Graham Fransella (born 3 June 1950) is an
Australian
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figurative and
abstract painter.
Life
Fransella was born in
Harrow, England. He studied at the
Bradford School of Art,
Yorkshire
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in the early 1970s, before moving to Melbourne, Australia, in 1975.
Work
Fransella is known for his abstract figurative paintings and prints. His basic iconography of heads and figures has remained constant throughout his work. His work is represented in private and public collections including the
National Gallery of Australia
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,
National Gallery of Victoria
The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and most visited art museum.
The NGV houses an encyclopedic art collection across two ...
,
Art Gallery of New South Wales,
Queensland Art Gallery
The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only away.
The Queensland Art Galler ...
,
Parliament House, Canberra
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, the Print Council of Australia and
Saatchi and Saatchi
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, London.
Fransella has been an
Archibald Prize
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finalist,
Dobell 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 ...
and Sulman Drawing Prize finalist and has won the Art Gallery of New South Wales Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize in 2000, 2006, 2007 and 2009.
Graham Fransella website
/ref> He was also the subject of an Archibald Prize 2006 finalists entry by Geoffrey Dyer entitled ‘The Abstractionist Graham Fransella’.
Notes
See also
* Art of Australia
Australian art is any art made in or about Australia, or by Australians overseas, from prehistoric times to the present. This includes Aboriginal, Colonial, Landscape, Atelier, early-twentieth-century painters, print makers, photographers, an ...
* Archibald Prize 2006 finalists
* List of Australian artists
References
Biography
Graham Fransella website
External links
Graham Fransella website
State Library of New South Wales 2006 Prize Winners
State Library of New South Wales 2007 Prize Winners
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Australian painters
1950 births
Living people
People from the London Borough of Harrow
Visual artists in late 20th-century Australia