81-82, Port Melbourne, 1998, 82 (colour illus.). 40 years Kaldor public art projects 1961-2009 World events timeline ART GALLERY OF NSW / Kaldor public art projects explorer / WORLD EVENTS TIMELINE the 1960s was an He painted abstracted images of bush scenes such as The bush (1966)[13] and also images which resulted from experimentation with various drugs, such as alcohol in the humorous Self portrait after three bottles of wine (1971).[14]. Donated through. Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required. He makes no attempt to hide the fact that he is somewhere else He was trying silently to say, stay away, this is not what it might seem. The Australian artist is often celebrated for his painting but all his works had drawing at their core. 15-41, London, 1995, 35-36, 145 (colour illus. 'Brett Whiteley Self Portrait and Other Intimacies', pg. Jane Scott, Barry Pearce and Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley: Connections, 'Brett Whiteley: Connections', Healesville, 2010, (colour illus.). Zo Ross (Editor), Eyewitness travel guides: Australia, 'Botanic gardens and the Domain', pg. 13, no. Wave Brett Whiteley 115.1997. As with other works, there is evidence of Whiteley's love for Matisse, ultramarine blue, the Sydney Harbour location and for collected objects. There are portraits of Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, Charles . Whiteley's sculpture, Nude (1962) Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 - 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. But this painting also hints at a darker side, as Wendy Whiteley explained in 1995: he was warning himself and other people watching. ), 6-7. [3] Throughout 1956 to 1959 at the National Art School in East Sydney, Whiteley attended drawing classes. Brett Whiteley Self Portrait In The Studio Framed Print . We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands. List of works. Brett Whiteley - Far North Queensland (1992) oil, earth, charcoal, collage on plywood. Nancy Borlase., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Whiteley's year', Sydney, 27 Jan 1977, (illus.). 176-181, Sydney, 1984, 176, 177 (colour illus.). Whiteley used the occasion to open discussions about Asia during a period in which Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam and American president Richard Nixon were establishing new relationships with the Peoples Republic of China. Whiteley: a seductive cinematic portrait of a serious artist Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Sep 1995-19 Nov 1995. . The use of images of works of art reproduced on this website and all other content may be restricted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). He painted a series of paintings based on these events, including Head of Christie. From $33.34. The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. Brett Whiteley AO (1939 - 1992) Born 7 April 1939 Sydney, New South Wales Died 15 June 1992 (aged 53) Thirroul, New South Wales Education Julian Ashton Art School Known for Visual arts Movement Avant-garde Awards: Biennale de Paris - International Prize for Young Artists 1962 Archibald Prize 1976 Self Portrait in the Studio, 1978 Archibald Retrosepctive Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1985-1985. Margaret Clarke (Director), Red, black and Whiteley, North Ryde, 2000, 00:00.43 for 3 seconds (colour, detail). Jane Fraser., The Australian, 'Tribute to Whiteley looks back with love', Sydney, 07 Jul 1992, 3 (illus.). An amazing man. No other artist left traces of his own locks on so many canvases. Purchased by the New South Wales State Government 1994, transferred to the Gallery 1998 Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley, 'Self portrait drawing calligraphically', 1975, Brett Whiteley Studio Collection Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley, 'Self portrait', Brett Whiteley Studio Collection Wendy Whiteley. Donald Williams, In our own image: the story of Australian art, Sydney, 2002, 173 (colour illus.). Brett Whiteley Art Prints for sale | Shop with Afterpay | eBay AU Self portrait in the studio, 1976 by Brett Whiteley Alec George, Look, 'Whiteley's 'inner paddock', pg. Further information can be found at http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/brett-whiteley-studio/, Thirty-six looks at four sights on three themes: recent paintings, drawings and carvings, Bonython Art Gallery [Sydney], Paddington, 24Oct197515Nov1975, Three years on: acquisitions 1978-81, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15Oct198101Dec1981, Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, 19Apr198615Jun1986, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16Sep199519Nov1995, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13Dec199528Jan1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22Feb199608Apr1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09May199616Jun1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02Jul199626Aug1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18Sep199617Nov1996, Big