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Guy Warren

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Painter, was born in Goulburn, NSW. He studied art part time at J.S. Watkins's art school in Sydney in 1939-40 before serving in Australia and New Guinea during WWII. After the war, he studied at East Sydney Technical College as part of the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Scheme (1947-49) then went to England where he studied part-time at the Chelsea School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. In 1966-73 he was a part-time lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Sydney and in the Department of Industrial Design, UNSW, then was appointed inaugural Director of the University of Sydney Art Workshop (1973-76). From 1976 to 1985 he was Principal Lecturer and Head of Painting at Sydney College of the Arts, then Visiting Lecturer in Art History at the Faculty of Architecture (SU 1986-87) and Lecturer in Postgraduate Studies at College of Fine Arts (1986-88). He held Australia Council studio residencies in New York (1982-83) and Paris (1990). Since 1992 he has been Director of the University of Wollongong Art Collection. Hon Doctorate of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong 1998; OAM 1999; Mosman Prize 1950 and 1965 (et al.).


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Details


Gender:

Male

Birth:

Date:

1921

Place:

Goulburn, New South Wales

Period active:

Dates:

c. 1939 - 1999

Medium:

Painting

Training:

Dates:

1939 - 1940

Place:

J.S. Watkins's art school, Sydney, New South Wales

Training:

Place:

Chelsea School of Art, Chelsea, England

Training:

Place:

Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England

Recognition:

Australia Council studio residency in New York (1982-83)

Recognition:

Australia Council studio residency in Paris (1990)

Recognition:

Hon Doctorate of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, 1998

Recognition:

OAM, 1999

Recognition:

Mosman Prize, 1950, 1965

Associated organisation:

University of Sydney Art Workshop

Residence:

Dates:

1939 - 1940

Place:

Sydney, New South Wales

Residence:

Dates:

1947 - 1949

Place:

Sydney, New South Wales

Residence:

Dates:

c. 1949 -

Place:

London, England

Residence:

Dates:

1982 - 1983

Place:

New York

Residence:

Dates:

1990 - 1990

Place:

Paris, France

Other occupation:

art lecturer

Biographer:

Staff Writer

Source of info:

Unknown

Date written:

Date:

1999 - 2003

Reference:

Title:

Guy Warren: Survey 1955-1977

Year:

1977-08

Author:

Adams, Bruce and Borlase, Nancy

Published:

Newcastle Region Art Gallery, New South Wales

Reference:

Title:

Presence and Landscape: Guy Warren in Retrospect

Year:

2003

Author:

Waterlow, Nick and Cashman, Katrina

Published:

Mosman Art Gallery Touring Exhibition Catalogue, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales

Reference:

Title:

World War II Nominal Roll : Army

Published:

www.ww2roll.gov.au

Summary:

Painter, was born in Goulburn, Australia, 1921 and studied art in Australia and England. He taught at the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales, the College of the Arts and was the Director of the University of Wollongong Art collection.

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