Rudolf Gopas: career timeline

New Zealand · 1913–1983 · Works grouped by the decade they were made (the cataloged date, or a date in the signature or title), not by sale date. 12 of 23 lots (60% 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.

Rudolf Gopas: 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	4	4	$1.9kSign up	Watercolor
1960s	4	2	$6.4kSign up	Oil
1970s	4	3	$328Sign up	Print (other)

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Year madeHeight (in)Width (in)MediumSubject

1950s 4 works

Sold: 4 of 4
Median: $1.9kSign up
Average: $2.1kSign up
Typical size: 19.5 × 19 in (50 × 48 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Oil (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1), Harbours & ports (1), Flowers & still life (1)

1950 Road to Akaroa$1.1kSign up
1950 Sailing boats leaving the port$2.5kSign up
1955 Still Life 2$3.6kSign up
1958 Portrait of Barry Ferguson$1.3kSign up

1960s 4 works

Sold: 2 of 4
Median: $6.4kSign up
Average: $6.4kSign up
Typical size: 12 × 15 in (31 × 39 cm)
Mediums: Oil (2), Drawing (2)
Subjects: Sunsets & night (1), Harbours & ports (1)

1970s 4 works

Sold: 3 of 4
Median: $328Sign up
Average: $463Sign up
Typical size: 13 × 14.5 in (33 × 36 cm)
Mediums: Print (other) (2), Oil (1), Mixed media (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (1)

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 2000s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $366Sign up
Average: $366Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 20 in (38 × 51 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (1)
Subjects: Sea & coast (1)

sold 2008 Coastal View$366Sign up

Undated, sold in the 2010s 1 work

Sold: 1 of 1
Median: $2.6kSign up
Average: $2.6kSign up
Typical size: 20.5 × 25 in (52 × 64 cm)
Mediums: Gouache (1)
Subjects: Landscapes (1)

sold 2011 The Garden Path, Dunedin$2.6kSign up

Undated, sold in the 2020s 6 works

Sold: 3 of 6
Median: $304Sign up
Average: $989Sign up
Typical size: 15 × 19.5 in (38 × 49 cm)
Mediums: Watercolor (3), Oil (2), Other (1)
Subjects: Figures & portraits (2), Beach scenes (1), Rivers & marshes (1)

sold 2020 Brighton Beach, Otago$2.4kSign up
sold 2021 Portrait of Bob RasaUnsold
sold 2022 Untitled from the Galactic Series$267Sign up
sold 2023 The River$304Sign up · sold 2×
sold 2023 The Country RoadUnsold · sold 2×
sold 2023 Self-portrait at the EaselUnsold · sold 2×

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 Rudolf Gopas auction results →