Whiteley became the youngest artist to be purchased by the Tate Gallery when it acquired his only two works at the time, Red . The immediate effect was a heightening of reality in that everything I looked at took on an intensity That morning returning to school by bus, I remember the poplar trees were bare for winter but it took me years to paint what I saw. After studying desultorily at art school he travelled to Europe on ascholarship. Self portrait in the studio Brett Whiteley 1976 1.1977 Winner - Archibald Prize 1976 On display . Barry Pearce, Brett Whiteley Art & Life, 'Persona and the Painter', pg. In 1989, he and Wendy, whom he had always credited as his 'muse', divorced. His self-portrait was a bold, almost grotesque confessional. He painted a series of paintings based on these events, including Head of Christie. As with other works, there is evidence of Whiteley's love for Matisse, ultramarine blue, the Sydney Harbour location and for collected objects. For further information please contact NPG Copyright. In 1970 he was invited to work in the consciously creative Yellow House with Martin Sharp, Brett Whiteley, George Gittoes and Peter Kingston, photographing its artists, installations and activities and there mounting his first exhibition, a series of photographs of the Cronulla sand dunes. The Art Gallery of New South Wales has brought together 116 of Whiteleys works, from detailed landscapes to nude studies, that demonstrate the critical role of drawing something Whiteley called a completely un-rehearsable and unrepeatable visual truth in the artists creative practice, Brett Whiteley: Drawing Is Everything is showing at the Art Gallery of New South Wales until 31 March 2019, Thu 27 Dec 2018 21.53EST Shop with Afterpay on eligible items. His last studio and home at 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills in Sydney is now a museum managed by the Art Gallery of NSW. Elwyn Lynn., The Australian, 'A life of eternal struggle'; 'Golden boy's genius worthy of adulation', Sydney, 17 Jun 1992, 1, 16 (illus.). The quality which unites them is a fluid energy of the brush, extending through the media of ink, watercolour and oil paint, reflecting a lyrical response to the calligraphic style. Catalogue text. Richard Coleman., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Doctor's theory may help self portraits', Sydney, 03 Apr 1981, (illus.). Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, 'Lavender Bay: Optical Ecstasy', pg. Brett Whitely (7 April 1939 - 15 June 1992) Look closely at the work and find the signs and symbols Whiteley uses to represent himself as an artist. Edmund Capon AM, OBE and Jan Meek (Editors), Portrait of a Gallery, 'Australian 20th Century Art', pg. ), 24. ), 198, 209 (illus.). 1975: Kevin Connor - The Hon Sir Frank Kitto, KBE; 1976: Brett Whiteley - Self Portrait in the Studio; 1977: Kevin Connor - Robert Klippel; 1978: Brett Whiteley - Art, Life and the other thing; 1979: Wes Walters - Portrait of Phillip Adams; 1980: No award; 1981: Eric Smith - Rudy Komon; Zo Ross (Editor), Eyewitness travel guides: Australia, 'Botanic gardens and the Domain', pg. . 20-21, Heidelberg, May 1997, 21 (colour illus.). He made several attempts to dry out and get off drugs completely, all ultimately unsuccessful. Alec George, Look, 'Whiteley's 'inner paddock', pg. 9, Sydney, 07 Sep 2013, 9. This approach was intended to allow Whiteley to speak "in his own words" about his life and art. He also spent time in the USA staying at New Yorks Chelsea Hotel, where he associated with counter-culture celebrities such as musicians Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan and in Fiji. Barry Pearce and Alec George, 9 Shades of Whiteley, '5: Portraits', pg. Contemporary Art Quilter Pat Pauly's random thoughts and excursions made public. Apart from the mirror portrait, this was clearly inspired by Matisse's Red Studio, with the colour transformed to Whiteley's favourite ultramarine blue. The room is a veritable salon hang of the artists sculptures and drawings. Barry Pearce, Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, 'Australian Art', pg. Brett Whiteley Studio Collection. unknown author., The Courier Mail, 'He won Archibald and Sulman in top art coup', Bowen Hills, 22 Jan 1977, (illus.). This is the first time a Brett Whiteley exhibition has toured to regional Australia since the Brett Whiteley Studio opened in 1995. Rodney James., WARNING: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century, 'Come to where the flavour is, smoking, cigarettes + modernity', Mornington, 2006, (colour illus.). Sarah Engledow describes