Joseph Fowles Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Joseph Fowles Art Value Price Guide

Jul. 10, 2024
JOSEPH FOWLES, (1810 - 1878), Pitt and Hunter streets from Fowle’s Views of Sydney, c. 1848, engraving, 20 x 26 cm. (7.8 x 10.2 in.), frame: 36 x 40 x 2 cm. (14.1 x 15 3/4 x 0.7 in.)
Est: $80 - $120
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810 - 1878) Pitt and Hunter streets from Fowle's Views of Sydney, c. 1848 engraving
Lawsons
Mar. 09, 2024
FOWLES Joseph (1810-1878), 'Sydney in 1848' Approx. 20 copper plate etchings from the publication 'Sydney in 1848: illustrated by...
Est: $80 - $150
FOWLES Joseph (1810-1878), 'Sydney in 1848' Approx. 20 copper plate etchings from the publication 'Sydney in 1848: illustrated by Copperplate Engravings of its principal streets, public buildings, churches, chapels etc. 21x27cm (each sheet)
Davidson Auctions
Oct. 16, 2022
JOSEPH FOWLES (C.1810-1878), Sir Hercules
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
JOSEPH FOWLES (C.1810-1878) Sir Hercules oil on canvas signed and inscribed lower right: J Fowles, Sydney 35.5 x 45.5cm THE HORSE: SIR HERCULES (AUST 1843) Douglas Barrie in his classic 1956 book The Australian Blood Horse gives Sir Hercules prominence (pp.117–18) in his listing of Colonial-bred Stallions of the 1840s. Stating that the breeder in NSW was Charles Smith and detailing the pedigree, he notes that Sir Hercules "was one of the greatest of early Australian-bred sires. He was purchased in 1845 by Mr Thomas Icely of Coombing, where he stood. "Sent to New Zealand in 1852, and returned to New South Wales in 1857 to Mr C.G. Tindal's Ramornie Stud where he remained until 1861; died at Bylong in the stud of Mr John Lee in January 1866 … "He established a male line that survived until the twentieth century through Abercorn [Australian Racing Hall of Fame] who was exported to England in 1898". Barrie also reminds us that Sir Hercules's son Yagendon sired two champion winners of the Melbourne Cup who became noted sires in their turn: Chester and the unbeaten Grand Flaneur. THE ARTIST: JOSEPH FOWLES (b. UK, arr. NSW 1838, d.1878) Born UK, date unknown. To NSW August 1838 with his wife. Died NSW 1878 Brief article by Jocelyn Gray in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.1 (1966) "He was noticed in the Sydney Morning Herald on 26 July 1847 for his contributions to the first exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts in Australia. Of the seven paintings by his hand five were of ships and shipping, and it was as a marine painter that Fowles first made his reputation in Sydney. Marine paintings also made up the main part of his contribution to the exhibition of 1848. "In July 1848 Fowles published the first part of his series Sydney in 1848; his forty illustrations of the 'elegant' streets and buildings were made with painstaking accuracy 'to remove the erroneous and discreditable notions current in England concerning this city'. By 1858 Fowles had won a new reputation when Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle designated him 'Our Colonial Herring' as a result of a series of portraits of 'celebrated Australian cracks', racehorses and riding horses. The first notice of Fowles's work in this field appeared in the Illustrated Sydney News, 13 January 1855, the subjects being two much admired portraits of favourite mounts which the governor had commissioned from him. Three paintings of horses were contributed by Fowles to the Art Exhibition of 1857, together with views of English and Australian ships and shipping. As well as marine and equine subjects he painted landscapes of Sydney and its environs, and recollections of English scenes. "By 1855 Fowles was training and examining young art teachers in drawing for the National Board of Education. In 1867 when it was succeeded by the Council of Education he continued as teacher and examiner under the new organization, his application for reemployment claiming that he had devised a 'system of teaching elementary drawing adapted for large classes', and a series of eight graded 'Elementary Free-Hand Drawing Books' which he had composed during the 1850s, and which were sold in Sydney at 1s. a copy. On the cover of these booklets he was styled 'Artist by Appointment to His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, Drawing Master to the Training School and Public Schools of New South Wales, the Sydney Grammar School, The King's School, the Lyndhurst College, the New School … Glebe Point Collegiate, etc'. In an obituary notice he was described as the 'Father of drawing in the city'. "Fowles died, after a third paralytic stroke, on 25 June 1878, and left a widow and two married sons, the eldest of whom was also an artist, and who inherited his father's practice." In my opinion, Joseph Fowles was superior as an equine artist to any other artist painting in Australia in the nineteenth century before Mark Gawen, and the contemporary comparison as ‘our colonial Herring' (referring to British artist John Frederick Herring (1795–1865) seems apt. Dr Andrew Lemon AM FRHSV Historian
Gibson's
Aug. 16, 2020
FOWLES Joseph (1810-1878), Racehorse, Sydney., Oil on Canvas, 35.5x45.5cm
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
FOWLES, Joseph (1810-1878) Racehorse, Sydney. Oil on Canvas 35.5x45.5cm
Davidson Auctions
Jul. 02, 2020
Australia.- Fowles (Joseph) Sydney in 1848: illustrated by copper-plate engravings, Sydney, D. Wall, [1878]
Est: £150 - £200
Australia.- Fowles (Joseph) Sydney in 1848: illustrated by copper-plate engravings, 40 lithographed plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, gilt titles, a little rubbed, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, rebacked with spine laid down, Sydney, D. Wall, [1878]. ⁂ This was originally printed in parts. This is a later edition with lithographed plates.
