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Tree fern
'Tree Fern' by William Robinson

 

William Robinson

Bio

Solo Exhibitions

Awards

Collections

Artwork

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Bio

1936 - Born in Brisbane
1954 - Studied at Queensland Teachers' College
1955-56 - Studied Central Technical College, Brisbane
1956-62 - Teaches drawing and colour study at the Central Technical College, Queensland
1987 - Wins the Archibald Prize for Portraiture
1990 - Wins the Wynne Prize with painting 'The Rainforest'.

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Solo Exhibitions (selected)          

2004
Australian Galleries, Sydney and Melbourne
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane

2003
'The Revelation of Landscape', SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane

2002
Australian Galleries, Sydney and Melbourne

2001
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
Australian Galleries, Sydney and Melbourne
Retrospective exhibition, 'Darkness and Light: The Art of William Robinson', Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra

1998
Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1996
Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1994
Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney

1992
Darren Knight Gallery, Melbourne

1991
'Creation Landscape: water and land', Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney; 'Selected works form the University Art Collection, QUT, Brisbane

1989
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Brisbane
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

1998
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

1986
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

1985
Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydne

1984
Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne

1982
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

1981
'Farm Images', Armidale City Art Gallery, Armidale

1980
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

1978
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

1977
Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane

1975
Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Brisbane

1974
Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne

1971
Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne

1969
Design Arts Centre, Brisbane

1967
Design Arts Centre, Brisbane

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Awards (selected)

2002 - Honorary Doctorate, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
1998 - Honorary Doctorate, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
1996 - Wynne Prize
1995 - Archibald Prize
1991-92 - John McCaughey Memorial Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1990 - Wynne Prize
1987 - Archibald Prize
1985 - Aberdare Art Prize, Ipswich City Art Gallery
1970 - David Jones Painting Prize

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Collections

National Gallery of Australia Canberra
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Artbank
ANZ Bank
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Parliament House, Canberra
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Queensland University Art Museum, Brisbane
Griffith University, Brisbane
God Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Ipswich City Art Gallery, Queensland
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
University of NSW, Sydney
Melbourne State College, Victoria
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

First Chicago National Bank, USA
Macquarie Bank
IBM Australia
Waikatao Art Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand

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