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Euan Macleod
Euan Macleod (born 1956) is a New Zealand-born artist. Macleod was born in Christchurch, New Zealand and moved to Sydney, Australia in 1981, where he lives and works. He received a Certificate in Graphic Design from Christchurch Technical College in 1975 and a Diploma in Fine Arts (Painting) from the University of Canterbury in 1979. As well as pursuing his art he also teaches painting at the National Art School in Sydney. Style Macleod deals mostly with landscapes and the human presence within it. The lone, anonymous figure is a common symbol in his work that embodies both the artist's self-portrait and the "Everyman" or universal experience of emptiness, worthlessness and impotence.O'Brien (2010) pg. 8 He has been described as both an expressionist and a symbolist and his dense, textured and sculptural use of paint has become a consistent feature of his work. Macleod is not limited when it comes to the landscapes he paints, feeling equally at home in the picturesque New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch
Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / Ōtākaro flows through the centre of the city, with an urban park along its banks. The city's territorial authority population is people, and includes a number of smaller urban areas as well as rural areas. The population of the urban area is people. Christchurch is the second-largest city by urban area population in New Zealand, after Auckland. It is the major urban area of an emerging sub-region known informally as Greater Christchurch. Notable smaller urban areas within this sub-region include Rangiora and Kaiapoi in Waimakariri District, north of the Waimakariri River, and Rolleston and Lincoln in Selwyn District to the south. The first inhabitants migrated to the area sometime between 1000 and 1250 AD. They hunted moa, which led ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Gallery Of Australia
The National Gallery of Australia (NGA), formerly the Australian National Gallery, is the national art museum of Australia as well as one of the largest art museums in Australia, holding more than 166,000 works of art. Located in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, it was established in 1967 by the Australian Government as a national public art museum. it is under the directorship of Nick Mitzevich. Establishment Prominent Australian artist Tom Roberts had lobbied various Australian prime ministers, starting with the first, Edmund Barton. Prime Minister Andrew Fisher accepted the idea in 1910, and the following year Parliament established a bipartisan committee of six political leaders—the ''Historic Memorials Committee''. The Committee decided that the government should collect portraits of Australian governors-general, parliamentary leaders and the principal "fathers" of federation to be painted by Australian artists. This led to the establishment of what bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Miller (Australian Artist)
Lewis Miller (born 1959 in Melbourne) is an Australian painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works. History Miller's father Peter Miller was a painter in the social realist tradition. His sister Lisa Miller is an Australian singer-songwriter. He studied painting at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne from 1977 to 1979, and then travelled to London, Europe and Malaysia. He held his first solo exhibition in 1986 and is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, state and private galleries. In 1998, he won the Archibald Prize, which brought him greater prominence and led to many further commissions. He has travelled widely, including to the US in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005. In 2003 and 2005, Miller was commissioned to produce a series of portraits of the scientists and technicians involved in the mapping of the human genome. His other commissioned portraits include Australian rules football coach Ron Barassi, mountaineer Sir Edmund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dobell Drawing Prize
The Dobell Drawing Prize is a biennial drawing prize and exhibition, held by the National Art School in association with the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.The prize is an open call to all artists and aims to explore the enduring importance of drawing and the breadth and dynamism of contemporary approaches to drawing. About The Dobell Drawing Prize is one of the highest value prizes for drawing in Australia. The prize had previously been held in conjunction with the Archibald Prize, Sulman Prize, Wynne Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW. The Dobell Drawing Prize, now held at the National Art School, runs in alternative years to the Dobell Australian Drawing Biennial at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. The prize was initiated by the Trustees of the Sir William Dobell Art Foundation. In 2003, the prize money was $20,000. This was increased to $25,000 in 2009 and increased again to $30,000 (AUD) in 2019 when the Prize was relocated to The National Art School. The exhibiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archibald Prize 2021 Finalists
This is a list of finalists for the 2021 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – ''Title''). 52 artworks were selected from the 938 entries received. 2021 was the first year with gender parity among the artists. As the images are copyrighted, an external link to an image has been listed where available. *Benjamin Aitken – ''Gareth Sansom'' * Julianne Ross Allcorn – ''I listen and they tell me the bush news'' * Victoria Atkinson – ''Trent mango tree, all the colours of the rainbow, Trent'' * Peter Berner – ''Stop pouting, you've had your turn'' * – ''Collaborative spirits'' * Natasha Bieniek – ''Rachel Griffiths'' * Karen Black – ''Professor Chandini Raina Macintyre'' * Keith Burt – ''Sarah Holland-Batt – poet'' * Ann Cape – ''The odd little bird'' (a portrait of Sam, Cam and Penguin Bloom) * Tom Carment – ''Mara reading, in the kitchen at Mount Lofty'' *Julia Ciccarone – ''The sea within'' (Winner: People's Choice Award 2021) *Jun Chen – ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archibald Prize 2019 Finalists
