Toorak Art Gallery was an art gallery 277 Toorak Road,

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, Melbourne, Victoria, which specialised in contemporary figurative and abstract Australian art. It was in operation from 1964 to 1975.

Exhibitions

* 1964, from August 9:

Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design ( he, בצלאל, אקדמיה לאמנות ועיצוב) is a public college of design and art located in Jerusalem. Established in 1906 by Jewish painter and sculptor Boris Schatz, Bezalel is Israel's oldes ...

exhibition of painting and sculpture * 1964, 7–20 September: ''Young Australian contemporaries'' - painting, drawing and graphic art. Artists: Peter Wallace, Tony Cook, Sally Downley, Ken Leveson, John Fischer, Les Kossatz, John Brock, Tor Howlett, Connie Russo, John R. Wratten, John Stokes, Malcolm Ratten. * 1964: Third exhibition of Lithuanian artists in Australia, Melbourne. Artists: Vida Kabaila, Eva Kubbos, Vladas Meskenas, Nina Meskenas, Irena Pauliukonis, Eva Pocius, Vaclovas Ratas,

Henry Salkauskas Henry Salkauskas (6 May 1925 – 31 August 1979) was an Australian printmaker and abstract artist in watercolors, a refugee from Lithuania. History Henrikas Salkauskas was born in Kaunas (aka Kovno), Lithuania, the only child of Henrikas Sal ...

, Victoras Simankevicius, Algirdas Simkunas, Leonas Urbonas, Adolfas Vaicaitis, Adomis Vingis, Teisutis Zikaras, Leonas Zygas. * 1965, February: Alex Kosma * 196? Gerald Bland, John Bursill, Douglas Wright, Janet Body * 1967, June 28-July 22: Paintings and sculpture: John Adam, George Allen, Norm Affleck, William Aylward, Haslewood Ball,. Graham Chambers, Fred Coventry, Neil Douglas,

Karl Duldig Karl (Karol) Duldig (29 December 1902 – 11 August 1986) was a Jewish modernist sculptor.

, Ludwik Dutkiewicz, Stella Dilger, Kevin English, Gerard Ebeli,

William Frater William Frater (1890–1974) was a Scottish-born Australian stained-glass designer and modernist painter who challenged conservative tastes in Australian art. Early life and education Scotland William Frater was born on 31 January 1890 a ...

, Patsy Foard, Jemima Fry, Peter Glass, Abigail Heathcote, Esther Harris, Louis James, David Keys,

Norman Lindsay Norman Alfred William Lindsay (22 February 1879 – 21 November 1969) was an Australian artist, etcher, sculptor, writer, art critic, novelist, cartoonist and amateur boxer. One of the most prolific and popular Australian artists of his genera ...

, Antoinette Mathieson, Karlis Mednis, Margaret Mezaks, Patrick O'Carrigan, Welsey Penberthy, Bernard Rust, Stephen Spurrier, Douglas Stubbs, Theo Shossau,

Alan Sumner Alan Robert Sumner, MBE (10 February 1911, Melbourne – 20 October 1994, Melbourne) was an Australian artist; a painter, printmaker, teacher and stained glass designer. Education Alan Sumner studied at Melbourne's National Gallery Art School ...

, Mario Telese, Wendy Thomas, Lorraine White, Mark Ward, Barbara Wales, Charles Wheeler, Ian Bow, Hermann Hohaus, Robert Langley, Lois Kuppers, Andor Mészáros. * 1968, March 5–25: Mixed exhibition:

Arthur Boyd Arthur Merric Bloomfield Boyd (24 July 1920 – 24 April 1999) was a leading Australian painter of the middle to late 20th century. Boyd's work ranges from impressionist renderings of Australian landscape to starkly expressionist figuration, ...

Judy Cassab Judy Cassab (15 August 19203 November 2015), born Judit Kaszab, was an Australian painter. Early years Judy Cassab was born in Vienna, on 15 August 1920 to Jewish Hungarian parents. She began painting at twelve years old and began studying at ...

, Neil Douglas, Ludwik Dutkiewicz, Salvador Dali,

Donald Friend Donald Stuart Leslie Friend (6 February 1915 – 16 August 1989) was an Australian artist and diarist who lived much of his life overseas. He has been the subject of controversy since the posthumous publication of diaries in which he wrote of sex ...

, Leonard Hessing, Michael Kmit, Rodney Milgate, Keith Nichol,

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 ...

, Krishna Reddy, Douglas Stubbs,

Roland Wakelin Roland Wakelin (17 April 1887 – 28 May 1971) was a New Zealand-born Australian painter and teacher. Early life Roland Shakespeare Wakelin was born on 17 April 1887 in Greytown, New Zealand. He studied at Wellington Technical School from 190 ...

