Frederick McCubbin: career timeline
Australian · 1855–1917 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 66 of 74 lots (88% of works) have a usable creation date; the others are listed at the end by the decade they were sold. Each work is shown once, even when it sold more than once.
| Decade made | Works | Sold | Median sold price | Main medium |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1870s | 1 | 1 | $396kSign up | Oil |
| 1880s | 4 | 4 | $159kSign up | Oil |
| 1890s | 3 | 2 | $20.4kSign up | Oil |
| 1900s | 25 | 24 | $42.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1910s | 24 | 19 | $57kSign up | Oil |
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1870s 1 work
- Sold
- 1 of 1
- Median
- $396kSign up
- Average
- $396kSign up
- Typical size
- 21 × 15 in (54 × 38 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (1)
- Subjects
- —
1879 An Old Politician 1879$396kSign up
1880s 4 works
- Sold
- 4 of 4
- Median
- $159kSign up
- Average
- $176kSign up
- Typical size
- 19 × 24 in (48 × 61 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Other (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1880 Dudley Flats, West of Melbourne c1880s$9.5kSign up
1884 The Letter 1884$378kSign up
1886 (A Quiet Study) (1886)$127kSign up · sold 3×
1886 Winter at Nunawading 1886$191kSign up · sold 2×
1890s 3 works
- Sold
- 2 of 3
- Median
- $20.4kSign up
- Average
- $20.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 10.5 in (31 × 27 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (2), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- —
c. 1893 (i) Mary McCubbin c1893-94Unsold
1897 Washing Day, Brighton 1897$25kSign up · sold 2×
1899 Garden Study, Brighton 1899$15.8kSign up
1900s 25 works
- Sold
- 24 of 25
- Median
- $42.5kSign up
- Average
- $140kSign up
- Typical size
- 10 × 15.5 in (26 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (24), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (3), Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (1)
1900 Mezger’s Mill 1900$31.2kSign up
1900 Portrait of My Mother (1900)$90.1kSign up
1902 (Bush Setting, Mount Macedon)$48.7kSign up
1904 What the Little Girl Saw in the Bush 1904$1.1MSign up
1904 Ti-Tree Study (The Glade) c.$20.6kSign up
c. 1904 Ti-Tree Study$25.5kSign up
1904 Pastoral 1904$484kSign up
1905 The Pool 1905$14.6kSign up
1906 The Bathers 1906$303kSign up
1906 Looking North from Mount Macedon 1906$540kSign up
1907 Towards Prahran$65kSign up
1907 Hammersmith Bridge$16.9kSign up
Show 12 more (1900s)
1907 Cottage, Trees and Children 1907$38.7kSign up
c. 1907 Church, Gimingham$8.8kSign up
1907 BARGES, POOL OF LONDON (1907)$66.7kSign up
1908 Poultry in the Bush (1908)$105kSign up
1908 Richmond from the Yarra 1908Unsold
1908 Thames and St Paul's Cathedral$9.3kSign up
1908 Kathleen McCubbin (1908)$33.1kSign up
1908 Boat Sheds, Williamstown (1908)$41.1kSign up
c. 1908 The Campfire, Mount Macedon (circa 1908-1910)$124kSign up
1908 Bush, Macedon c1908$26.4kSign up
1909 A Bush Study, Macedon 1909$49.3kSign up
1909 Como c1909$43.9kSign up · sold 2×
…and 1 more works from this group in the full results list.
1910s 24 works
- Sold
- 19 of 24
- Median
- $57kSign up
- Average
- $198kSign up
- Typical size
- 12 × 20 in (30 × 51 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (24)
- Subjects
- Sunsets & night (2), Landscapes (2), Markets & villages (1)
1910 The Clearing c1910$31.9kSign up
c. 1910 Figures in a Street - A Bit of South Yarra$18.2kSign up
c. 1910 Mount Macedon$143kSign up
1910 Richmond Quarry from South Bank of the Yarra c1910$33.8kSign up
c. 1910 Study for The Rabbit Burrow$60.8kSign up
1911 Harvest Moon (1911)$52.7kSign up
c. 1911 Silver Moonlight$25.8kSign up · sold 2×
1911 The Sheltered Pool c1911$140kSign up · sold 2×
c. 1912 Towards Melbourne (The Old Stone Crusher)$14.7kSign up
1912 View towards the City from Kensington Road, South Yarra c1912$34.8kSign up
1913 A Forest Glade 1913$585kSign up
1913 Golden Light 1913Unsold
Show 12 more (1910s)
1913 Shelling Peas (1913)Unsold
1913 Cottage at Mount Macedon (1913)$255kSign up
1913 Mount Macedon c1913$57kSign up
1913 GOLDEN LIGHT 1913Unsold
1914 Spring Morning 1914$452kSign up · sold 3×
1915 Autumn Afternoon 1915$47.8kSign up
1915 Artists' Day c1915Unsold
c. 1915 The Garden Window (also known as The McCubbins' Garden Cottage, Fontainebleau, at Mount Macedon) c1915-16$53.4kSign up
1915 Portrait of H. Abrahams, Esq. 1915Unsold
1915 AUTUMN AFTERNOON (1915)$72.6kSign up
1915 The Mountain Cottage 1915$898kSign up
1917 The Lime Tree (Yarra River from Kensington Road, South Yarra)$780kSign up
Creation date not recorded
8 works have no cataloged or signed date. They are grouped here by the decade they were last sold, which says nothing about when they were made.
Undated, sold in the 2010s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $27.4kSign up
- Average
- $27.7kSign up
- Typical size
- 11.5 × 8 in (29 × 20 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Harbours & ports (1)
sold 2012 LITTLE DOCK, YARRA RIVER, MELBOURNE$47.4kSign up
sold 2012 Bush Study$8.4kSign up
sold 2018 Louis McCubbin Bathing at Mount Macedon$27.4kSign up
Undated, sold in the 2020s 5 works
- Sold
- 4 of 5
- Median
- $45.5kSign up
- Average
- $54kSign up
- Typical size
- 12.5 × 14 in (32 × 36 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (4), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1)
sold 2020 View from MacedonUnsold
sold 2021 Looking Towards Richmond from Kensington Road, South Yarra$14.4kSign up
sold 2025 (Bush Study, Macedon)$52kSign up
sold 2025 The Country Lane$39kSign up
sold 2025 The Artist's Garden, South Yarra$110kSign up
Medians and averages count sold works only (each work's most recent sale), in US dollars at the sale-date rate. Works cataloged as “attributed to”, “circle of” or similar are left out. All Frederick McCubbin auction results →