Blue - the painted harbour (1997), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21Jun199729Mar1998, Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04Aug200003Dec2000, Affinities: Brett Whiteley & Lloyd Rees (2001), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 10Feb200108Jul2001, Whiteley & Rees: more affinities (2006), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 03Dec200510Apr2006, Whiteley & Rees: more affinities (2006), New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 29Apr200602Jul2006, 9 shades of Whiteley, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, 12Jul200807Sep2008, 9 shades of Whiteley, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, 13Sep200815Nov2008, 9 shades of Whiteley, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 22Nov200808Feb2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 14Feb200926Apr2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 01May200914Jun2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 02Jul200923Aug2009, Iconic Whiteley (2009-2010), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 12Sep200922Aug2010, Brett Whiteley - Connections (2010-2011), TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 06Nov201019Mar2011, Blue (2011), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 09Jul201108Jul2012, Destination Sydney, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, 05Dec201514Feb2016, Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 25Oct201915Mar2020, Brett Whiteley: Blue and White, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 30Apr202227Nov2022, Barry Pearce et al., Brett Whiteley education pack, 'Return to Sydney and Lavender Bay', Sydney, 1995, (colour illus.). Provenance: private collection NSW (gift from the artist c.1975). Art Gallery of New South Wales - Archive: 9 Shades of Whiteley Regional He started drawing at a very early age. Peoples personalities are reflected in the things they collect and the environments in which they live. Around him at the Hotel Chelsea, other artists and musicians took heroin, which Whiteley did not take at that time. Lou Klepac, Affinities: Brett Whiteley & Lloyd Rees, 'Introduction', pg. Why does he reference these artists in his self-portraits? Typically, the viewer is led deeper into the picture by means of minute detail. He won the Art Gallery of NSW Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes several times, and his artistic career was bolstered by his celebrity status in Australia and overseas. Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, 'Lavender Bay: Optical Ecstasy', pg. Dr. Virginia Keeney is photographed examining Whiteley's self portrait. Brett Whiteley - Wikipedia Self Portrait in Studio, 1976 - Brett Whiteley - WikiArt.org Brett Whiteley Studio Collection. In 1989, he and Wendy, whom he had always credited as his 'muse', divorced. 18-19, Sydney, 13 May 2006-14 Jun 2006, 18-19. Email clairem@ag.nsw.gov.au. The urge was bound up with a self-conscious sense of his own genius. 36. Destination Sydney - John McDonald Apart from the mirror portrait, this was clearly inspired by Matisse's Red Studio, with the colour transformed to Whiteley's favourite ultramarine blue. On one level TheCompanion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. Brett Whiteley Australian artist @ Fellia Melas Gallery - Artworks In 1959 he won an art scholarship sponsored by the Italian government and judged by Russell Drysdale. He also spent time in the USA staying at New Yorks Chelsea Hotel, where he associated with counter-culture celebrities such as musicians Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan and in Fiji. (age29in1975), Brett Whiteley See opening hours Image of David Williamson standing in front of 'The balcony 2'. 22.). 34-35, Australia, Sep 1991, 34-35 (illus.). Barbara Konkolowicz, A different vision, Sydney, 1998. TheCompanion is available to buy online and in the Portrait Gallery Store. In these pictures the influence of Matisse reaches its apogee. Andrew Sayers, To look within: self portraits in Australia, 'The artist's self-portrait in Australia', pg. [20] On 7 May 2007, Opera House, (which took Whiteley a decade to paint, and which he exchanged with Qantas for a period of free air travel) sold for A$2.8million, in Sydney. He began the 1970s with gentle pictures of birds, moving on to massive portraits of the poets Verlaine and Rimbaud before taking two years to paint the gigantic Alchemy 197273. This is a review of an exhibition which consists of Archibald Prize winning paintings, that was held at. (1975), both from the collection of the Art Gallery of NSW. Whiteley appears as a character in the book Falling Towards England by Clive James under the name Dibbs Buckley. 3], Sydney, Jan 1976-Mar 1976, 233 (illus.). 