Justin O'Brien: career timeline
Australian · 1917–1996 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 61 of 78 lots (78% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 3 | 3 | $6.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1940s | 13 | 10 | $22.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1950s | 9 | 4 | $48kSign up | Oil |
| 1960s | 10 | 10 | $35.1kSign up | Oil |
| 1970s | 8 | 8 | $67.5kSign up | Oil |
| 1980s | 6 | 4 | $58.8kSign up | Oil |
| 1990s | 4 | 3 | $19.6kSign up | Oil |
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1930s 3 works
- Sold
- 3 of 3
- Median
- $6.1kSign up
- Average
- $4.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 17.5 in (59 × 44 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1), Cattle & animals (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1936 Untitled (Still Life of Fruit and Flowers) 1936$6.1kSign up
1937 Sheep in a Pastoral Landscape$730Sign up · sold 2×
1939 Untitled (Portrait of Mrs Hodgson) 1939$7.7kSign up · sold 2×
1940s 13 works
- Sold
- 10 of 13
- Median
- $22.5kSign up
- Average
- $29.8kSign up
- Typical size
- 18 × 21 in (46 × 53 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (11), Other (1), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
c. 1940 (Still Life) c late 1940s$17.6kSign up
1943 PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST 1943$9.8kSign up
1946 Adoration of the Kings (1946)$18.9kSign up
1946 The Draught of Fishes (1946)Unsold
1946 ADORATION OF THE KINGS (1946)Unsold
1947 In the Bath House$5kSign up · sold 2×
1947 Edgecliff Landscape c1947$89.4kSign up
c. 1948 Still Life (1948-1949)$15.3kSign up
c. 1948 Women in Room with Bird (1948-1949)$43.9kSign up
1949 The Acrobats (1949)Unsold
1949 Mending of Nets (1949)$26.2kSign up
1949 MENDING OF NETS (1949)$37.4kSign up
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1949 THE BAPTISM OF CHRIST (1949)$34.9kSign up
1950s 9 works
- Sold
- 4 of 9
- Median
- $48kSign up
- Average
- $96.1kSign up
- Typical size
- 27.5 × 22 in (70 × 56 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (6), Watercolor (2), Drawing (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (1)
1950 The First Mrs Kmitt c1950Unsold
1952 The Assumption of the Virgin c1952Unsold
1955 In the Wings of the Circus 1955$39.8kSign up
1955 MATADORS (1955)Unsold
1956 Study for The Resurrection (1956)Unsold
c. 1959 Study for Jesus Speaks to the Daughters of Jerusalem$769Sign up
1959 Still Life (1959)$56.1kSign up
1959 Madonna c1959$288kSign up
c. 1959 Study for Jesus Speaks to the Daughters of Jerusalem (circa 1959-1961)Unsold
1960s 10 works
- Sold
- 10 of 10
- Median
- $35.1kSign up
- Average
- $43.5kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 18.5 in (50 × 48 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (9), Gouache (1)
- Subjects
- Palms (1), Figures & portraits (1)
1962 Palm Sunday (1962)$137kSign up
1963 The Window c1963$40kSign up · sold 3×
1964 Good Friday, Skyros I (1964)$35.2kSign up
c. 1965 The Net Menders$5.7kSign up
1965 Good Friday, Skyros II (1965)$23.8kSign up
1968 Church Interior, Skyros (1968)$12.4kSign up · sold 2×
1968 Fishermen (1968)$28.9kSign up
1968 Young Boy, Skyros (1968)$43.7kSign up
1969 The Kiss of Judas (1969)$73.3kSign up
1969 The Entombment (circa 1969)$34.9kSign up
1970s 8 works
- Sold
- 8 of 8
- Median
- $67.5kSign up
- Average
- $71.9kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 19.5 in (50 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Drawing (3)
- Subjects
- Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
1970 Standing Nude$706Sign up
c. 1971 Nude Against Landscape (1971-1972)$44.9kSign up · sold 2×
1972 Still Life against a Landscape (1972)$194kSign up
c. 1973 Dormition of the Virgin (1973-1974)$105kSign up
1973 Drawing for Annunciation (1973)$8.3kSign up
1974 The Kiss of Judas (1974)$90.1kSign up
1978 Philomena (1978)$6.6kSign up
1978 The Window No. 2 (1978)$126kSign up
1980s 6 works
- Sold
- 4 of 6
- Median
- $58.8kSign up
- Average
- $57.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 19.5 × 19.5 in (50 × 50 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1), Landscapes (1)
1980 The Pear Vendor (1980)$59.9kSign up
1982 Boy in Red Jacket in Landscape (1982)$58.3kSign up
1982 The Meeting c1982Unsold
1984 Tuscan Kitchen (1984)$52kSign up
1986 Study for The Entombment c1986Unsold
1986 Maremma Landscape (1986)$59.4kSign up
1990s 4 works
- Sold
- 3 of 4
- Median
- $19.6kSign up
- Average
- $25kSign up
- Typical size
- 23 × 15 in (59 × 39 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (1)
1990 Madonna with Two Donors 1990Unsold
1990 Wildflowers (1990)$9.9kSign up
1993 Young Girl in a Mantilla 1993$45.5kSign up
1993 Study for Two Children in a Room (1993)$19.6kSign up · sold 2×
Creation date not recorded
15 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 4 works
- Sold
- 2 of 4
- Median
- $30kSign up
- Average
- $30kSign up
- Typical size
- 17 × 12.5 in (44 × 31 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (3), Watercolor (1)
- Subjects
- Flowers & still life (2), Figures & portraits (1)
sold 2012 (UNTITLED)Unsold
sold 2012 (SEATED FIGURE)$49.9kSign up
sold 2018 Vase of Flowers$10.1kSign up
sold 2018 Native Flowers in a Blue VaseUnsold
Undated, sold in the 2020s 11 works
- Sold
- 10 of 11
- Median
- $3.3kSign up
- Average
- $4.4kSign up
- Typical size
- 16 × 13.5 in (41 × 34 cm)
- Mediums
- Oil (5), Drawing (5), Lithograph (1)
- Subjects
- Figures & portraits (3), Landscapes (1), Flowers & still life (1)
sold 2020 Panegyric Skyros$12kSign up · sold 2×
sold 2021 [?] Baskets$1.2kSign up
sold 2023 Maidens in a Landscape$788Sign up
sold 2024 (Portrait of a Young Man)$6kSign up
sold 2024 (Still Life with Flowers)$9.4kSign up
sold 2024 Seated Nude$202Sign up
Show 5 more (2020s)
sold 2024 Under the Pergola$875Sign up
sold 2025 Reclining NudeUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2026 Little Girl on Terrace$7.2kSign up
sold 2026 Peasant Woman in Interior$5.4kSign up
sold 2026 Nude Study$530Sign 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 Justin O'Brien auction results →