brett whiteley self portrait 1975
All Rights Reserved. 213-236, Sydney, Summer 1982, 235 (colour illus.). 1928 Dr Alexander Leeper by John Longstaff. Brett Whiteley Self Portrait In The Studio Framed Print . signed lower right: BRETT WHITELEY, [1] Wilson, Ashleigh, Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing, Text Publlishing, Melbourne, 2016, p.272, [2] Berg, Charles, The Unconscious Significance of Hair, George Allen & Unwin, London, 1951, [3] Whiteley, Brett, quoted in Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, Bay Books, Sydney, 1979, p.219, [4] Kandinsky, Wassily, On the Spiritual in Art, 1910 (mutiple editions). Barry Pearce, Three years on: a selection of acquisitions 1978-1981, 'Australian Art', pg. Max Prisk (Editor), The Sydney Morning Herald, 'The crucial art of living dangerously', Sydney, 17 Jun 1992, 17 (illus.). Brett Whiteley: van Gogh self portraits, Greenhill Galleries, , 27 Jan 1987-22 Feb 1987. 15 Jun 1992. We acknowledge the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Art Gallery of NSW stands. David Shteinman, Philosopher, 'Tribute to a Dionysian Free Spirit. John Olsen at the time of print was a board member of the Art Gallery of NSW. [26], In 2017, a feature-length biographical documentary about Whiteley was released in Australian cinemas. He sometimes took more than his body could handle, and had to be admitted to hospital for alcohol poisoning twice. . 5, Sydney, 07 Jul 1992, 5. 1978 was the only year in which all three prizes have been won simultaneously by the same person. By townxycolter. 1976 Self Portrait in the Studio 1978 Art, Life and the other thing Wynne Prize 1977 The . 44-45, Sydney, Jun 2012, 45 (colour illus.). They had borrowed the money, using their car as collateral. 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). Sebastian Smee, The Australian, 'Smoking thrills', pg. He was the youngest living artist to have work purchased by the Tate, a record that still stands. Source: Art Gallery of New South Wales Archive, Brett Whiteley in his studio, 1976, by Robert Walker Estate of Robert Walker. 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 shows Brett Whiteley looking at himself intently in the mirror and recording exactly what he sees. 204-210. Elwyn Lynn., The Australian, 'A life of eternal struggle'; 'Golden boy's genius worthy of adulation', Sydney, 17 Jun 1992, 1, 16 (illus.). As the camera pans through the studio and over the works, Whiteley describes the challenges of being gifted and of overcoming his addictive tendencies. In London he excited art dealers and fell under the influence of painters such as Francis Bacon, of whom he later made a series of portraits. (Above) Brett Whiteley Self portrait in the studio 1976 oil, collage, hair on canvas, 200.5 x 259 cm Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this website contains images of deceased persons. Archibald Prize: Brett Whiteley - Self Portrait in the Studio; John Moores Painting Prize - John Walker for "Juggernaut with plume - for P Neruda" Exhibitions. Think about how they indicate Whiteley's views on art and his role as an artist. Look at these paintings and examine how Whiteley has given us clues to his identity. Difficult pleasure is how he described painting, or creating art stating, "Painting is an argument between what it looks like and what it means. signed and inscribed with title lower right brett whiteley / self-portrait after a haircut at 36, 100 x 75 . Saturday 29 April to Sunday 20 August 2006. The National Portrait Gallery is an Australian Government Agency, gelatin silver photograph on paper (, The National Portrait Gallery respects the artistic and intellectual property rights of others. The famed author Mishima had committed seppuku in 1970 and the literary mythology that arose of his apparent final vision of enlightenment in the form of the exploding sun, as he pressed the knife into his body, inspired and became the basis for this work. Shop with Afterpay on eligible items. David Christian, 'At Lintas advertising agency, Sydney', c1956. Barry Pearce, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian', pg. 28-29, Sydney, 09 Sep 1995, 28-29. Whiteley's daughter Arkie is photographed by Alan Pryke standing before his painting titled `Self portrait in the Studio'. He soon settled in Lavender Bay. a portrait within the portrait, and the face of the artist is rendered in strong detail in the reflection of a hand-held mirror. Jane Hampson, Look, 'wwwhiteley.com', pg. He did paintings of the areas around Bathurst, Oberon and Marulan, all in New South Wales. [25], In August 2018, Opera Australia announced that it had commissioned an opera to be based on the life of Brett Whiteley. 