Forum Auctions - UK
Mar. 31, 2019
Joseph Fowles (1810-1878) After Sydney Street Views: George Street, King Street, York Street, Pitt Street c.1882 + Wesleyan Centenar...
Est: $60 - $80
Joseph Fowles (1810-1878) After Sydney Street Views: George Street, King Street, York Street, Pitt Street c.1882 + Wesleyan Centenary Chapel + The Post Office + Folio of National Trust Prints Engravings, some handcoloured + prints 26 x 26 cm (4),18 x 22.5 cm (2)
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Nov. 22, 2018
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810-1878), Cossack
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810-1878), Cossack oil on canvas 36.0 x 46.5 cm signed lower right: J Fowles/ Sydney bears signature lower left: J Fowles inscribed verso: "Cossack"/ Painted by J Fowles/ Sydney Private collection, New Zealand Dunbar Sloane, Wellington, 3 April 2012, lot 120 Private collection, Queensland
Menzies
Sep. 04, 2018
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810-1878) Racehorse 1866 oil on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810-1878) Racehorse 1866 oil on canvas signed and dated lower right: JFowles 1866 33.5 x 44cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Scotland
Leonard Joel
Dec. 12, 2017
Joseph Fowles (1810-1878)
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Misty Sailing Morn oil on canvas 55.7 x 89.3 cm
Shapiro Auctioneers
Sep. 22, 2016
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810-1878), Ben Bolt, the Champion c1886
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810-1878) Ben Bolt, the Champion c1886, oil on canvas, 33.5 x 44.5 cm signed and inscribed lower right: J. Fowles Sydney inscribed lower left: The Champion BEN BOLT
Menzies
Sep. 24, 2015
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810-1878) Strop 1859
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
JOSEPH FOWLES (1810-1878) Strop 1859 oil on canvas 34.0 x 44.0 cm signed, dated and inscribed lower left: STROP J FOWLES/ Sydney/ 1859
Menzies
May. 31, 2015
Joseph Fowles (1810 - 1878) After The Interior of the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney Hand-coloured engraving
Est: $20 - $40
Joseph Fowles (1810 - 1878) After The Interior of the Royal Victoria Theatre, Sydney Hand-coloured engraving 20 x 22 cm
Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers
Feb. 27, 2014
Joseph Fowles (1810 - 1878) - Johnstons Bay From Balmain 1862 14 x 28.5cm
Est: $150 - $250
Joseph Fowles (1810 - 1878) Johnstons Bay From Balmain 1862 watercolour 14 x 28.5cm signed & dated Sydney '62 lower right
Lawsons
Nov. 27, 2013
Joseph Fowles unknown - 1878, RACEHORSE, SYDNEY, c1860 oil on canvas
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
Joseph Fowles unknown - 1878, RACEHORSE, SYDNEY, c1860 oil on canvas SIGNED: signed and inscribed lower right: JFowles / Sydney DIMENSIONS: 36.5 x 46.0 cm PROVENANCE: Private collection, Melbourne
Deutscher and Hackett
Apr. 03, 2012
Joseph Fowles (Australian 1810 - 1878) Cossack Oil
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Joseph Fowles (Australian 1810 - 1878) Cossack Oil on canvas Signed lower right and lower left, and also inscribed on the reverse 'Cossack, painted by J Fowles, Sydney' 33.5 x 44cm
Dunbar Sloane