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Belynda Henry
Belynda Henry as a multiple Wynne and Archibald prize finalist is one of Australia’s leading landscape painters. She is also a member of ''Australian Watercolour Society''. Reception Henry is known for her 'evocative paintings' and her works have been exhibited over 30 solo shows. The Age recently included her in the feature story, ‘Seven Artists You Should Invest in Now’. In 2019 Henry has been featured in Thames & Hudson’s tome, ‘A Painted Landscape’ – featuring the works of landscape artists including, Elizabeth Cummings, John Olsen, Ann Thompson, Rick Amor among other notable landscape painters. Most recently in a sell-out show in New York, a majority of her works were acquired by style arbiter and collector Christian Louboutin. Notable works In 2020 Henry's solo exhibition at the Australian Galleries featured the sounds of recorded bird calls from around the artist's studio as well as a suspended sculptural installation by floral artist Tracey Deep. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
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Thames & Hudson
Thames & Hudson (sometimes T&H for brevity) is a publisher of illustrated books in all visually creative categories: art, architecture, design, photography, fashion, film, and the performing arts. It also publishes books on archaeology, history, and popular culture. Headquartered in London, it has a sister company in New York City, and subsidiaries in Melbourne, Singapore, and Hong Kong. In Paris it has a sister company, Éditions Thames & Hudson, and a subsidiary called Interart which distributes English-language books. The Thames & Hudson group currently employs approximately 150 staff in London and approximately 65 more around the world. The publishing company was founded in 1949 by Walter and Eva Neurath, who aimed to make the world of art and the research of top scholars available to a wider public. The company's name reflects its international presence, particularly in London and New York. It remains an independent, family-owned company, and is one of the largest publish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Cummings
Elisabeth Cummings (born 1934, Brisbane) is an Australian artist known for her large abstract paintings and printmaking. She has won numerous awards including Fleurieu Art Prize, The Portia Geach Portrait Prize, The Mosman Art Prize, and The Tattersalls Art Prize. Her work is owned in permanent collections across Australia including Artbank, The Queensland Art Gallery, The Gold Coast City Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She is notable for receiving recognition later in her career, considered by the Australian Art Collector as one of the 50 most collectible Australian Artists. Early life Elisabeth Cummings was born on 3 June 1934 in Brisbane, Queensland. During the Second World War Cumming’s family evacuated Brisbane and lived in the country before returning to live in Alderley. The family home in Alderley was surrounded by bushlands. The Cummings family owned a holiday home at Currumbin on the Gold Coast where Cummings, as a child, would paint watercolo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Olsen (Australian Artist)
John Henry Olsen AO OBE (born 21 January 1928) is an Australian artist and winner of the 2005 Archibald Prize. Olsen's primary subject of work is landscape. Early life and training John Olsen was born in Newcastle on 21 January 1928. He moved to Bondi Beach with his family in 1935 and began a lifelong fascination with Sydney Harbour. He attended St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill. After leaving school in 1943, he went to the Dattillo Rubbo Art School in 1947 and from 1950 to 1953 studied at the Julian Ashton Art School in Sydney, and Auburn School from 1950 to 1956. In 1957, Sydney business man, Robert Shaw and his then wife, Annette, supported by art critic Paul Haefliger sponsored John Olsen to go to Europe and paint. After visiting London and Cornwall in England, he left for Europe. Olsen studied printmaking at Stanley William Hayter's Atelier 17 etching studio in Paris in 1957, followed by two years in Deià Spain. Olsen sent works back from Spain for his first sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Thomson
Ann Thomson (born 1933) is an Australian painter and sculptor. She is best known for her large-scale public commissions ''Ebb Tide'' (1987) for the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and ''Australia Felix'' (1992) for the Seville World Expo. In 1998 she won the rt Gallery of New South Wales' Wynne Prize. Her work is held in national and international collections, including: the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid and Villa Haiss Museum, Germany. Early life and education Ann Thomson was born in 1933 in Brisbane. She went to Somerville House, a private school in Brisbane also attended by Margaret Olley, Betty Churcher and art historian Joan Kerr. After school, she took painting classes with Richard Rodier Rivron and Jon Molvig. In 1957, Thomson moved to Sydney where she studied at the East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School), graduating in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Amor
Rick Amor (born 3 March 1948 ) is an Australian artist and figurative painter. He was an Official War Artist for Australia. Life and work Rick Amor was born in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. He has a certificate in art from the Caulfield Institute of Technology, and Associate Diploma in Painting from the National Gallery School, Melbourne. /sup> He began exhibiting at the Joseph Brown gallery in 1974 and has shown annually at Niagara Galleries since 1983. Amor has entered the Archibald Prize at over 10 times and been exhibited nine times. He has been the recipient of several Australia Council studio residencies, allowing him to work in London, New York and Barcelona. In 1999 he was one of the first Australian artists to be appointed as the Official War Artist to East Timor by the Australian War Memorial, and the first since the end of the Vietnam War. Over the course of his artistic career, Amor has held over 70 solo exhibitions and over 100 group shows. In 2013 a 30t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parlour X
