Brett Whiteley b. 7 April 1939

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Brett Whiteley was the first Australian to combine a pop star's persona with that of a visual artist. He worked across the mediums of painting, sculpture and graphic work and was several times awarded the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes. He achieved domestic and international recognition early in his career in the 1960s. His Matisse influenced paintings of domestic interiors and Sydney Harbour remain enduring images.
Tags: Sydney subjects, Chelsea Hotel, Bob Dylan, Art and heroin, Archibald Prize, Yellow House
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exhibited at
The Bonsai Show
Date
1971
Place
Australian Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New generation 1968: Interim
Date
April 1968 - May 1968
Place
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New generation 1968: Interim
Date
April 1968 - May 1968
Place
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Australian Painters 1964-66 (Mertz Collection)
Date
10 March 1967 - 16 April 1967
Place
Corcoran Gallery of Art Washington DC, USA
Description

and touring

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
British Graphics
Date
1966
Place
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
De Hedendaagse schilderkunst in Australièˆ
Date
1965
Description

Tours galleries in Austalia, France, Belgium, Germany, and Italy

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Treasures from the Commonwealth
Date
1965
Place
Burlington House, London, UK
Description

Commonwealth Festival Exhibition

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The English Eye
Date
1965
Place
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York, USA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The New Generation 1964
Date
1964
Place
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Berlin World Fair
Date
1962
Type
Other event
Note
as part of the Stuyvesant Collection
exhibited at
Recent Australian Painting
Date
June 1961 - July 1961
Place
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Survey of Recent Australian Painting
Date
1961
Place
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Italian Government travelling art scholarship for painting 1959
Date
16 October 1959 - 8 November 1959
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
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