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• Auction House:
  Bay East Auctions
• Sale Name:
  The Art & Book Sale
• Sale Date:
  27 May 2012 ~ 2pm
• Lot #:
  338
• Lot Description:
  Charles Pettinger
  (1897-1989)
  Mountain Landscape 1971
  gouache
  signed and dated 'Charles Pettinger 1971' lower right; inscribed 'MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE / Charles Pettinger' on verso
• Notes:
  together with Seascape 1975 and Red Evening 1969 by the same artist. Although Charles Pettinger gained his medical degree from the University of Sydney in 1921 and enjoyed a long and successful career as a doctor, he also pursued a passion for painting and in 1950 enrolled in the Newcastle Art School, where he studied with John Passmore and Paul Beadle. During the 1960s he went on to travel, work and study art in Europe. He held many solo and group shows, both in Newcastle in Sydney, including the 28th anniversary exhibition at Von Bertouch Galleries in Newcastle, which consisted of Nora Heysen's oils, Barbara Tribes's sculptures and Charles Pettinger's watercolours. In the 1960s he also exhibited with the American Watercolour Society in New York.
• Estimate:
  A$200 - 400
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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