Marcus Beilby
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Marcus Beilby is an Australian realist painter. Beilby grew up in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant
. He was educated at Applecross Senior High School
and the Claremont Technical College, where he received a Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) in 1975.
Beilby was the winner of the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting
. The winning painting, Crutching the ewes has been described as a homage to Tom Roberts
' Shearing the Rams
.
He currently resides in East Fremantle
, Western Australia
.
His father was the noted Australian author and novelist Richard Beilby.
Mount Pleasant, Western Australia
Mount Pleasant is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville on the Canning River.Mount Pleasant hosts the Head of the River Rowing event, as part of the Public Schools Association, an elite boys schools association in Perth....
. He was educated at Applecross Senior High School
Applecross Senior High School
Applecross Senior High School is public, co-educational High School, located in Ardross, a southern suburb of Perth, Western Australia.Founded in 1958, it has traditionally been one of the top public high schools in the state of Western Australia, and consistently ranks academically within the top...
and the Claremont Technical College, where he received a Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) in 1975.
Beilby was the winner of the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting
Sulman Prize
The Sir John Sulman Prize is one of Australia's longest running art prizes, having been established in 1936.It is now held concurrently with the Archibald Prize, Australia's best known art prize, and also with the Wynne Prize, at the Art Gallery of New South Wales , Sydney.-Criteria:The Sir John...
. The winning painting, Crutching the ewes has been described as a homage to Tom Roberts
Tom Roberts
Thomas William Roberts , usually known simply as Tom, was a prominent Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School.-Life:...
' Shearing the Rams
Shearing the Rams
Shearing the Rams is an 1890 painting by the Australian artist Tom Roberts. The painting depicts sheep shearers plying their trade in a timber shearing shed...
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He currently resides in East Fremantle
East Fremantle, Western Australia
The Town of East Fremantle is a Local Government Area in the southern suburbs of the Western Australian capital city of Perth, located immediately northeast of the port city of Fremantle and about southwest of Perth's central business district...
, Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
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His father was the noted Australian author and novelist Richard Beilby.