He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize. View Lavender Bay in the Rain, 1981 (1981) By Whiteley Brett; archival pigment print; 76 x 74 cm ; Edition. Fluid lines and vivid colour leap with dynamism from the canvasses. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. [1], Lavender Bay scenery from 1 Walker Street has been depicted by Whiteley in numerous works: paintings, drawings, etchings, silkscreen prints, onto objects such as vases, plates and pots. The interiors and the setting/views are the subject of many of Whiteley's Lavender Bay works. Email or Ph: 0413 007 054 about "Lavender bay in the rain 1981" by BRETT WHITELEY, WE SELL, BUY, TRADE AND HANDLE CONSIGNMENTS, CALL ROLF ON 0413 007 054, Viewings by appointment ONLY. Whiteley symbolised his irrational obsession with the colours blue and gold in much of his work. Not in conjunction with any other offer. Lavender bay in the rain 1981 by Brett Whiteley is a Giclee digitally signed fine art print, image size of 70.5x63cm, paper sheet size 82.5x75cm, Large print image size 95.485.2cm, paper print size 107.597.2cm. His paintings during these years were influenced by the modernist British art of the sixties - particularly the works of William Scott and Roger Hilton - and were of brownish abstract forms. Lavender Bay ferry wharf: "Grey Harbour" 1978, "Sydney Harbour by night" 1981 for example. Oil/Canvas. The painting was sold to an unnamed Sydney private art collector during the Menzies Art Brands auction in Sydney. Brett Whiteley's 1991 painting View from the Sitting Room Window was one of the last works the celebrated Australian painter completed before his death in 1992. No cancellations during the first 12 months. In 1978 he was again awarded the Archibald Prize for "Art, life and the other thing" (1978) and the Sir John Sulman Prize for "The yellow nude" (1978). Milson provided fresh water and ballast for passing ships as well as grazing cattle and producing milk. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. This poster-sized print also includes detail ofthe complimentary sculptural work (Free standing ultramarine) Palm trees which was created the same year. Brick viaduct: "The split second summer began" 1979, 'Sketchbook pages (BWS 1063 pages 35 verso & 36 1975+)'[1], When the Whiteleys first moved into Lavender Bay, they considered the fig tree on the railway land in front of their house as an extension of their outdoor environment. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. In 1960, aged 21, Whiteley left Australia on a Travelling Art Scholarship (judged by Sir Russell Drysdale at the Art Gallery of New South Wales), and by 1961 had settled in London where his work was shown at the Whitechapel and Marlborough galleries. After establishing himself as an artist abroad, Whiteley returned to Sydney in 1969, and resided in the harbour-side suburb of Lavender Bay. Lavender Bay. Shop thousands of Brett Whiteley Lavender Bay tote bags designed and sold by independent artists. All the major spaces and architectural features, such as the studio, conical tower and glazed southern elevation remain. Art Gallery Road In London he was an instant success in the . 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. The house and its setting has social significance at a state level as the former home and studio of the artist Brett Whiteley, being regularly visited by art appreciation groups. Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 25 Oct 2019-15 Mar 2020. . The lower level became Brett's first studio in Sydney. The sitting room and studio at the lower level from where Brett Whiteley painted are interior spaces that demonstrate the achievements of Brett Whiteley. Wendy was a visionary. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. The setting includes railway land and parklands including Clark Park, a section of Quibaree Park, Lavender Bay foreshore and Lavender Bay waters. Compare auction performance of Whiteley Brett . Bogle romantically paints Brett who struggled to be a good man; someone who failed Wendy, characterised as his long-suffering muse, and their now-deceased daughter Arkie. Lavender Bay 1 1973, pencil and ink on paper, 74.0 x 56.0 cm, private collection; . the Lavender Bay shorelines: either or both of the extended Lavender Bay shorelines are used to frame his works: "The balcony 2" 1975, The jacaranda tree (on Sydney Harbour)' 1977, for example. Brett Whiteley is one of Australia's most celebrated artists. After Taylor's death in 1929 Sarah Taylor took in lodgers and it is possible that the conversion to two flats occurred at this time. The Secret Garden is not just womens work or gardening, or even a postscript to Wendys life with Brett. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. This article is accompanied by a . 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. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. Men are geniuses. The ironic words of Swedish Film Institute CEO Anna Serner who visited Sydney last fortnight for. The tonality and layering of the inks demonstrate aptly the artists growing interest in calligraphic brush stroke techniques. It was his second visit to the city and resulted in his celebrated Paris series of gouaches and drawings. The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. If you wish to change or create a new subscription, please call 1800 070 535 Monday to Friday 7.30am 6.00pm & 7.00am-11.30am AEST on both Saturdays & Sundays. Brett Whiteley's prints include lithographs and etchings. Not in conjunction with any other offer. View and compare similar lots prices. RailCorp can revoke the lease for essential Railway purposes only and/or to perform any of its duties and functions under the Railway legislation. [1][8]:1011[4], While living and working at Lavender Bay, Whiteley produced a series of major paintings. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. Some internal walls have been removed to allow Whiteley to work in the sitting room level as well as the studio level. cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $32 every 4 weeks. A timber stair with tree branches for railings, leads from the Walker Street steps to the first floor. New customers only. The original marble sculpture was later replaced with a bronze cast as people began to graffiti the original. This work has a wonderful provenance having been in the collection of Whiteleys daughter Arkie. What he learned from his contacts with such countries as Cambodia, Vietnam and Japan is expressed in his drawings and paintings, and even more in sculptures such as 'Asia', a construction in fur, steel and acrylic in which a white Wallaby was depicted with its head stuck in a sewerage pipe. After leaving home, and living in an old stables with Jan Allen and others in Surry Hills, Kingston bought the Lavender Bay house next door to his friends Brett and Wendy Whiteley. After meeting Bryan Robertson, the director of the Whitechapel Gallery, Whiteley was included in the 1961 group show 'Recent Australian Painting,' where his Untitled red painting was bought by the Tate Gallery. Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 - 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. Throughout 1956-1959 at the National Art School in East Sydney, Whiteley attended drawing classes. [4] The fig tree in front of the house is now overgrown providing a filtered harbour view, however, the features painted by Brett Whiteley are still able to be appreciated. At the films launch in Sydney this month, producer Sue Clothier said the question occurred to her: What if the story of Brett is the story of Wendy?