This is a list of finalists for the 2019 Archibald Prize for portraiture (listed is Artist – ''Title''). As the images are copyrighted, an external link to an image has been listed where available. * Clara Adolphs – '' Rosemary Laing and Geoff Kleem (in their garden)'' *John Beard – ''Edmund (+ Bill)'' (Portrait of Edmund Capon) * Natasha Bieniek – ''Waiting for Arden'' (Self-portrait) *Shane Bowden – ''Self-portrait sitting in a red chair, Avalon'' * Keith Burt – '' Benjamin Law: happy sad'' * Tom Carment – ''Katoomba portrait – James Scanlon'' * Jun Chen – ''Mao's last dancer – Li Cunxin'' * Erika Cholich – ''Unadorned (self-portrait) '' * Samuel Rush Condon – ''Self-portrait, Paris'' * Luke Cornish – ''Cato, Callie and Comet'' (Portrait of Sue Cato) *Tony Costa - ''Lindy Lee'' (Winner: Archibald Prize 2019) *Jonathan Dalton – ''Sally. And her boys.'' (Portrait of Sally Anderson) *David Darcy – ''Tjuparntarri – women's business'' (Portrait of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Archibald Prize 2018 Finalists
This is a list of finalists for the 2018 Archibald Prize for portraiture, listed is Artist – ''Title''. (As the images are copyright, an external link to an image has been listed where available.) * Benjamin Aitken – ''Natasha'' (Portrait of Natasha Bieniek Image * Del Kathryn Barton – ''Self-portrait with studio wife'' * Jason Benjamin – ''So you want to come down and the silence of painting (self-portrait)'' * Peter Berner – ''Self-portrait with hindsight'' * Amber Boardman – ''Self-care exhaustion'' * Joanna Braithwaite – ''Hall of fame – portrait of Pat Corrigan'' * Jun Chen – ''Judith Bell'' * Yvette Coppersmith – ''Self-portrait, after George Lambert'' Winner: Archibald Prize 2018 * Tony Costa – ''Claudia Chan Shaw'' * Jonathan Dalton – ''Abdul'' * David Darcy – ''Charlotte'' * Amanda Davies – ''Self-portrait'' * Blak Douglas –'' Uncle Roy Kennedy'' * Graeme Drendel – ''Portrait of Michel'' * Yvonne East – ''The Honourable Chief Justic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallipoli Art Prize
The Gallipoli Art Prize is an Australian acquisitive art prize that celebrates the Gallipoli campaign of the First World War, awarded annually by the Gallipoli Memorial Club and worth . The prize's organisers began work in 2004. The Anzac Centenary Art Prize project was announced on 15 April 2005 by Australian prime minister John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s .... The inaugural prize was awarded in 2006, when it was won by Margaret Hadfield. Entries do not need to reference the Gallipoli campaign or portray war: entrants are instead encouraged to "respond imaginatively to the Gallipoli Memorial Club's creed": The award is run by the Gallipoli Memorial Club. It is open to artists born in Australia, New Zealand or Turkey or holding citizenship of those coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sulman Prize
The Sir John Sulman Prize is one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, having been established in 1936. It is now held concurrently with the Archibald Prize, Australia's best-known art prize, and also with the Wynne Prize, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW), Sydney. Criteria The Sir John Sulman Prize is awarded each year for "the best subject/genre painting and/or murals/mural project executed during the two years preceding the losingdate", and as of 2008 is valued at $20,000. Media may be acrylic, oil, watercolour or mixed media, and applicants must have been resident in Australia for five years."Major art prizes: Sir John Sulman Prize" |
Wynne Prize
The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. As one of Australia's longest-running art prizes, it was established in 1897 from the bequest of Richard Wynne. Now held concurrently with the Sir John Sulman Prize and the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. It is awarded annually for "the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours or for the best example of figure sculpture by Australian artists completed during the 12 months preceding the losingdate". Many of Australia's most famous artists have won the prize, including William Dobell, Brett Whiteley, Hans Heysen, Lloyd Rees, Fred Williams, William Robinson, Eric Smith, Nyapanyapa Yunupingu, and Sali Herman Sali Herman (12 February 1898 – 3 April 1993) was a Swiss-born Australian artist, one of Australia's Official War Artists for the Second World War. Life and career Herman arrived in Melbourne in 1937 and enlisted in the Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saatchi & Saatchi
Saatchi & Saatchi is a British multinational communications and advertising agency network with 114 offices in 76 countries and over 6,500 staff. It was founded in 1970 and is currently headquartered in London. The parent company of the agency group was known as ''Saatchi & Saatchi PLC'' from 1976 to 1994, was listed on the New York Stock Exchange until 2000 and, for a time, was a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. In 2000, the group was acquired by the Publicis Groupe. In 2005 it went private. History Early years (1970–1975) Saatchi & Saatchi was founded in London by brothers Maurice (now Lord Saatchi) and Charles in 1970. Following stints starting as a copywriter at the New York City offices of Benton & Bowles in 1965, then at Collett Dickenson Pearce and John Collins & Partners, Charles Saatchi teamed up with art director Ross Cramer, and the genesis of what would become Saatchi & Saatchi was born in London in 1967 as the creative consultancy CramerSaatchi. The consultanc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
