Its a very conventional film for an unconventional character. He painted Woman in bath (1963) as part of a series of works he was doing of bathroom pictures. Not long after, (artist) Peter Kingston moved next door. The building was converted to two flats c.1929. [1][9][8]:8, A significant component of the setting of the house is the vegetated slope down to Lavender Bay and Sydney Harbour. "They used to empty everything into it and it stank! The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. Oil/Canvas. The house with its harbour views reveal more information about Brett Whiteley's life and art, the genesis of his paintings and to assist in the ongoing discussion and assessment of his contribution to Australian art. He also created a series of experimental films featuring several of his friends. We notify you each time your favorite artists feature in an exhibition, auction or the press, Access detailed sales records for over 500,000 artists, and more than two decades of past auction results, Buy unsold paintings, prints and more for the best price, The 15 Geat Dog Pisses of Paris, 1989 ,1989. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt. [1], The house at No. [1][6], In London, he met many other painters, including fellow Australians, Arthur Boyd and John Passmore. While he was a teenager, he painted on weekends in the Central West of New South Wales and Canberra with such works as The soup kitchen (1958). [4] The Whiteleys had been in London, New York and Fiji. Whiteley was awarded two Archibald Prizes, three Wynne Prizes and two Sir John Sulman Prizes, including all three prizes in 1978-a feat that remains unique in Australian art history. Watching promotional interviews ahead of the release last week, I read a one-word descriptor beneath Wendys name as she spoke: widow. [1], Lavender Bay, and later, suburb was named after George Lavender. In 1960 an Italian scholarship took him to London where his great natural talent for drawing, his lack of inhibitions and taste for exotic influences made the 21 year old painter an exciting prospect for London dealers. The locally significant garden, also functions as an important memorial space for the remains of Brett Whiteley and their daughter, Arkie Whiteley contributing further to a potential social value.[1]. Friends since school days, Sharp and Kingston shared an enthusiasm and nostalgia for the joyous fairground art of Arthur Barton, one of Luna Park's original artists. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize. The building was formerly converted to two flats c. The interior aspects and the exterior views/setting were often juxtaposed in his paintings expressing his creative genius and the significance of Lavender Bay as a subject. BRETT WHITELEY Lavender Bay 2 1973. But neither women are spoken about in the same reverent, hyperbolic tones as Brett was at his peak nor are Fiona Foley, Louise Hearman or Emily Kame Kngwarreye. 77 x 79 cm : Spring at Oberon Sept 1979. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. In 1962 he won second prize in the Biennale de Paris (International Biennale for Young Artists) and had his first solo exhibition. Whiteley was fascinated with both eastern philosophies and painting techniques during this period of his oeuvre. The house and its viewshed are an important link to his most awarded and most popular works. The views include the brick viaduct, rail lines, Lavender Bay ferry wharf, which were included in numerous of Brett Whiteley's smaller, though no less engaging, works including drawings and prints. Another in the series was a more abstracted Woman in the bath II, which owed a debt to his yellow and red abstract paintings of the early sixties. Canary Island palms: "Clark Gardens" 1978, "The turquoise prince" 1979, "The split second summer began" 1979, for example. 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. 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. This view - including interiors and exterior scenery - was to be the subject of many of Whiteley's iconic paintings. Until recently the 195cm-by-302cm canvas made of oil, ink and charcoal hung in Evatts home in Turramurra. Brett Whiteley The American Dream 1969 Print Triptych AU $285.28 Was: AU $407.55 Free postage or Best Offer BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992) RARE Original limited edition lithograph London 1965 AU $12,500.00 Local pickup or Best Offer Brett Whiteley Style Nude Ink Drawing Chinese Japanese Australian Sydney Woman AU $385.00 or Best Offer (1979) Brett Whiteley. The house and its views over Lavender Bay are an important link to his most awarded and popular works. During the time he spent there, Tom got to know several of his artist neighbours. The Estate of the late Christopher Kuhn, Canada. Enlarge. They turn inside-out the usual conventions of dramatisations and archival footage, showing us how cinema has helped build historical events into legends. After establishing himself as an artist abroad, Whiteley returned to Sydney in 1969, and resided in the harbour-side suburb of Lavender Bay. This automatically renews to be charged as $28 (min. This picture predates and precedes the artists famous images created several years later following his return to Paris at the age of 50 which culminated in a highly popular exhibition held soon after at the AGNSW. No cancellations during the first 12 months. Rather than transposing European ways of capturing land and light, he found a new visual language for the Australian landscape. Brett Whiteley Australia, England 07 Apr 1939 - 15 Jun 1992 Artist profile Details Other Title Sydney by night [title used at acquisition] Date 1975 Media category Painting Materials used oil on canvas Dimensions 203.5 x 364.5 cm stretcher; 210.9 x 372.2 x 6.3 cm frame Signature & date [1], In addition, the brick viaduct at the end of Walker Street reserve and Quibaree Park, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, parts of Circular Quay and Luna Park are all occasionally featured. Thence by descent; Frannie Hopkirk, New South Wales, the artists sister; Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1997; Deutscher and Hackett, Australian + International Fine Art and Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30/11/2016, Lot No. [1][8]:1011[4], While living and working at Lavender Bay, Whiteley produced a series of major paintings. It is also known as Brett Whiteley House and Visual Curtilage and Lochgyle. Subscription automatically renews at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Image size: W65.5 x H56.5cmPaper size: W70 x H100cmBrett Whiteley, Big Orange (Sunset) 1974Oil and collage on woodArt Gallery of New South Wales collection Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley, (free standing ultramarine) Palm trees 1974Painted fibreglassArt Gallery of New South Wales collection Wendy Whiteley. Address: 10A Roylston Street, Paddington NSW 2021 Australia Sydney: Bay Books, p 185. After the first 12 weeks, the cost is $40 billed approximately 4 weekly. and special offers! A modest inheritance on the death of his father allowed Kingston to buy the lower level of the house at 3 Walker Street in 1974. Henris Armchair, from the Lavender Bay series, surpasses previous record of $5.4m for Sidney Nolans First-class Marksman from his Ned Kelly series. The artists signature indigo blue sings against the minimal ceramic background and the circular, almost calligraphic composition is beautifully resolved. View upcoming auction estimates and receive personalized email alerts for the artists you follow. In 1962, Whiteley married Wendy Julius. He married Wendy Julius the same year. Several other artists joined the eruption of creativity at Luna Park in the mid-1970s, including Garry Shead. A large Lavender Bay picture by Brett Whiteley broke the auction record for an Australian painting on Thursday when it sold for $6,136,000. In 1985 Whiteley bought an old T-shirt factory in Raper Street Surry Hills, which he converted into a studio. Minor modifications have been made to the interiors of the house, however, the space retains its integrity as the place where Whiteley lived and worked. Sometimes the Harbour Bridge appears, or the Opera House or there are glimpses of built environment across Milson's Point or, rarely even Harry Seidler's Blues Point tower. You are only entitled to this subscription if and for as long as you hold a valid and active subscription with your Google Account. Page 1. [5] In the words of Brett Whiteley: he expresses the importance of Lavender Bay within his life's body of works: "two-thirds of Braque's work is table tops, there's Morandi's bottles, Lloyd Rees's hills My repeating theme - a subject I will always go back to until I die - Lavender Bay" (from McGrath, 1992 quoted in Britton, 2016). Photograph: Menzies Art Brands 1 Month Free Personal Alerts. - the bay and harbour waterscape: vast area of water as a colour field dominates some major works as the "Big Orange" 1974, "The Balcony 2" 1975, "The jacaranda tree (on Sydney Harbour)" 1977, "Lavender Bay with palms" 1974, "Sydney Harbour in the rain" 197677,'Grey Harbour' 1978 for example. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. [1][4][10], In 1975 he was awarded the Sir William Anglis Memorial Art Prize, Melbourne. Brett Whiteley created this work in Paris in 1989. The Australian Digital + Weekend Paper Subscription 12 Month Plan costs $416 (min. Brett Whiteley's house and visual curtilage is of state heritage significance for its historic association with nationally and internationally renowned Australian artist Brett Whiteley AO. It also explains how you can access or seek correction of your personal information, how you can complain about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles and how we will deal with a complaint of that nature. He was an officer in charge of the ship called "Phoenix" that housed convicts moored in this bay. See opening hours He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1991 in recognition of his art. Not in conjunction with any other offer. In 1959 he won an art scholarship sponsored by the Italian government and judged by Russell Drysdale. The interiors and the setting/views are the subject of many of Whiteley's Lavender Bay works. a film festival celebrating women directors, an obsessive bohemian who took life and art to the extreme, damaged glamour from 1960, no one had a vaster gift, more sheer brilliance or a bigger impact on the Australian imagination, represents Australian at the Venice Biennale, last years Countess report found that only 34% of the works in state museum collections are by women, the laneways and murals in City of Sydneys public art program. He started drawing at a very early age. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. Wendys Secret Garden is not a grand statement. It was his second visit to the city and resulted in his celebrated Paris series of gouaches and drawings. [1] [1], The house, its setting and the views is of state significance as the inspiration for the considerable body of Brett Whiteley's art undertaken here. In the 1970s and 1980s the bay attracted a particularly vibrant artistic community in a din of exuberant artistic activity centred on a handful of houses - the homes of some of Sydney's leading artists, among them Brett Whiteley and Peter Kingston. On the sitting room level walls have been opened up with arches making the level open plan and linking it to the tower. The garden joins a canon of overlooked works and women throughout Australian art history. Important Info. Brett Whiteley won the Archibald prize with his works done in the mid seventies and again in 1978. Their only child, daughter Arkie Whiteley, was born in London in 1964. [1][12], Since the publication of the book Wendy Whiteley and the Secret Garden by Janet Hawley in 2015, the announcement of the lease by the then Premier Mike Baird in 2016 and its listing on popular tourism sites, the garden has gained popularity. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. These archival fine art digital Giclee Brett Whiteley prints are made using only pigment inks, the edition is limited to 250 only. Henris Armchair was Whiteleys nod to the French impressionist Henri Matisse, who once said art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue.