'Tree Fern' by William Robinson
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'.
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
Awards
(selected)
2002 - Honorary Doctorate, University of Southern
Queensland, Toowoomba
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