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Painter Dick Frizzell MNZM is best known for his Pop-inspired paintings and prints. His artworks—which combine both fine art influences and low art sources such as comic book illustrations, kitsch Kiwiana icons, signage, and food packaging—have become some of New Zealand's most well-known images.
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Richard John Frizzell MNZM (born 1943) is a New Zealand artist known for his pop art paintings and prints. His work often features Kiwiana iconography combined with motifs from Māori art traditions, such as the tiki and tā moko. He is based in Auckland.
Dick Frizzell (b.1943) has often slipped through the nets of traditional critical and curatorial definition and the success of his artistic career is, in part, due to the number of dramatic diversions he has made between different art styles and genres.
Born in Auckland in 1943, Dick Frizzell studied at the Canterbury School of Fine Arts between 1960 and 1963. His works are held in all major public, corporate and private collections in New Zealand.
Dick Frizzell is one of the most prolific of the artists listed in our database, with the number of works offered for sale by auction since 1989 of 1,849, of which 1,225 (66%) were sold. The highest price recorded for the artist is $120,809 for Self Portrait as a Serious Artiste sold by Art+Object in March 2021.
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Dick Frizzell is one of New Zealand’s most celebrated painters. Having studied Fine Arts (Ilam School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury, 1964) he began his career in advertising before becoming a full time painter in 1995.
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Frizzell taught painting part-time at Auckland University's ElamSchool of Art from 1982-96. He has been the recipient of countless New Zealand art awards including the Wanganui Art Award and QEII Arts Council Travel Grants in both 1978 and 1987 for international work and study.