the fall-out once Brett Whiteley stuck Patrick Whites list of his loves and hates onto his great portrait of the writer. Wendy Whiteley on 'Self-portrait in the studio' (1976), Wendy Whiteley on the life and work of Brett Whiteley, Archibald, Wynne & Sulman Prizes for 1976, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 22Jan197727Feb1977, Archibald Retrosepctive Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 19851985, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16Sep199519Nov1995, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, Darwin, 13Dec199528Jan1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 22Feb199608Apr1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 09May199616Jun1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02Jul199626Aug1996, Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, 18Sep199617Nov1996, Big Blue - the painted harbour (1997), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 21Jun199729Mar1998, A Different Vision - Brett Whiteley Sculptures (1998), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 04Apr199823Aug1998, Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 04Aug200003Dec2000, Brett Whiteley: Interiors (2001), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 14Jul200114Oct2001, To look within: Self portraits in Australia, University of Queensland Art Museum, Brisbane, 16Apr200420Jun2004, To look within: Self portraits in Australia, National Portrait Gallery [Old Parliament House], Canberra, 09Jul200419Sep2004, Warning: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century an MPRG exhibition., Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 04Apr200628May2006, 9 shades of Whiteley, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise, 12Jul200807Sep2008, 9 shades of Whiteley, Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, 13Sep200815Nov2008, 9 shades of Whiteley, New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, 22Nov200808Feb2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle, 14Feb200926Apr2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 01May200914Jun2009, 9 shades of Whiteley, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Mornington, 02Jul200923Aug2009, Iconic Whiteley (2009-2010), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 12Sep200922Aug2010, Brett Whiteley - Connections (2010-2011), TarraWarra Museum of Art, Healesville, 06Nov201019Mar2011, Blue (2011), The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 09Jul201108Jul2012, The nude: erotic, sensual and sacred, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 12Apr201301Sep2013, Brett Whiteley portraits, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 23May201428Sep2014, Brett Whiteley: sculptures and ceramics, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 05Jun201506Dec2015, Destination Sydney, Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Manly, 05Dec201514Feb2016, Naked, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 18Nov201614May2017, Brett Whiteley: drawing is everything, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 15Dec201831Mar2019, Brett Whiteley: drawing is everything, Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, 31Jul202131Oct2021, Brett Whiteley: drawing is everything, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, Bathurst, 10Dec202126Jan2022, Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 25Oct201915Mar2020, Brett Whiteley: Blue and White, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 30Apr202227Nov2022, Brett Whiteley: Eternity is Now, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 03Dec20222023. In 1976 he won both the Archibald Prize for portraiture and the Sulman Prize for genre painting and, the following year, the Wynne Prize for landscape. [2], In explaining his use of collage, which often saw him adding photographs or objects to a canvas, Whiteley said he did it: when I feel the need to describe in the focus of the painting something that requires infinite realism, a realism so absolute that no amount of painstaking brush strokes can accurately describe it. [3]. 87-118, Sydney, 1991, 115 (colour illus.). Jill Sykes, Look, 'Members events', pg. Wendy Owen., Age, 'Archibald and Sulman prizes scooped by Sydney artist; Whiteley wins the big double', Melbourne, 22 Jan 1977, 2 (illus.). Look at these paintings and examine how Whiteley has given us clues to his identity. At 16 we are all misunderstood and ready to identify with Van Gogh, but few teenagers could have created such an accomplished homage. All rights reserved. Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 16 Sep 1995-19 Nov 1995 Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Museum and Art Galleries of . In 1976 he became the first artist to win the Archibald and Sulman prizes in the same year; having won only the Wynne in 1977, in 1978 he became the first artist to win the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes in the same year. Archibald Retrosepctive Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1985-1985. Joan Clemenger AO and Peter Clemenger AO, Melbourne, acquired from the above in April 1979. Donated through. Baudelaire's Bird 1973 signed 'brett whiteley / Aug 1973' on verso oil and feathers on canvas on board 56.0 x 52.0cm (22 1/16 x 20 1/2in). After meeting Bryan Robertson, the director of the Whitechapel Gallery, Whiteley was included in the 1961 group show 'Recent Australian Painting,' where his Untitled red painting was bought by the Tate Gallery. 46. As it turned out, he could be neither scared nor shamed into giving up heroin. For the Australian politician, see, Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, "Brett Whiteley painting smashes Australian art auction record", "Self portrait after three bottles of wine", "How Whiteley Bay view became Selling Point", "Whiteley art auctions for nearly $3.5-million", "Whiteley painting sells for record price", "The Fourth Veil: Whiteley's Works on Paper, Brett Whiteley Studio", "Figure retoriche: Figures of speech. No other artist left traces of his own locks on so many canvases. Construct a self-portrait by layering images of these personal symbols. Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1977. List of winners. 1976 Self Portrait in the Studio 1978 Art, Life and the other thing Wynne Prize 1977 The . Brett Whiteleys 'Self portrait in the studio exudes a sense of sumptuous living and the liquid presence of the harbour through what he called the ecstasy-like effect of ultramarine blue. ", Whiteley became increasingly dependent on alcohol and also became addicted to heroin. 47-49, Sydney, Nov 2008, 47 (colour illus.). 109. In these pictures the influence of Matisse reaches its apogee. Portraiture shouldnt just be paint and canvas. Terry Ingram., The Australian financial review, 'Market may see "secret" paintings', Sydney, 14 May 1993, 7 (illus.). Michaela Boland., The Weekend Australian, 'Whiteley's ex-wife ready to fight forgeries', Canberra, 06 Nov 2010-07 Nov 2010, (colour illus.). In little more than two years Whiteley had moved from a languorous vision of the studio to a sensational, confessional self-portrait set against a pale, terracotta ground. ), 16 (colour illus.). David Christian, 'At Lintas advertising agency, Sydney', c1956. The author, Ashleigh Wilson, was the arts editor of The Australian newspaper. The young Whiteley duplicates the three-quarter turn of the head, the painters sullen-or-soulful gaze which holds the viewers eye. 102-181, Sydney, 1999, 167 (colour illus.). Philip McIntosh. the attraction of drawing is that there is an immediacy and freshnessnot so much that its simple, or reduced its just brief, beautifully brief.Brett Whiteley, Difficult Pleasure. The Brett Whiteley Studio (Editor), Big blue: the painted harbour (list of works), Sydney, 1997. The glamorous Whiteleys marriage was fiery, and their inevitable separation added to the artists problems with substances and self-doubt. The Balcony 2 Brett Whiteley 1975. . Verbal and visual in Brett Whiteley", "Translating an imagetext: verbal and visual self-representation in Brett Whiteley's Interior, Lavender Bay", Brett Whiteley's friend and colleague George Sheridan webpage, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brett_Whiteley&oldid=1142217923, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 04:16. unknown author., The Australian, 'A buzzing, excited pitch', Sydney, 24 Jan 1977, 8. unknown author., The West Australian, 'Controversy likely over art winner', Perth, 22 Jan 1977, (illus.). Consider the location, size and functions. Collage these images together to create a portrait to display in class. The National Portrait Gallery respects the artistic and intellectual property rights of others. 6-7, Melbourne, Jul 1996, 6 (illus. This clip shows Brett Whiteley's artworks in his studio intercut with black-and-white photographs of him as a child. Donald Williams, In our own image: the story of Australian art, Sydney, 2002, 173 (colour illus.). Unlike 'Self portrait in the studio, critics were divided about 'Art, life and the other thing, perhaps because of its sensationalism and lack of subtlety compared to the earlier work.
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