13: Brett Whiteley 'Self portrait in the studio' 1976. Jonathan Cooper (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales Bulletin, 'Big Blue', pg. In 1970 he was invited to work in the consciously creative Yellow House with Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley, George Gittoes and Peter Kingston, photographing its artists, installations and activities and there mounting his first exhibition, a series of photographs of the Cronulla sand dunes. The Brett Whiteley Studio, Whiteley & Rees: More affinities, Sydney, 2005, (illus.). Brett Whiteley painting - alchemy 1972-1973 Art Print. Donald Williams, In our own image: the story of Australian art, Sydney, 1995, 170, 171 (colour illus.). . Thomas Keneally, Australia, 'Dead heart / live heart', pg. 100-111, London, 1998, 108 (colour illus.). ), 81. As it turned out, he could be neither scared nor shamed into giving up heroin. All rights reserved. IMAGE CREDIT: Brett Whiteley (1939-1992) Self portrait drawing calligraphically 1975. The absorbing detail of the first painting has disappeared, as the artist withdraws into his own head. The room is a veritable salon hang of the artists sculptures and drawings. 2), 'The Archibald Prize', pg. unknown author., Sun news-pictorial, 'Brett wins art double', Melbourne, 22 Jan 1977, (illus.). 239-240, Sydney, 2000, 256 (colour illus. Brett Whiteley Free Flowing Self Portrait Wall Art for Sale Sebastian Smee, The Australian, 'Smoking thrills', pg. Archibald Prize 2022: Brett Whiteley's winning painting, Bert and Patti Brett Whiteley - portrait 1, National Portrait Gallery This is an advertisement for an art book titled `Brett Whiteley' by Sandra McGrath. are Butcher Bird with Baudelaire's Eyes of 1972 in pen, ink, gouache and collage, and the . Shop today! His last studio and home - 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills in Sydney - is now a museum managed by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. A day at Bondi Brett Whiteley . In Dialogue with the Muse of Art History: Brett Whiteley While he was a teenager, he painted on weekends in the Central West of New South Wales and Canberra with such works as The soup kitchen (1958). His farewell to abstraction, Summer at Sigean, was a record of his honeymoon in France. Melissa Phegan., Daily telegraph mirror, 'The passion and pain of Brett Whiteley', Sydney, 21 Jul 1992, (illus.). Abstract: `Prizes, Rivers and More Prizes' by Sandra McGrath, pg. [4] For Whiteley it was more like a compulsion to break the imaginary rules of painting, to be spontaneous and transgressive and to be recognised for these revolutionary gestures. (1939-1992 ) 1978 was the only year in which all three prizes have been won simultaneously by the same person. Geraldine Pascall., The Australian, 'Whiteley's arts double; Judges' daring matches entries', Sydney, 22 Jan 1977, (illus.). Artist Natasha Walsh with her nearly completed Archibald Prize entry, a riff on Brett Whiteley's winning piece, 'Self-portrait in the studio'.Janie Barrett. The Brett Whiteley Studio (Editor), Big blue: the painted harbour (list of works), Sydney, 1997. He remembers the artist as vital and engaging, definitely one of the most imaginative and energetic individuals I have known. Terry Ingram., The Australian financial review, 'Sir John's art fetches $42,000', Sydney, 24 Aug 1981. Imagine an ideal studio space that would help you to create art. Charles Green, Peripheral vision: Contemporary Australian art 1970-94, Drummoyne, 1995, 7. In the former, Whiteleys face appears in a hand-held mirror, as one small feature on a large, luxuriant ground of deep blue. 47-49, Sydney, Nov 2008, 47 (colour illus.). Almost too brutally honest, it seemed like the final flaring of a dying star. Write a list of the things that interest you and your favourite objects. A photograph of a youthful Brett Whiteley also accompanies this article. Whiteley's self portrait is compared with Velaquez's of 1656, and Manet's of 1879. 'Appearing in the 'Time Out' section. Brett Whiteley in his London studio at the age of 26 - YouTube Similar to Brett Whiteley's other major paintings of this period, 'Self-portrait in the studio' exudes a sense of sumptuous living and the liquid presence of the harbour through what he called 'the ecstasy-like effect of Ultramarine blue'. ", Whiteley became increasingly dependent on alcohol and also became addicted to heroin. Brett Whiteley and the lyricism of the drawn line - in pictures . unknown author., Adelaide News, 'Two top art prizes to Whiteley', Adelaide, 21 Jan 1977. In his younger years he was sent to boarding school in Bathurst and also Scots Collage in Sydney. The editor of this section was Geraldine Pascall. The work is an anthology of Whiteley motifs, including the view of Sydney Harbour from a window, a reclining nude, an armchair, and a piece of blue-and-white china. gelatin silver photograph on paper (sheet: 50.4 cm x 40.4 cm, image: 45.2 cm x 30.8 cm) Brett Whiteley AO (1939-1992), artist, displayed a brilliant talent for drawing as a Sydney schoolboy. Whiteley travelled extensively throughout Asia, including India in 1965, and Japan in the last years of his life, experiencing at first hand the sources of his inspiration. Whiteley's return to Australia in 1969 heralded a new preoccupation with colour and beauty. ), 