Louis James: career timeline

Australian · 1920–1996 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 23 of 28 lots (85% 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.

Louis James: works at auction by decade the work was made. Each work counted once; medians use sold works only, in US dollars.

Decade made	Works	Sold	Median sold price	Main medium
1950s	2	1	$3.1kSign up	Oil
1960s	13	11	$1.6kSign up	Oil
1970s	5	5	$1.2kSign up	Oil
1980s	1	1	$5.2kSign up	Oil
1990s	1	1	$294Sign up	Pastel

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 2 works

Sold: 1 of 2
Median: $3.1kSign up
Average: $3.1kSign up
Typical size: 23 × 32.5 in (58 × 82 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Markets & villages (1)

1953 Landscape with White Houses, 1953$3.1kSign up
1959 Landscape, A Village 1959Unsold

1960s 13 works

Sold: 11 of 13
Median: $1.6kSign up
Average: $3kSign up
Typical size: 27 × 30 in (68 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (10), Mixed media (2), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (2), Sunsets & night (1)

1962 Dawn Landscape$1.9kSign up
1962 Red Landscape 1962$5.2kSign up
c. 1962 Terra Nova (2) 1962-63$7.7kSign up · sold 2×
1963 Suspended City$550Sign up
1964 Untitled$127Sign up
1964 Burnt Landscape$206Sign up
1965 YELLOW JOURNEY$1.2kSign up
1965 Aerial 1965Unsold
1966 High Noon$1.6kSign up
1966 High Noon (No Right Turn)$2.4kSign up
1969 SunbathersUnsold
1969 The Garden (4)$509Sign up

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1969 Image of Last Summer 1969$11.9kSign up

1970s 5 works

Sold: 5 of 5
Median: $1.2kSign up
Average: $2.3kSign up
Typical size: 29 × 30 in (74 × 76 cm)
Mediums: Oil (4), Acrylic (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Sunsets & night (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1980s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $5.2kSign up
Average: $5.2kSign up
Typical size: 50 × 60 in (128 × 153 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

c. 1986 Old Photo Recalled 1986-88$5.2kSign up

1990s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $294Sign up
Average: $294Sign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 39.5 in (75 × 100 cm)
Mediums: Pastel (1)
Subjects: Rivers & marshes (1)

1990 Rain on the River$294Sign up

Creation date not recorded

4 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 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $720Sign up
Average: $720Sign up
Typical size: 9.5 × 6.5 in (25 × 17 cm)
Mediums: Oil (1)
Subjects: —

sold 2011 Pair of Abstracts:$720Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 3 works

Sold: 3 of 3
Median: $841Sign up
Average: $4kSign up
Typical size: 29.5 × 19.5 in (75 × 50 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Flowers & still life (1)

sold 2022 Still Life with a Green Table$10.9kSign up
sold 2024 Promenade,' 77$199Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2025 THE CHURCH$841Sign 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 Louis James auction results →