'Appearing in the 'Time Out' section. A photograph of a youthful Brett Whiteley also accompanies this article. Humphrey McQueen, Art Monthly Australia, 'Positions vacant', pg. In the former, Whiteleys face appears in a hand-held mirror, as one small feature on a large, luxuriant ground of deep blue. plate no. This article appeared in the 'Arts Australian' section of 'The Australian' newspaper. He believed that many of his ideas came from these experiences, and he often used drugs as a way of bringing the ideas from his subconscious. An astonishing exhibition. He won the Art Gallery of NSW Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes several times, and his artistic career was bolstered by his celebrity status in Australia and overseas. 1975 It was hanging beside a wonderful John Olsen, Five Bells (oil on hardboard, 1963) on the day i visited, which i thought most apt for the two were good friends. Published in Deutscher and Hackett: IMPORTANT AUSTRALIAN + INTERNATIONAL FINE ART, Braving Time: Contemporary Art in Queer Australia. Self portrait in the studio 1976 Like many other Ursula Prunster, Aspects of Australian art, Sydney, 2000, (colour illus.). After leaving school in 1956 at the age of 17, Whiteley worked in Sydney for the advertising agency Lintas. From $33.34. An audio version released by Audible in 2016 was narrated by Mark Seymour. Terry Ingram discusses current art market, and valuation of Whiteley's work. Sue Williams., Saturday Mercury, 'Whiteley gone but his great spirit lingers on', Hobart, 20 Jun 1992, 17, 20. 45. Whiteleys biographer, Ashleigh Wilson, describes the work as a confronting depiction of the panic and desperation of drug addiction. The big self-portrait looking at himself in the mirror is extraordinarily honest in some ways. 1946) a Sydney- based photographer, opened his own studio in 1968, taking advertising and magazine photographs and working with the Australian Opera and the Australian Ballet. Expressive, lively and playful, Brett Whiteleys sketches and drawings not only provided the foundations for his paintings, sculptures and prints, they also demonstrate the joy of capturing a moment on paper, indulging in an idea or creative concept. This approach was intended to allow Whiteley to speak "in his own words" about his life and art. 13: Brett Whiteley 'Self portrait in the studio' 1976. Related research topic ideas. Last modified on Wed 19 Oct 2022 10.16EDT, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every The balcony 2 Brett Whiteley 1975 116.1981. cat.no. 1927 Mrs Annie Murdoch by G. W. Lambert. 71-89, Sydney, 1984, 73 (colour illus). He was very much influenced by the peace movement at the time and came to believe that if he painted one huge painting which would advocate peace, then the Americans would withdraw their troops from Vietnam. He painted a view of his friend Patrick White as a rock or a headland in Headland; White had told Whiteley that in the next life he would like to come back as a rock. In 1972-73 Whitley produced another monumental work "Alchemy", described by Pearce as another self-portrait but without the fierce political agenda of its predecessor. Jenny Aland and Max Darby (Editors), Art Connections, 'Visual design or plan of artworks', pg. Jane Hampson, Sun-Herald, 'Brett Whiteley's Images of Sydney Harbour', pg. 86. Almost too brutally honest, it seemed like the final flaring of a dying star. As he said: "To draw animals, one has to work at white heat because they move so much, and partly because it is sometimes painful to feel what one guesses the animal 'feels' from inside." In 1959 he won an art scholarship sponsored by the Italian government and judged by Russell Drysdale. In 1999, Brett's mother Beryl Whiteley (19172010) founded the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship in memory of her son. His paintings during these years were influenced by the modernist British art of the sixties particularly the works of William Scott and Roger Hilton and were of brownish abstract forms. This clip shows Brett Whiteley's artworks in his studio intercut with black-and-white photographs of him as a child. Joseph Brown Gallery, Melbourne, 1977. Why does he reference these artists in his self-portraits? Inspired principally by Matisse, but also by his house at Lavender Bay on Sydney Harbour's north shore, he created a series of large scale paintings of expansive interiors and views evoking the marine beauty of the harbour. Apart from attending evening drawing classes and sketch clubs, he was largely self-taught. His work was not always being praised by critics, although its market value continued to climb. It was the cage of his interior, his addiction, the window or a glimpse of possible escape into paradise: the escape from ones psyche. Appearing in the 'Salesroom' section of the Australian Financial Review, with regards to the sale of `The Balcony 2', acquired by AGNSW. 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. Self portrait in the studio, 1976 Brett Whiteley Oil, collage, hair on canvas 773 x 600 cm, AGNSW Brett whiteley's self portrait in the studio was a realism painting and stretch the definition of portraiture. The work is an anthology of Whiteley motifs, including the view of Sydney Harbour from a window, a reclining nude, an armchair, and a piece of blue-and-white . Wilson quotes a letter the artist addressed to his mother, in January 1979, in which he writes of the realization (sic) of the deep responsibility I have to my talent, to share it with my fellow Australians with the world I am fighting the biggest struggle of my life at the moment. Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Ken Done: The Art of Design, Sydney, 1994, 32 (illus.). Having attained the height of success, he realised that from this pinnacle the only way is down. 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. This article appears in 'The Arts' section of the newspaper. Anna Waldmann, The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 235 (colour illus.). This work is such a significant piece it was an essential inclusion for the curator of this exhibition. Brett Whiteley painting - alchemy 1972-1973 Art Print. Sandra McGrath., The Australian, 'The making of an authentic genius', Sydney, 24 Jan 1977, 8 (illus.). A day at Bondi Brett Whiteley . Sandra McGrath, Brett Whiteley, Detail of 'Self Portrait in the Studio' on cover page of book, Pymble, 1992, cover (colour illus.). The sculpture depicted on the right and others in the . Jill Sykes, Look, 'McCulloch's Encyclopedia', pg. All rights reserved. Close up of painting focused on blue harbour and white boats which merges with actual harbour footage with shimmering water. He worked across painting, sculpture and the graphic arts, and is best known for his sensual and lyrical paintings of interiors, nudes and harbour scenes. Jane Fraser., The Australian, 'Tribute to Whiteley looks back with love', Sydney, 07 Jul 1992, 3 (illus.). Critique of Whiteley. He won the international prize at the second Paris Biennale for Young Artists in 1961, and married his lovely muse, Wendy Julius, the following year. Art market auction sales from the 1970s to 2023 for 3,338 works by artist Brett Whiteley (1939-92), and values for over 18,000 other Australian and New Zealand artists. Throughout his career, Whiteley would return again and again to the self-portrait, as a form of self-examination and self-dramatisation. 1 whit.jpg. 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. Self Portrait in Studio Brett Whiteley 1976. However Marlborough-Gerson, his gallery, refused to show the work, and he was so distraught that he decided to leave New York, and he 'fled' to Fiji. ), 198, 209 (illus.). The illustration is a detail of Whiteley's 'Self Portrait in the Studio'. 30.5 x 25.5 cm. 272-275, Port Melbourne, 2010, 3 (colour illus. Brett Whiteley - Far North Queensland (1992) oil, earth, charcoal, collage on plywood. card no. Do you feel you are watching the subject or is the subject watching you? Untitled (Bird) Brett . It might be argued that the hair is an affectation Whiteley used too frequently for comfort. Brett Whiteley is photographed by Robert Walker at. The glamorous Whiteleys marriage was fiery, and their inevitable separation added to the artists problems with substances and self-doubt. It has primarily black on one side and has an image of his wife Wendy in a bathtub, seen from behind. The coroner's verdict was 'death due to self-administered substances'. [27] The documentary was made with the approval of Wendy Whiteley, and was received with critical acclaim. Brett Whiteley - Portrait 2, 1975. photographer: Greg Weight. At the age of 16, while boarding at Scots College in Bathurst, he came across a book on Vincent Van Gogh and painted a self-portrait in emulation of the famously misunderstood Dutchman. In 1978, Whiteley entered another controversial self-portrait into the Archibald Prize 'Art, life and the other thing and it too made an immediate impact. The work experimented with warping and manipulating a straight self-portrait, incorporating his pictorial sense of addiction. Richard Hall (Editor), Sydney: an Oxford anthology, South Melbourne, 2000, front cover (colour illus.). He believed he had a gift he needed to share with everyone but couldnt escape his habitual self-centredness. Brett Whiteley with Self Portrait in Studio 1976. Whiteley travelled extensively throughout Asia, including India in 1965, and Japan in the last years of his life, experiencing at first hand the sources of his inspiration. 40, No. Construct a self-portrait by layering images of these personal symbols. . In 1991 he was awarded an Order of Australia. 'Review' magazine. High quality Art Print. The National Portrait Gallery acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. Write a list of the things that interest you and your favourite objects. A detail of Whiteley's self portrait is accompanied with a photograph of the artist. Bruce James, Art Gallery of New South Wales handbook, 'Australian Collection: Painting and Sculpture', pg. Thomas Keneally, Australia, 'Dead heart / live heart', pg. Discusses how alcohol opens up circus of the imagination which Whiteley feared he would not be able to reach otherwise. ), 16 (colour illus.). Shop today! 23, Sydney, 2008, 3, 22 (colour illus. Jane Scott, Barry Pearce and Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley: Connections, 'Brett Whiteley: Connections', Healesville, 2010, (colour illus.). 9, Sydney, 07 Sep 2013, 9. At the time of print Olsen and Coburn were board members of the Art Gallery of NSW. Free entry, Find out what you need to know before visiting, Thirty-six looks at four sights on three themes: recent paintings, drawings and carvings, Two centuries of Australian painting, a selection from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Affinities: Brett Whiteley & Lloyd Rees (2001). 8-14, Sydney, 1986, 14, 42 (colour illus.). 19-22, Sydney, 20 Jun 1992, 19-21 (illus.). 21, Port Melbourne, 2005, 21 (colour illus.). Whiteley died of a methadone overdose in Thirroul on the New South Wales south coast in 1992. However, this painting also hints at a darker side, as Wendy Whiteley explained in 1995: he was warning himself and other people watching. 190-210, Cambridge, 1988, cover (illus. In the latter painting, the table in the front of the room close to the viewer has minutely decorated vases and small objects, while a drawing on the left and a sculpture to the extreme right show how Whiteley often used erotic images in his works. Image of David Williamson standing in front of 'The balcony 2'. His farewell to abstraction, Summer at Sigean, was a record of his honeymoon in France. Brett Whiteley self-portrait, Remembering Lao Tse (Shaving off a Second), 1967 [image link from artquotes.net] . Christine Bates, Making art connections: Visual arts years 7 & 8, 'Lets make an artwork: Staying in/going out', pg. It features in all three self-portraits from 1976-78, acting as a signature or trademark. Warning: Smoking has been linked to some of the most powerful images of the twentieth century an MPRG exhibition. 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.). corner, white oil "1975 brett whiteley". are Butcher Bird with Baudelaire's Eyes of 1972 in pen, ink, gouache and collage, and the . No other Australian artist had such a wild, woolly set of curls. This photograph was taken by Andrew Rankin. 21-23, Canberra, Sep 2000, 22-23. review of 'Australian icons' exhibition. The elongated centre image of Whiteley references the uproar over William Dobells unconventional Archibald-winning portrait of Joshua Smith of 1943. [4] For Whiteley it was more like a compulsion to break the imaginary rules of painting, to be spontaneous and transgressive and to be recognised for these revolutionary gestures. He remembers the artist as vital and engaging, definitely one of the most imaginative and energetic individuals I have known. Source: Art Gallery of New South Wales Archive. cat.no. He met other artists and musicians while he lived at the Hotel Chelsea, where he befriended musicians Janis Joplin and Bob Dylan. Michaela Boland., Weekend Australian, 'Master cards', pg. Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. Lou Klepac, Brett Whiteley Drawings (2013). 15-41, London, 1995, 35, 165 (colour illus. Year. This appeared in the `Arts' section of `The Australian Supplement'. Barry Pearce, Brett Whiteley Art & Life, 'Persona and the Painter', pg. His second Archibald prize, Art, Life and the other thing, shows his willingness to experiment with different media such as photography and collage. Closed Good Friday & Christmas day 'Strung between triumph, tragedy' an obituary by Barry Pearce.
brett whiteley self portrait 1975