24. Barry Pearce, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian', pg. Clem Lloyd and Peter Sekuless, Australia's national collections, Sydney, 1980, 261 (colour illus.). In 1976 he won both the Archibald Prize for portraiture and the Sulman Prize for genre painting and, the following year, the Wynne Prize for landscape. . Michael Bowden, Art-isan: studio arts for VCE units 1-4, 'Analysis of an unseen artwork', pg. 44-45, Sydney, Jun 2012, 45 (colour illus.). Michaela Boland., Weekend Australian, 'Master cards', pg. Whiteley became active in the great peace movements of the 1960s, with the protests against America's involvement in the war in Vietnam. [1] He held many exhibitions, and lived and painted in Australia as well as Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. 3, Mornington, 18 Apr 2006, 3 (illus.). It was the cage of his interior, his addiction, the window or a glimpse of possible escape into paradise: the escape from ones psyche. How does it make you feel? I agree to terms and conditions. Sold Price: WHITELEY, Brett (1939-1992) 'Self Portrait at - Invaluable Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Sep 1995-19 Nov 1995 Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Museum and Art Galleries of . This is the first time a Brett Whiteley exhibition has toured to regional Australia since the Brett Whiteley Studio opened in 1995. Whitely started working as a artist in the studio of the Lintas Advertising Agency in Sydney and participated in John Santry's . tachisme: Brett Whiteley - in memory of signed and inscribed with title lower right brett whiteley / self-portrait after a haircut at 36, 100 x 75 . The immediate effect was a heightening of reality in that everything I looked at took on an intensity That morning returning to school by bus, I remember the poplar trees were bare for winter but it took me years to paint what I saw. unknown author., The Australian, 'A buzzing, excited pitch', Sydney, 24 Jan 1977, 8. unknown author., The West Australian, 'Controversy likely over art winner', Perth, 22 Jan 1977, (illus.). This article appears in the 'Focus' section of the newspaper. 21, Sydney, 2008, 20 (colour illus. 13: Brett Whiteley (1939-1992) Est: AUD60,000 - AUD80,000. 1928 Dr Alexander Leeper by John Longstaff. Related research topic ideas. 28-29, Sydney, 09 Sep 1995, 28-29. Brett Whiteley Self Portrait In The Studio Framed Print . But at his best, Whiteley was brilliant and a major achievement of the film is that it focuses on this aspect of his art. The Conceptual Frame Work- Brett Whiteley 'Self Portrait in the studio' 1039 Words; 3 Pages; The Conceptual Frame Work- Brett Whiteley 'Self Portrait in the studio' The symbols:He has used a variety of line, round and curvy in some areas but straight in others. Bill Gregory, Art and Australia (Vol. In 1978, Whiteley entered another controversial self-portrait into the Archibald Prize 'Art, life and the other thing and it too made an immediate impact. Wendy Owen., Age, 'Archibald and Sulman prizes scooped by Sydney artist; Whiteley wins the big double', Melbourne, 22 Jan 1977, 2 (illus.). 30-35, London, 2013, 31 (colour illus.). According to art writer Bruce James, the self-conscious inclusion of the austere pronoun 'IT' that also makes up part of the work compacts life, passion, death and faith in a single empowering word and unites the notional wings of an altarpiece to nascent addiction. [18], In 1999, Whiteley's painting The Jacaranda tree (1977), which had won the Wynne Prize, sold for A$1,982,000,[19] a record for a modern Australian painter at that time. Excerpt from the film 'The Australian Londoners' directed by Stefan Sargent. [27] The documentary was made with the approval of Wendy Whiteley, and was received with critical acclaim. gelatin silver photograph on paper (sheet: 50.4 cm x 40.4 cm, image: 45.2 cm x 30.8 cm) Brett Whiteley AO (1939-1992), artist, displayed a brilliant talent for drawing as a Sydney schoolboy. Signed and dated l.r., black ink "brett whiteley/ 1975-76/ ". This is the same article that appeared in `The Saturday Mercury', titled `Whiteley gone but his great spirit lingers on', 20 June, 1992. As he said: "To draw animals, one has to work at white heat because they move so much, and partly because it is sometimes painful to feel what one guesses the animal 'feels' from inside." Brett Whiteley | Bartleby (Whiteley 1979: 1) Whiteley also made images of the beach, such as his yellowish painting and collage work The beach II, which he painted on a brief visit to Australia before his return to London and his winning of a fellowship to America. ), 235. [28], This article is about the artist. It has primarily black on one side and has an image of his wife Wendy in a bathtub, seen from behind. This article appeared in the 'Arts Australian' section of 'The Australian' newspaper. Review of 'WARNING: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century' exhibition, held at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.
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