Price databaseBrowseSell your artwork
Watchlist

John Olsen

Australian · 1928–2023 · Painter, Printmaker

John Henry Olsen AO OBE was an Australian artist and winner of the 2005 Archibald Prize. Olsen's primary subject of work was landscape. (Wikipedia)

Own a work by John Olsen? Get a free auction estimate →

489auction results2009–2026years recorded83%sold (407)$2.9kSign up free to seemedian price

12 works by John Olsen with an auction history (offered more than once) →

5 works by John Olsen coming up at auction · bid with the house ↓

Record prices

  1. John Olsen, Seafood Paella 2007, 2007, oil on plywoodSeafood Paella 2007Smith & Singer · A$1,037,000≈ $741,030≈ £567,317≈ €657,116Sign up to see
  2. John Olsen, People Who Live in Victoria Street 1960, 1960, oil on composition boardPeople Who Live in Victoria Street 1960Smith & Singer · A$775,000≈ $566,851≈ £426,877≈ €477,629Sign up to see
  3. John Olsen, Fleurieu Peninsula 1983, 1983, oil on composition board (diptych)Fleurieu Peninsula 1983Smith & Singer · A$613,636≈ $405,208≈ £313,677≈ €373,533Sign up to see

John Olsen’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

Coming up at auction

5 in forthcoming sales · bid with the house

Listed from the auction houses’ own websites; estimates are the houses’ own, not results.

All filters
Longest side–Reset

8 results match these filters

Sign up free to see all prices. You’ve seen the free realized prices for this month. Artist, title, date, house, medium, size and estimates stay visible to everyone. Create a free account · Sign in
  1. John Olsen, Honey Eaters (1997), 1997, synthetic polymer paint, pastel and crayon on paper
    Honey Eaters (1997), 1997
    Acrylic · Paper
    98 x 92 cm
    Smith & Singer · · Lot 59
    A$49,091≈ $33,892≈ £28,756≈ €34,117Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$40,000–60,000View at Smith & Singer ↗
  2. John Olsen, Spanish Eggs 1974, 1974, synthetic polymer paint, gouache, pastel and ink on paper
    Spanish Eggs 1974, 1974
    Acrylic · Paper
    60.0 x 85.0 cm
    Menzies · · Lot 15
    A$23,318≈ $17,456≈ £13,302≈ €15,725Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$15,000–20,000View at Menzies ↗
  3. John Olsen, Rydal - Grevilleas and Honeyeaters 1999, 1999, watercolour, pastel and acrylic on paper
    Rydal - Grevilleas and Honeyeaters 1999, 1999
    Acrylic · Paper
    100.0 x 94.5 cm
    Menzies · · Lot 51
    A$54,000≈ $37,781≈ £29,716≈ €33,229Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$40,000–60,000View at Menzies ↗
  4. John Olsen, Rydal - Grevilleas and Honeyeaters 1999, 1999, watercolour, pastel and acrylic on paper
    Rydal - Grevilleas and Honeyeaters 1999, 1999
    Acrylic · Paper
    100.0 x 94.5 cm
    Menzies · · Lot 19
    A$61,364≈ $46,380≈ £32,794≈ €41,518Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$50,000–65,000View at Menzies ↗
  5. John Olsen, Simpson Desert Meets the Void 2005, 2005, watercolour, crayon, pastel and synthetic polymer paint on paper
    Simpson Desert Meets the Void 2005, 2005
    Acrylic · Paper
    151.0 x 101.5 cm
    Menzies · · Lot 30
    A$64,432≈ $47,005≈ £31,078≈ €42,954Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$60,000–80,000View at Menzies ↗
  6. John Olsen, Rydal - Grevilleas and Honeyeaters 1999, 1999, watercolour, pastel and acrylic on paper
    Rydal - Grevilleas and Honeyeaters 1999, 1999
    Acrylic · Paper
    100.0 x 94.5 cm
    Menzies · · Lot 68
    A$49,091≈ $51,521≈ £31,979≈ €39,413Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$40,000–50,000View at Menzies ↗
  7. John Olsen, Rydal - Grevilleas and Honeyeaters 1999, 1999, watercolour, pastel and acrylic on paper
    Rydal - Grevilleas and Honeyeaters 1999, 1999
    Acrylic · Paper
    100.0 x 94.5 cm
    Menzies · · Lot 29
    A$57,682≈ $60,618≈ £37,943≈ €42,653Price realizedSign up free to seeEst. A$55,000–65,000View at Menzies ↗
  8. John Olsen, Landscape, Body & Sea 2018, 2018, synthetic polymer paint on canvas
    Landscape, Body & Sea 2018, 2018
    Acrylic · Canvas
    151.0 x 180.0 cm
    Menzies · · Lot 27
    Unsold / did not meet reserveEst. A$180,000–240,000View at Menzies ↗

John Olsen paintings (83)John Olsen oil paintings (80)John Olsen works on paper (170)John Olsen watercolors (90)John Olsen gouaches (15)John Olsen pastels (22)John Olsen drawings (22)John Olsen prints (198)John Olsen etchings (120)John Olsen lithographs (63)John Olsen photographs (10)John Olsen sculpture (22)

Related artists — Australian, born 1903–1953

More Australian artists of the same period