Macquarie Galleries
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Macquarie Galleries was a Sydney
, Australia
private art gallery established in 1925 by John Henry Young and Basil Burdett. It was located at "Strathkyle", 19 Bligh Street Sydney
then moved to 40 King Street in 1945.
From 1991–93 it was located at 83-85 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay.
It is currently located at 585 Grosvenor Place, Sydney
. There are also associated Macquarie Galleries in Canberra and Perth.
Basil Burdett left in 1935 or 1936 to become art critic for the Melbourne Herald
. A E J L McDonnell became a partner around 1928. From 1939–56 (59?) Lucy Swanton and Treania Smith 'The bitches of Bligh St' ran the gallery then Treania Smith and Mary Killen.
Artists who have had major exhibitions include:
holds copies of limited edition booklets published by Macquarie Galleries in conjunction with exhibitions of works by
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
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private art gallery established in 1925 by John Henry Young and Basil Burdett. It was located at "Strathkyle", 19 Bligh Street Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
then moved to 40 King Street in 1945.
From 1991–93 it was located at 83-85 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay.
It is currently located at 585 Grosvenor Place, Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. There are also associated Macquarie Galleries in Canberra and Perth.
Basil Burdett left in 1935 or 1936 to become art critic for the Melbourne Herald
The Herald (Melbourne)
The Herald was a broadsheet newspaper published in Melbourne, Australia from 1840 to 1990.The Port Phillip Herald was first published as a semi-weekly newspaper on 3 January 1840 from a weatherboard shack in Collins Street. It was the fourth newspaper to start in Melbourne.The paper took its name...
. A E J L McDonnell became a partner around 1928. From 1939–56 (59?) Lucy Swanton and Treania Smith 'The bitches of Bligh St' ran the gallery then Treania Smith and Mary Killen.
Artists who have had major exhibitions include:
- John BeardJohn Stanley BeardJohn Stanley Beard was a British-born forester and ecologist who resided in Australia. While working with the Forestry Division in Trinidad and Tobago during the 1940s, Beard developed a system of forest classification for Tropical America and described the forests of Trinidad, Tobago, and the...
(various dates 1985–91) - Les Blakebrough (1964–88)
- Robert Boynes (1985–93)
- Rupert BunnyRupert BunnyRupert Charles Wulsten Bunny was an Australian painter, born in St Kilda, Victoria. He achieved success and critical acclaim as an expatriate in fin-de-siècle Paris....
(1940–62) - John CoburnJohn CoburnJohn Coburn was an Australian painter. He is also known for his tapestries.Coburn served in the Navy during World War 2 and later enrolled at the National Art School.He won the Blake Prize for Religious Art twice....
(1958–70) - Ray CrookeRay CrookeRay Crooke , is an Australian artist born in Melbourne. He won the Archibald Prize in 1969 with a portrait of George Johnston.His painting The Offering is in the Vatican Museum collection. Many of his works are in Australian galleries. He is known for serene views of Islander people and ocean...
(1962–70) - Russell DrysdaleRussell DrysdaleSir George Russell Drysdale, AC was an Australian artist. He won the prestigious Wynne Prize for Sofala in 1947, and represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1954...
(1942–61) - Ian FairweatherIan FairweatherIan Fairweather was an Australian painter. Fairweather was born in Scotland in 1891 and arrived in Melbourne in February 1934...
(1948–70 and posthumous exhibition 1975) - Graham FransellaGraham FransellaGraham Fransella is an Australian figurative and abstract painter.-Life:Fransella was born in Harrow, England. He studied at the Bradford School of Art, Yorkshire in the early 1970s, before moving to Melbourne, Australia, in 1975.-Work:...
(1983–90) - Donald FriendDonald FriendDonald Stuart Leslie Friend was an Australian artist, writer and diarist.- Early life :Born in Sydney, precociously talented both as an artist and a writer, Friend grew up in the artistic circle of his bohemian mother...
- James GleesonJames GleesonJames Timothy Gleeson was Australia's foremost artist. He was also a poet, critic, writer and curator. He played a significant role in the Australian art scene, including serving on the board of the National Gallery of Australia.-Early life:Gleeson was born in the Sydney district of Hornsby and he...