. * 1968, October: Keith Nichols * 1969: 28 February-10 March:

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exhibition * 1969, June 10–20: Mixed exhibition * ''4 painters'' - Antoinette Mathieson, Elizabeth Prior, Joyce Thompson, Barbara Wales * 1970, 27 February-7 March: Moomba Festival exhibition * 1970: Frank Hinder * 1970, April 1–14: Francis Lymburner * 1970, June 21-July 4: Mid-year exhibition * 1970, February: Abigail, paintings * 1970, from 26 November: Exhibition of paintings. Artists: Christine Berkman, Ken Buckland, William Degan,

Basil Hadley Basil Hadley (1940 in London, England – 2006 in Stepney, South Australia, Stepney, Adelaide) was an English Australian Printmaking, printmaker and painter. His works are represented in National and State public galleries around Australia and ...

, Lesley Pockley, David Voigt. * 1970: Group show incl. Adolfas Jankus * 1971, from July 27: Paintings & seriographs: Abigail, Henry Bell, Dora Cant, David Voigt,

Salvatore Zofrea Salvatore Zofrea OAM (born 1946) is an Italo-Australian artist and painter.Marlene Antico Fine Arts'Zofrea ExhibitionAccessed 06-20-2008 Life and work Zofrea was born in Borgia Italy, on the 1st January 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 19 ...

.* 1972, from April 28:

Frank Auerbach Frank Helmut Auerbach (born 29 April 1931) is a German-British painter. Born in Germany, he has been a naturalised British subject since 1947. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow artists Francis Bacon ...

* 1972, May 21-June 3: Exhibition of paintings by William Aylward,

Kevin Lincoln Kevin Lincoln (born 1941) is an Australian artist. Life and work Kevin Lincoln was born in Battery Point, Hobart in 1941 and moved to Melbourne in the 1960s, where he has lived and worked ever since. Receiving little to no formal art training, ...

, June Stephenson, Lilian Sutherland, John Winch * 1972, 11–24 June: Kit Barker, William Broker * 1972, from September 14: ''French painters of poetic realism''. Artists:

Yves Brayer Yves Brayer (18 November 1907 – 29 May 1990) was a French painter known for his paintings of everyday life. He was born in Versailles. He studied in Paris at the academies in Montparnasse starting in 1924, and then at the École des Beaux-Art ...

, Christian Caillard, Joseph A. Muslin, Andre Planson, Maurice-Georges Poncelet, Roland Oudot, George Rohner. * 1972, July 2–15: ''July mixed exhibition'': John Aland, David Armfield, Jamie Barker, Ken Buckland, Elizabeth Cummings, Lyndon Dadswell, Phillip Davis, Ross Davis,

Shay Docking Shay Docking (1928–1998) was an Australian artist who specialised in landscape drawing. Early life Docking was born in Warrnambool Victoria in 1928, and was the youngest of seven children. Her father was a clergyman and her mother a musicia ...

, Neil Douglas, William Frater, Robert Grieve, George Hodgkins, Julie Ingleby, Louis James, Michael Kmit, Eva Kubbos, Keith Nichol, Geoff O'Loughlin, Aina Nicmanis,

Desiderius Orban Desiderius Orban, (; 26 November 18844 October 1986) was a renowned Hungarian painter, printmaker and teacher, who, after emigrating to Australia in 1939 when in his mid-50s, also made an illustrious career in that country. One of The Eight i ...

, William Peascod, L. Pendlebury,

Clifton Pugh Clifton Ernest Pugh AO, (17 December 1924 – 14 October 1990) was an Australian artist and three-time winner of Australia's Archibald Prize. One of Australia's most renowned and successful painters, Pugh was strongly influenced by German Expr ...

, David Voigt, John Winch, Salvatore Zofrea, Reinis Zusters. * 1972, 15–28 October: Salvatore Zofrea solo show * 1973, September 3–18: ''Liverpool +1'' Jan Windus, Tony Kirkman,

Noel Sheridan Cecil Noel Sheridan (12 December 1936 – 12 July 2006) was an Irish painter, performance artist, installation artist and actor. He was a member of Aosdána, an elite Irish association of artists. Early life Sheridan was born in Dublin in 1936. ...

, John Fisher, Tim Burns, Mitch Johnson * 1973, October: Lynch Prize for Painting * 1974, April: Barrie Goddard * 1974: Kevin Connor, solo * 1975, November 26–28: ''Artists for Labor and democracy - an exhibition of paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints'' * 1975: Barry Cleavin and Geofrey Brown, prints * 1975: Paul Greenaway * 1975: Stephen May

References

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