Maitland Regional Art Gallery or MRAG is a public art museum in

Maitland Maitland is an English and Scottish surname. It arrived in Britain after the Norman conquest of 1066. There are two theories about its source. It is either a nickname reference to "bad temper/disposition" (Old French, ''Maltalent''; Anglo Norm ...

, New South Wales, Australia.

History

Maitland City Council began purchasing works of art in 1957 which formed the basis of the collection as it is today. In 1975

Brough House Brough House is a heritage-listed former residence and premises for the Maitland Girls' High School and Maitland Art Gallery and now house museum at Church Street, Maitland, City of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. It was built from 1860 t ...

, in Church Street Maitland became the first Maitland City Art Gallery site. MRAG opened at its current site on High Street Maitland in November 2003. The Federation gothic building once housed the Maitland Technical College opened in 1910. In 2008 the gallery closed for redevelopment and was reopened on the 15 August 2009 by the artist

Margaret Olley Margaret Hannah Olley (24 June 192326 July 2011) was an Australian painter. She was the subject of more than ninety solo exhibitions. Early life Margaret Olley was born in Lismore, New South Wales. She was the eldest of three children of J ...

Collection

MRAG's collection comprises over 6000 items, encompassing design, art and artefacts, focusing largely on works on paper. The collection holds work by several acclaimed Australian artists such as, John Coburn,

William Dobell Sir William Dobell (24 September 189913 May 1970) was an Australian portrait and landscape artist of the 20th century. Dobell won the Archibald Prize, Australia's premier award for portrait artists on three occasions. The Dobell Prize is named ...

George Baldessin George Baldessin (19 May 1939 – 9 August 1978) was an Italian–Australian artist. Early life and education George Victor Joseph (George) Baldessin was born on 19 May 1939 in San Biagio di Callalta, Veneto, Italy.Zimmer, JennyBaldessin, Geor ...

, Charles Blackman,

Brett Whiteley Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 – 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. He held many exhibitio ...

and Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, Sidney Nolan, Tim Storrier, James Gleeson,

Martin Sharp Martin Ritchie Sharp (21 January 1942 – 1 December 2013) was an Australian artist, cartoonist, songwriter and film-maker. Career Sharp was born in Bellevue Hill, New South Wales in 1942, and educated at Cranbrook private school, where one ...

, Salvatore Zofrea,

John Olsen John Wayne Olsen, AO (born 7 June 1945) is a former Australian politician, diplomat and football commissioner. He was Premier of South Australia between 28 November 1996 and 22 October 2001. He is now President of the Federal Liberal Party, C ...

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 Col ...

, Suzanne Archer, Alan Jones, Ken Whisson, Adrian Lockhardt,

Judy Watson Judy Watson (born 1959) is an Australian Waanyi multi-media artist who works in print-making, painting, video and art installation, installation. Her work often examines Indigenous Australian histories, and she has received a number of high pr ...

, Gloria Petyarre and

Lloyd Rees Lloyd Frederic Rees (17 March 18952 December 1988) was an Australian landscape painter who twice won the Wynne Prize for his landscape paintings. Most of Rees's works are preoccupied with depicting the effects of light and emphasis is placed o ...

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* {{Authority control Art museums and galleries in New South Wales Maitland, New South Wales