(1950–70) - Thomas Gleghorn (1959)
- Frank HinderFrank HinderFrancis Henry Critchley Hinder was an award winning Australian painter, sculptor and art teacher who is also known for his camouflage designs in World War II.-Education:Frank Hinder was born in Sydney, New South Wales, in 1906...
(1944–64) - Jeff Makin (1969–92)
- Godfrey Miller
- Max Miller (1985–91)
- Idris Murphy (1972-89)
- Justin O'Brien (1950–82)
- Bernard Ollis (1977-92)
- Desiderius OrbanDesiderius OrbanDesiderius Orban OBE was a renowned Hungarian-born Australian painter, printmaker and teacher. He was influenced by the paintings of Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh and Paul Cézanne.-Biography:...
(1946–59) - Jenny Orchard (1986–92)
- David RankinDavid RankinDavid Rankin is a New York-based Australian artist. He works predominantly in oil and acrylic on canvas, but also works with paper, prints, sculptures and ceramics. Rankin has held over 100 one-person exhibitions in cities across the world and his work forms part of many of the world's leading...
(1971–90) - Alison RehfischAlison RehfischAlison Baily Rehfisch was an Australian painter born in Sydney. She was born Alison Baily Green in Woollahra, Sydney, and grew up in Mosman. Her mother, who was a proficient sculptor, painter and musician, encouraged her interest in painting and drawing...
(1933–58) - Jeff Rigby (1976–93)
- Jeffrey SmartJeffrey SmartJeffrey Smart , is an expatriate Australian painter, who is known for his modernist depictions of urban landscapes.His first goal was to become an architect; however, he went on to become an art teacher after studying at Adelaide Teacher's College and the South Australian School of Art and Crafts...
(1955–71) - Hossein ValamaneshHossein ValamaneshHossein Valamanesh is one of Australia's contemporary artists. Valamanesh emigrated to Australia in 1973, and lives and works in Adelaide, South Australia.-Career:...
(1984–92) - Roland WakelinRoland WakelinRoland Shakespeare Wakelin was an Australian painter and teacher, born in Greytown, New Zealand, who with Roy de Maistre and Grace Cossington Smith are regarded as founding the modern movement in Sydney....
(first exhibitor, returning frequently, posthumous exhibition 1972) - Guy WarrenGuy Warren (artist)Guy Warren is an Australian painter who won the Archibald Prize in 1985 with Flugelman with Wingman. His works have also been exhibited as finalists in the Dobell Prize and he received the Trustees Watercolour Award at the Wynne Prize in 1980.-External links:*...
(1964–91) - Salvatore ZofreaSalvatore ZofreaSalvatore Zofrea is an Italio-Australian artist and painter.-Life and work:Zofrea was born in Borgia, Italy in 1946, and emigrated to Australia in 1956. He studied at the Julian Ashton School in Sydney, and privately with Henry V...
(1967–92)
Publications
The National Library of AustraliaNational Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia is the largest reference library of Australia, responsible under the terms of the National Library Act for "maintaining and developing a national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection of library material relating to Australia and the...
holds copies of limited edition booklets published by Macquarie Galleries in conjunction with exhibitions of works by
- Justin O'Brien 1980? ISBN 0959583637
- John BeardJohn Beard (artist)John Beard is a Welsh artist and painter born in Aberdare, Wales, he is now based in Sydney, Lisbon and London. -Life and art:John Beard won the Welsh National Art Scholarship in 1962 at just 19 years of age...
1988 ISBN 0959583688
- and 1991 ISBN 1875365044
- Russell DrysdaleRussell DrysdaleSir George Russell Drysdale, AC was an Australian artist. He won the prestigious Wynne Prize for Sofala in 1947, and represented Australia at the Venice Biennale in 1954...
1949 - Dušan Marek by Bernice Murphy 1979 ISBN 0959583610
- Fred CressFred CressFrederick Harold Cress AM was a British painter who migrated to Australia and won the Archibald Prize in 1988 with a portrait of John Beard....
1989 - Rafael Gurvich 1979 ISBN 0959583629
- Lionel LindsayLionel LindsaySir Lionel Arthur Lindsay was an Australian artist and brother of artist and illustrator Norman Lindsay.-Early life:...
1927
- Russell Drysdale