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An image of Stanislaus Rapotec by Judy Cassab

Judy Cassab

(Australia, Austria, Hungary 15 Aug 1920– )

Title
Stanislaus Rapotec
Year
1960
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on hardboard
Dimensions

152.5 x 91.5cm board; 169.3 x 108.0 x 4.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., blue oil "Cassab/ 60".
Credit
Purchased 1961
Accession number
OA2.1961
Copyright
© AGNSW
Location
Not on display
Further information

Judy Cassab was the second woman artist to win the Archibald Prize in 1960. She painted her friend and fellow artist, Stanislaus Rapotec. The Gallery purchased her winning painting in 1961.

Bibliography (17)

Draga Gelt (Australia) (Author), Liliana Eggleston-Tomažič (Australia) (Author), Anthology of Slovenia artists and sculptors, Melbourne, 2010, 52, 53 (colour illus.).

Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 2005, 53 (illus.), 54 (colour illus.), 141 (colour illus.). Photograph on pg. 53 with Judy Cassab and Stanislaus Rapotec standing infront of the painting.

Brenda Niall (b.1930) (Author), Judy Cassab: a portrait, Sydney, 2005, (colour illus.) located between pg 180-81.

Peter Ross (Australia) (Author), Let's face it: the history of the Archibald Prize, Sydney, 1999, 56 (colour illus.), 131 (colour illus.).

'Artist who painted with thunder' by John Olsen, pg. 18., The Sydney Morning Herald 21 Nov 1997, 21 Nov 1997, 18 (illus.). Arts section: Obituary of Stanislaus Rapotec by John Olsen. A photograph of Rapotec with Judy Cassab in front of her 1960 Archibald Prize-winning portrait of the artist.

Susan Hunt (Author), The Archibald Prize 1921-1993, Sydney, 1993, 7 (colour illus.).

Lou Klepac (Australia; Croatia, b.1936) (Author), Judy Cassab: artists and friends, Sydney, 1988, 31 (colour illus.).

Elwyn Lynn (Australia, b.1917, d.1997) (Author), Judy Cassab: places, faces and fantasies, Melbourne, 1984, 124 (colour illus.).

'The Archibald Prize' by Anna Waldmann, pg. 213-236., Art and Australia (Vol. 20, No. 2) Summer 1982, Summer 1982, 229 (colour illus.).

Mervyn Horton (Australia, b.1917, d.1983) (Editor), Anna Waldmann (Australia) (Author), The Archibald Prize: an illustrated history 1921-1981, Sydney, 1981, 229 (colour illus.).

John Hetherington (Author), Australian painters, forty profiles, Melbourne, 1963, 188 (illus.).

Observer 18 Feb 1962, 18 Feb 1962.

Nation 11 Feb 1961, 11 Feb 1961.

Bulletin 01 Feb 1961, 01 Feb 1961.

The Sydney Morning Herald 28 Jan 1961, 28 Jan 1961.

Daily telegraph and daily news 28 Jan 1961, 28 Jan 1961.

Sun-Herald 27 Jan 1961, 27 Jan 1961.

Exhibition history (4)

Archibald, Wynne and Sulman (1960), Art Gallery of New South Wales, 28 Jan 1961–05 Mar 1961.

Purchases and Acquisitions for 1961, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 04 Apr 1962–25 May 1962.

Judy Cassab survey exhibition, S.H. Ervin Gallery, 29 May 1998–28 Jun 1998.

As Australian as Archibald? The Australian artist as immigrant: A conversation with Judy Cassab., Sydney Jewish Museum, 28 Apr 2006–09 Jun 2006.