’s realist paintings are identified mainly with depictions of the environs of Auckland. While his works appear to be records of actual places, his
paintings have a subjective component, and might be better described as magic realism than truly realistic. The cityscapes and townscapes in Siddell’s paintings are rendered empty, but with the unnerving suggestion of events occurring outside the picture area. In this sense, his work can be compared to the metaphysical works of Giorgio de Chirico.
Siddell’s work is held in the permanent collections of all New Zealand major public art galleries, as well as many private, corporate and institutional collections. He received a QSO in the 1990 New year’s honours list, and a DCNZM in 2008. In February 2011, a comprehensive survey of his art career was published by Random House New Zealand, “The Art of Peter Siddell.”
Siddell is only the second New Zealand artist to be knighted: the first was Sir Toss Woollaston. He died on 24 October 2011.
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
The Watchman, Karekare
Watercolour 29.5 x 23cm
Sold at auction hammer price NZ$2,200 plus buyers premium
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Opening
Oil on canvas 122 x 170 cm
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$191,000 plus buyers premium
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1935 - 2011
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Pastel on paper 33.5 x 55 cm
Oil on canvas 65.5 x 83 cm
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$9,000 plus buyers premium
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$41,500 plus buyers premium
Lily Pond
PETER SIDDELL
Tiled Roof
SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Mt Hobson
Oil on panel 16 x 35 cm
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Suburban Cloud
Oil on board 36 x 50 cm
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$6,750 plus buyers premium
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$18,000 plus buyers premium
PETER
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Window
Pastel on paper 32.5 x 49.5 cm
Westward
Oil on canvas 61 x 91 cm
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$7,600 plus buyers premium
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$35,000 plus buyers premium
1935 - 2011
Oil on board 44.5 x 59.5 cm
SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Oil on canvas 66 x 91.5 cm
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$37,500 plus buyers premium
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$145,000 plus buyers premium
PETER
Two Palms
PETER SIDDELL
Villa
Mt Eden
SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Oil on board 39 x 36
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Looking West
Oil on canvas 36 x 51
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$10,250 plus buyers premium
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$15,000 plus buyers premium
PETER
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Western Gardens
Oil on canvas 66 x 102 cm
Western Gardens
Oil on canvas 66 x 102 cm
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$65,000 plus buyers premium
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$65,000 plus buyers premium
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Gate
Oil on board 44 x 27 cm
Sold at auction hammer price NZ$19,000 plus buyers premium
Sir Peter Siddell paintings breathe the suburbs of Auckland. Siddell was born in Auckland in 1935 and attended Mount Albert Grammar. He initially worked as an electrician and then a teacher but after his 1972 sellout solo exhibition at Moller’s Gallery in Auckland he took up painting full time. He has gone on to become one of New Zealand’s most admired painters with works in most public and corporate collections.
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Evening Window
Oil on board 41 x 31 cm
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$21,500 plus buyers premium
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$6,500 plus buyers premium
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Avril with Kauri Trees
Acrylic on board 49 x 39.5 cm
PETER SIDDELL 1935 - 2011
Bay Window
Oil on board 61 x 39 cm
Sold at auction hammer price
NZ$20,000 plus buyers premium
