This long oil and ink self-portrait incorporates fluid lines building to a sense of rapture, intoxication and playfulness. 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. cat.no. Richard Cotter, Change and continuity; 20th Century Australian History, South Yarra, 1998, 177 (colour illus.). I agree to terms and conditions. The use of images of works of art reproduced on this website and all other content may be restricted under the Australian Copyright Act 1968 (Cth). 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. Copyright in all materials and/or works comprising or contained within this website remains with the National Portrait Gallery and other copyright owners as specified. 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. This is a repeated advertisement for an art book titled `Brett Whiteley' by Sandra McGrath. Its not the dark, edgy image of a celebrity, but the portrait of an artist. Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, 'Lavender Bay: Optical Ecstasy', pg. 204-210. Brett Whiteley - Artist (1939 - 1992) After winning a grant from the Art Gallery of NSW at the age of 22, Brett Whiteley set up residence in London where he amazed art collectors with his highly sophisticated paintings. Art Gallery of NSW. Contemporary Art Quilter Pat Pauly's random thoughts and excursions made public. Wave Brett Whiteley 115.1997. We respectfully advise that this site includes works by, images of, names of, voices of and references to deceased people. 6-7, Sydney, 1981, 6, 25 (colour illus.). (Above) Brett Whiteley Self portrait in the studio 1976 oil, collage, hair on canvas, 200.5 x 259 cm In 1989, he and Wendy, whom he had always credited as his 'muse', divorced. 13: Brett Whiteley (1939-1992) Est: AUD60,000 - AUD80,000. Consider the gaze of Whiteley in each of these works. Directed by James Bogle and produced by Sue Clothier, Whiteley includes extensive archival footage and photos, personal notes and letters, as well as animations and dramatic reconstructions, although no new interviews were shot for the film. 190-210, Cambridge, 1988, cover (illus. What is Whiteley trying to tell us about himself in his self-portraits? Brett Whiteley Self Portrait In The Studio Framed Print . Discusses how alcohol opens up circus of the imagination which Whiteley feared he would not be able to reach otherwise. On one level TheCompanion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. This appeared in the `Arts' section of `The Australian Supplement'. [6] His first impression of New York was shown in the painting First sensation of New York City, which showed streets with fast moving vehicles, street signs, hot dog vendors, and tall buildings. Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture', pg. One includes Australian artists John Olsen, and John Coburn examining Whiteley's Archibald prize-winning entry. 9 Shades of Whiteley is a mini-retrospective exhibition tracing the artist's life and career from his earliest work in 1955, with Self Portrait at Sixteen, to just a few months before his death, with Port Douglas, Far North Queensland 1992.. . 15 Jun 1992. He died following an overdose of heroin in a motel in Thirroul, NSW in the winter of 1992. [21], Whiteley's home and workplace during the last four years of his life at 2 Raper Street in Surry Hills was converted into the Brett Whiteley Studio museum by the Art Gallery of New South Wales.[22]. This article is associated with "Melba". He had many shows in his career, and lived and painted extensively in Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. (age29in1975), Brett Whiteley 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. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; PREFACE; THE CHECK; JERRY; WESTERN UNION; COUNTRY LIVING; THE CB THIRTEEN MEN; GREAT PLAINS; TRAMPS; SALEM; THE FARM; SCHOOL; BE FRUITFUL; AUSTA; THE . Whiteley remained in Europe for the next decade, exhibiting his work regularly in group exhibitions in London, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin and establishing an international reputation. Whiteley's daughter Arkie is photographed by Alan Pryke standing before his painting titled `Self portrait in the Studio'. Related research topic ideas. Brett Whiteley 1975 'The balcony 2' is one of his most evocative harbour paintings, encapsulating key elements of Whiteley's art - fluent draughtsmanship, an erotically charged curvilinear line and an ability to invest minimal brushstrokes with multiple associations. He sometimes took more than his body could handle, and had to be admitted to hospital for alcohol poisoning twice. It was his comment on the direction the world might be headed and his response to a seemingly pointless war which could end in a nuclear holocaust. Saturday 29 April to Sunday 20 August 2006. Sue Williams., Saturday Mercury, 'Whiteley gone but his great spirit lingers on', Hobart, 20 Jun 1992, 17, 20. All rights reserved. Anna Waldmann, Art and Australia (Vol. Brett Whiteley - portrait 1 1975 Greg Weight. AU $100.00. A detail of Whiteley's self portrait is accompanied with a photograph of the artist. 30.5 x 25.5 cm Similar to Brett Whiteley's other major paintings of this period, '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'. Terry Ingram., The Australian financial review, 'Market may see "secret" paintings', Sydney, 14 May 1993, 7 (illus.). Peoples personalities are reflected in the things they collect and the environments in which they live. Shop with Afterpay on eligible items. Clare Gervasoni and Susan Paterson, Catbuster: Art, 1994. cat.no. The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. In 2007 his painting The Olgas for Ernest Giles was sold by Menzies for an Australian record of A$3.5million. An astonishing exhibition. 