Parlour X is a luxury fashion boutique based in Sydney, Australia. It was founded by Eva Galambos in 2001, in the Sydney suburb of Paddington. History Eva Galambos started her career in fashion working for Armani, where she received her training in fabrication, visual merchandising and operating systems. Later she was involved in the company’s launch of ''Arena'' magazine. Upon her return to Australia in 2001, she founded Parlour X. Parlour X offers a selection from various designers including Céline, Chloè, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Stella McCartney, Loewe, Comme des Garcons and Isabel Marant, plus Australian designers like Ellery, Maticevski and Romance was Born. In 2009, the boutique launched its e-commerce business. In May 2015, Parlour X announced its relocation from Fiveways Paddington into St John’s Baptist Church Paddington, as of August 2015. Awards In April 2015, Parlour X won the 2015 Prix De Marie Claire, from the magazine ''Marie Claire ''Marie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vogue Australia
''Vogue'' ''Australia'' is the Australian edition of ''Vogue'' magazine. ''Vogue Australia'' became the 4th edition of Vogue in 1959 after ''Vogue'', ''British Vogue'' and ''Vogue Paris''. Prior to becoming a stand-alone issue, the Australian edition was a supplement in ''British Vogue'' from 1952. Australian Vogue occasionally has supplements: ''Vogue Business Australia, Vogue Man Australia'', and ''Vogue Fashion Week Australia''. In Australia, ''Vogue Living'' was first published in 1967. ''Vogue Australia'' celebrated its 60th anniversary issue in December 2019 with Edward Enninful and ''British Vogue''. Features Indigenous Australian representation Elaine George became the first Indigenous Australian model to feature on the cover of any edition of ''Vogue'' with her September 1993 ''Vogue Australia'' cover. Regarding her historic cover, George stated "I wanted to make sure I represented my people in the best way €¦it was like bringing the rest of Australia on a journey. I ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flinders Lane Gallery
The Flinders Lane Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1989. Background The gallery was founded in 1989 by Sonia Heitlinger, who often promoted Aboriginal artists from areas in the Northern Territory such as Yuendumu and Utopia. The gallery became known for showcasing art by new and Aboriginal artists. Artists exhibited by the gallery include Gloria Petyarre Gloria Petyarre, also known as Gloria Pitjara was born in 1942 in Utopia, Northern Territory, Australia. She was an Aboriginal Australian artist from the Anmatyerre community, just north of Alice Springs. One of her best known works is "Bush M ..., Agneta Ekholm, and Marise Maas. Its exhibitions include traditional media, multimedia and digital art. Claire Harris has been the gallery's director since 2006.{{Cite web , last=Harris , first=Bella , date=2020-02-14 , title=PoetsArtists 'Story Tellers' @ Flinders Lane Gallery , url=https://beautifulbizarre.net/2020/02/14/poetsart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Von Bertouch Galleries
Anne Von Bertouch, (29 June 1915 – 31 March 2003) was an Australian art dealer, author, environmentalist and director of the Von Bertouch Galleries in Newcastle, New South Wales, believed to be the first commercial gallery outside a capital city in Australia. Biography Born Anne Catherine, to parents Jean (née Duff) and George Whittle on 29 June 1915 in Eastwood, New South Wales, she was educated at Sydney Girls High School and Armidale Teachers College. After teacher training her first posting was at Adamstown Infants School in the 1930s. She married Roger Von Bertouch in 1939. In 1941 she was the organiser of a National Fitness Camp for girls at Broken Bay, New South Wales. She and Roger moved to Tasmania, where they taught and she studied at Hobart Technical College. In 1942 she performed modern interpretive dance at a Town Hall concert in Hobart organised by the Australian Broadcasting Commission Patriotic Committee as a fundraiser on Allies' Appeal Day. She danc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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21st-century Australian Women Artists
The 1st century was the century spanning AD 1 ( I) through AD 100 ( C) according to the Julian calendar. It is often written as the or to distinguish it from the 1st century BC (or BCE) which preceded it. The 1st century is considered part of the Classical era, epoch, or historical period. The 1st century also saw the appearance of Christianity. During this period, Europe, North Africa and the Near East fell under increasing domination by the Roman Empire, which continued expanding, most notably conquering Britain under the emperor Claudius (AD 43). The reforms introduced by Augustus during his long reign stabilized the empire after the turmoil of the previous century's civil wars. Later in the century the Julio-Claudian dynasty, which had been founded by Augustus, came to an end with the suicide of Nero in AD 68. There followed the famous Year of Four Emperors, a brief period of civil war and instability, which was finally brought to an end by Vespasian, ninth Roman emperor, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
