Brett Whiteley
(Australia, England 07 Apr 1939–15 Jun 1992)
- Title
- Untitled painting
- Year
- 1961
- Media category
- Painting
- Materials used
- oil, tempera and collage on hardboard
- Dimensions
-
153.3 x 152.3cm board; 162.8 x 162.7 x 4.5cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated u.r. verso, black oil "Brett Whiteley 61".
- Credit
- Purchased 1996
- Accession number
- 272.1996
- Copyright
- © Wendy Whiteley
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
'Untitled painting' was created during a spectacularly successful year when Whiteley exhibited to great acclaim at London's Whitechapel Gallery and, following the purchase of a painting by the Tate Gallery, established his international reputation.
During his time in London, Whiteley continued to combine the earthy colours of Australia - reflecting the influence of the paintings of Russell Drysdale - and the ambience of Italian painting and architecture with powerful hybrid forms of landscape and the female torso.
'Untitled painting' exudes the confidence with which he handled his visual sources, heralding the elegant and relaxed abstract work of his subsequent honeymoon period at Sigean in the south of France.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2000
- Bibliography (11)
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Kathie Sutherland (Australia) (Author), Brett Whiteley: A sensual lilne 1957-67, Victoria, 2010, 63, 64 (colour illus.), 248. cat.no. EE24
Jane Scott (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Wendy Whiteley (Australia) (Author), Brett Whiteley: Connections, Healesville, 2010.
'2: Abstraction', pg. 17., 9 Shades of Whiteley 2008, 2008, 3, 16 (colour illus.), 17.
Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Bruce James (Australia) (Author), John McDonald (Australia, b.1961) (Author), Peter Pinson (Australia, b.1943) (Author), Gavin Fry (Author), Sasha Grishin AM (Australia) (Author), Deborah Hart (South Africa; United Kingdom; Australia, b.1959) (Author), Australian painters of the twentieth century, Roseville, 2000, 234 (colour illus.), 235.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 247 (colour illus.), 302.
'Genesis of a Painter: the early abstractions of Brett Whiteley [1939-92]' by Barry Pearce, pg. 20-21., Look Sep 1998, Sep 1998, 20 (colour illus.).
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Genesis of a Painter: The early abstractions of Brett Whiteley, Domain, 1998, cover (colour illus.), 4. cat.no. 15
'Whiteley work bound for NSW' by Terry Ingram, pg. 45., The Australian financial review 30 May 1996, 30 May 1996, 45.
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Brett Whiteley Art & Life, London, 1995, 62 (colour illus.). plate no. 11
'The Peter Stuyvesant Collection: Paintings while you work', by Carles S. Spencer, pg. 18-21., The Studio Jan 1963, Jan 1963, 21 (illus.).
The Matthiesen Gallery (England) (Curator), Brett Whiteley: Paintings and Gouaches 9 - 31 March 1962, London, 1962. cat.no. 5
- Exhibition history (22)
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Brett Whiteley, Paintings and Gouaches (1962), The Matthiesen Gallery, 09 Mar 1962–31 Mar 1962.
Australian Art: colonial to modern, Deutscher Fine Art (Perth), 20 Aug 1986–25 Aug 1986.
Australian Art: colonial to modern, Deutscher Fine Art (Sydney), 05 Sep 1986–13 Sep 1986.
Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 16 Sep 1995–19 Nov 1995.
Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Museum and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory, 13 Dec 1995–28 Jan 1996.
Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of Western Australia, 22 Feb 1996–08 Apr 1996.
Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of South Australia, 09 May 1996–16 Jun 1996.
Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 02 Jul 1996–26 Aug 1996.
Brett Whiteley Art & Life (1995-1996), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 18 Sep 1996–17 Nov 1996.
Genesis of a Painter: The early abstractions of Brett Whiteley (1998-1999), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 29 Aug 1998–31 Jan 1999.
Australian icons: twenty artists from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Aug 2000–03 Dec 2000.
9 shades of Whiteley, Gold Coast City Art Gallery, 12 Jul 2008–07 Sep 2008.
9 shades of Whiteley, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, 13 Sep 2008–15 Nov 2008.
9 shades of Whiteley, New England Regional Art Museum, 22 Nov 2008–08 Feb 2009.
9 shades of Whiteley, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 14 Feb 2009–26 Apr 2009.
9 shades of Whiteley, Bathurst Regional Art Gallery, 01 May 2009–14 Jun 2009.
9 shades of Whiteley, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, 02 Jul 2009–23 Aug 2009.
Iconic Whiteley (2009-2010), The Brett Whiteley Studio, 12 Sep 2009–Aug 2010.
Brett Whiteley - Connections (2010-2011), TarraWarra Museum of Art, 06 Nov 2010–19 Mar 2011.
The London years 1960-67 (2012), The Brett Whiteley Studio, 13 Jul 2012–13 Feb 2013.
Peter Stuyvesant Collection, Adelaide Festival of Arts.
New Generations, Exhibition Venue Unknown.