8 in education pack. The glamorous Whiteleys marriage was fiery, and their inevitable separation added to the artists problems with substances and self-doubt. ), 24. corner, white oil "1975 brett whiteley". He also showed his large T-shirt collection, and talks about his sculpture, which he said is an aspect of his work that many people do not take seriously. The illustration is a detail of Whiteley's 'Self Portrait in the Studio'. That year he won the trifecta, being awarded all three prizes including the Wynne and Sulman. Whiteley won his first major prize at the age of 20, the Italian Travelling Art Scholarship, awarded by Sir Russell Drysdale. A handful of his own curly, reddish hair glued to the picture signifies a desire to explore a higher kind of realism, as if mere paint on canvas were insufficient to the task. It premiered at the Sydney Opera House on 15 July 2019. An unconventional triptych, it consists of a small, coloured photo of Whiteleys face; a distorted full-length portrait of him drawing a copy of Dobells Joshua Smith, the controversial Archibald winner of 1943; and a panel that features a screaming baboon in handcuffs, staring helplessly at a hand offering a hypodermic. 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. 105. This article was edited by Sally White. 232-243, Sydney, 2000, 232 (colour illus.). His poems have appeared in various anthologies, including those of the Newcastle Poets at the Pub; on various websites including the Black Dog Institute and the ABC; and on the walls of the New England Regional Art Museum with a Brett Whiteley self-portrait (2014) and the SCG Museum with Doug Walters Test cap (2014). 26-53, Melbourne, 1997, 49 (colour illus. 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. 454-457, St Leonards, Mar 2003-May 2003, 455 (colour illus.). According to art writer Bruce James, the self-conscious inclusion of the austere pronoun 'IT' that also makes up part of the work compacts life, passion, death and faith in a single empowering word and unites the notional wings of an altarpiece to nascent addiction. ), 231. plate no. 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. I think that the artwork is set in Brett Whiteley's studio Archibald Retrosepctive Exhibition, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1985-1985. The music will be written by Elena Kats-Chernin, with a libretto by Justin Fleming. His work became highly desired by collectors, especially his large-scale, brilliantly-coloured interiors and landscapes strongly influenced by French artist Henri Matisse such as Big orange sunset 1974 and Self portrait in the studio 1976. Summer at Carcoar Brett Whiteley 1977. From $33.34. ), 81. The Brett Whiteley Studio, Whiteley & Rees: More affinities, Sydney, 2005, (illus.). Signed and dated upper c. verso, black fibre-tipped pen "/ brett whiteley/ 1975-76/ ". Barbara Konkolowicz, Look, 'Big Blue Sydney Harbour Through The Eyes of Artists', pg. Free delivery and returns on eBay Plus items for Plus members. Self Portrait with Real Hair, 1977, ink and hair on paper, 76.0 x 51.0 cm, whereabouts unknown. An amazing man. 6-33, Brisbane, 2004, 22 (colour illus. Richard Hall (Editor), Sydney: an Oxford anthology, South Melbourne, 2000, front cover (colour illus.). Margaret Clarke (Director), Red, black and Whiteley, North Ryde, 2000, 00:00.43 for 3 seconds (colour, detail). Bill Gregory, Art and Australia (Vol. In retrospect, Whiteleys life and work in the 1970s, when he was widely perceived as Australias leading artist, may be seen as a time of great personal conflict. There are two illustrations of `Self Portrait in the Studio' in this article. However, this painting also hints at a darker side, as Wendy Whiteley explained in 1995: he was warning himself and other people watching. Were not looking at a would-be genius or a sinful penitent. . The Self-portrait of 1977 represents a far less theatrical attempt at self-reflection. During this time, Whiteley also painted works based on the animals at the London Zoo, such as Two Indonesian giraffes, which he found sometimes difficult. For further information please contact NPG Copyright. Jill Sykes, Look, Barry Pearces next book-call it segueing with intent, pg. 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.). Thomas Keneally, Australia, 'Dead heart / live heart', pg. It has been regarded as a self-portrait, a giant outpouring of energy and ideas brought forth over a long period of time. This article refers to Whiteley winning both the Archibald and Sulman prizes in 1977. card no. Whiteley died of a methadone overdose in Thirroul on the New South Wales south coast in 1992. Britt Larsson., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Whiteley's poser', Sydney, 10 Dec 1977, 16 (illus.). The 44-year-old Hele's winning entry was a portrait of Mr Robert Campbell, South Australian National Art Gallery director.'. Part of his work Alchemy (197273)[9] was featured on the cover of the Dire Straits live album Alchemy although it had the addition of a guitar with lips held by a hand. He soon settled in Lavender Bay. List of winners. Collage these images together to create a portrait to display in class. You entered the wrong email. It was written with unprecedented behind-the-scenes access, and illustrated with classic Brett Whiteley artworks, rare notebook sketches and candid family photographs. The Self-portrait of 1977 sits squarely between his two Archibald Prize winners: Self-portrait in the studioof 1976, and Art, life and the other thing in 1978. In London he excited art dealers and fell under the influence of painters such as Francis Bacon. Nancy Borlase., The Sydney Morning Herald, 'Whiteley's year', Sydney, 27 Jan 1977, (illus.). The Balcony 2 Brett Whiteley 1975. . (age36in1975). The Hotel Chelsea displayed several of Whiteley's paintings from the time he lived there, including Portrait of New York which was hung behind the reception desk.[7]. Gregory Weight/Copyright Agency, 2022, Greg Weight In writing about Brett Whiteley, it is tempting to simply present the facts and let the reader draw his/her own conclusions, such are the contradictions. We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands. Review of 'WARNING: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century' exhibition, held at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Scholarly publications with full text pdf download. Review of 'WARNING: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century' exhibition, held at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands. Choose one of Whiteleys self-portraits. Edmund Capon AM, OBE and Jan Meek (Editors), Portrait of a Gallery, 'Australian 20th Century Art', pg. Dr. Virginia Keeney is photographed examining Whiteley's self portrait. Barry Pearce and Alec George, 9 Shades of Whiteley, '5: Portraits', pg.

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