. "They used to empty everything into it and it stank! The notion that art can be available to all and threaded into environmental aims in the public sphere, outside the hushed, rarefied walls of galleries is palpable in the policies of many councils today. View comparable artworks. It explains that if you do not provide us with information we have requested from you, we may not be able to provide you with the goods and services you require. It was built during 1905 by Henry Green. In 1977, Whiteley won the Wynne Prize, which is a prestigious Australian award for landscape paintings. Brett Whiteley created this work in Paris in 1989. Kingston - known to his friends as "Kingo" - already knew many of the personalities of the Lavender Bay scene. The film over-mythologises the mans personality at the cost of understanding the artworks and their place in history. 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. The Estate of the late Christopher Kuhn, Canada. Weekend Paper is for The Weekend Australian delivered on a Saturday. (Whiteley 1979: 1) Whiteley also made images of the beach, such as his yellowish painting and collage work The beach II, which he painted on a brief visit to Australia before his return to London and his winning of a fellowship to America. [1], The garden on RailCorp land is now secured by a 30-year lease. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. 2 sizes 70.5x63cm, 95.4x85.2cm [BACK TO PREVIOUS PAGE], Email or Ph: [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). Wendy Whiteley's garden on railway land has associational and social significance at the state level as a memorial place because the ashes of Brett Whiteley and Arkie Whiteley (their daughter) are buried there. Fig tree: "Moreton Bay fig" 1975, "Moreton Bay fig" 1979 (etching), for example. In 1961 he returned to Australia where he held several exhibitions, also traveling to the USA several Asian countries. Also in 1974, Brett debuted his first series of artworks inspired by Lavender Bay, at an exhibition at the Australian Galleries in Melbourne. The house is separated from the harbour by railway sidings and a brick viaduct, parkland, foreshore reserve and a garden created by Wendy Whiteley on unused railway land from 1992. Henris Armchair, from the Lavender Bay series, surpasses previous record of $5.4m for Sidney Nolans First-class Marksman from his Ned Kelly series. Unique Brett Whiteley Lavender Bay Posters designed and sold by artists. Tracey Moffatt this week represents Australian at the Venice Biennale with a major exhibition an honour bestowed upon Fiona Hall two years prior. [1][7], A well-publicised drug charge in Fiji saw the Whiteleys' permanent return to Australia. He died in Thirroul in 1992. Following Elenberg's diagnosis of lymphoma in 1979, he moved to Sydney and lived next door to the Whiteleys. After establishing himself as an artist abroad, Whiteley returned to Sydney in 1969, and resided in the harbour-side suburb of Lavender Bay. The Whiteley's purchased it in 1974 and reinstated it as a single dwelling, with an eclectic set of features. 1 Month Free Personal Alerts. 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. We haven't opened yet, but somehow you found us. Please call us on 1800 070 535 and well help resolve the issue or try again later. [1][11], A number of sculptures were added to the garden by Wendy Whiteley. This heralded a new phase in his artistic development, which would produce many of his most-highly prized works over the next 15 years. The mainstream press loved divining his persona like this: the Herald called him an obsessive bohemian who took life and art to the extreme; the Australian refers to his damaged glamour from 1960, no one had a vaster gift, more sheer brilliance or a bigger impact on the Australian imagination. This view - including interior scenes and exterior scenery - was to be the subject of many of Whiteley's iconic paintings. AU$68.75
They may be out there, but our museums and galleries havent been looking: last years Countess report found that only 34% of the works in state museum collections are by women. Australian artist Brett Whiteley was an addict, a painter working intuitively from the messy material of his life, commercially successful but always perilously close to destitution. In his own words, he described Lavender Bay as "my repeating theme - a subject I will always go back to until I die". Brett Whiteley, Wendy Whiteley and their young daughter Arkie moved into the house in 1969 after returning from a lengthy time overseas.