He won the Wynne Prize in 1984 for "The South Coast after rain". Brett Whiteley - 43 artworks - painting - WikiArt Screenprint/Collage/ Hand Colour. The place has a strong or special association with a particular community or cultural group in New South Wales for social, cultural or spiritual reasons. On the sitting room level walls have been opened up with arches making the level open plan and linking it to the tower. In the 1970s and 1980s the bay attracted a particularly vibrant artistic community in a din of exuberant artistic activity centred on a handful of houses - the homes of some of Sydney's leading artists, among them Brett Whiteley and Peter Kingston. This work has a wonderful provenance having been in the collection of Whiteleys daughter Arkie. The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. Whiteley Brett | Baboon II (Orangutan) (1977) | Compare similar 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. View comparable artworks. The late 1970s at Lavender Bay was a wonderful period of creativity for the artist, as Wendy Whiteley attests, 'The Lavender Bay period was about the whole concept of beauty, with sumptuous, glorious pictures celebrating the harbour and the birds, and the table tops too.' . The house is one of a group of five Federation-style houses built on a triangular shaped allotment created by the formation of Walker Street, Lavender Street and foreshore land proclaimed as a public recreational bathing reserve in 1868. A sculpture by Joel Elenberg titled "Head" was placed by Brett and Joel under this tree. During the time he spent there, Tom got to know several of his artist neighbours. Brett Whiteley's house and visual curtilage at 1 Walker Street is of state heritage significance as the one place where he spent most of his artistic life in Australia. A tower addition was added, enclosed verandas were opened up, a new side entrance and south entrance created and new windows on the west and south elevations. Compare auction performance of Whiteley Brett . The views include the brick viaduct, rail lines, Lavender Bay ferry wharf, which were included in numerous of Brett Whiteley's smaller, though no less engaging, works including drawings and prints. NUMBERED AND EMBOSSED WITH BW ESTATE STAMP BELOW IMAGE. Towards the end of Whiteley, an overhead shot shows Wendy toiling away in her garden but this, I think, is where the real story started. The locally significant garden, also functions as an important memorial space for the remains of Brett Whiteley and their daughter, Arkie Whiteley contributing further to a potential social value.[1]. Lavender Bay ferry wharf: "Grey Harbour" 1978, "Sydney Harbour by night" 1981 for example. Self portrait in the studio, 1976 by Brett Whiteley 2 Colour Screenprint. Kingston - known to his friends as "Kingo" - already knew many of the personalities of the Lavender Bay scene. We haven't opened yet, but somehow you found us. BRETT WHITELEY Lavender Bay 2 1973. Brett Whiteley Lavender Bay Art Prints for Sale | Redbubble See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptiontermsfor full details. Not in conjunction with any other offer. Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 - 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. Whiteley appears as a character in the book Falling Towards England by Clive James under the name Dibbs Buckley. It is one of the few remnant buildings associated with the artists' quarter of Potts Point and Kings Cross and the Bohemian period that lasted from the 1930s through to the 1970s. As the place where he spent most of his artistic life in Australia, Brett Whiteley's house provides a rare insight into the workings of one of Australia's prominent artists. New Visitors: To utilise all the features of this site you will need to register a new account . Phone 7 days, 9 am to 9 pm, 0413 007 054, Terms |Links | Email Rolf on rolf@etchinghouse.com.au Unique Brett Whiteley Lavender Bay Posters designed and sold by artists. Log In Sign up. [4] Back then, nobody wanted to live near the harbour because it was a working industrial site' says Wendy Whiteley. [1], In 1991, Brett Whiteley was awarded an Order of Australia (General Division). [1], As at 17 July 2017, the house is in excellent condition and continues to be the home of Wendy Whiteley. It was these abstract works which led to him being recognised as an artist, at a time when many other Australian artists were exhibiting in London, but from 1963 he moved away from abstraction towards figuration. A number of prominent trees and distinct vegetation are also included in his art which highlights the importance of these vegetated areas. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. And yet its presented only as an epilogue in the documentary, which mostly retells us what we already know about Brett. We were gypsies. View all by, AU$82.50 [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). 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. Both have since been demolished. The Australian Digital + Weekend Paper Subscription costs $8 billed every 4 weeks for the first 12 weeks, then $48 billed every 4 weeks. Brett Whiteley, Wendy Whiteley and their young daughter Arkie moved into the house in 1969 after returning from a lengthy time overseas. 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. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. Australian Galleries, Melbourne label attached verso (no.9451); Thence by decent, the collection of the artists sister, Frannie Hopkirk. His wife Wendy appears as "Delish". During 1979 he won a number of national prizes and settled at lavender Bay, Sydney. He was an officer in charge of the ship called "Phoenix" that housed convicts moored in this bay. 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][2], The house location overlooks Lavender Bay which was once known as Hulk Bay. Even more crucial to Whiteley's future was his success in winning the International prize at the second 'Biennale de Paris' (International Biennale for Young Artists), which brought with it the excitement, glamour and disadvantages of world publicity. The setting is intact as it was when Brett Whiteley created his notable Lavender Bay works though the Moreton Bay fig tree at the front has now become a large tree framing views of the harbour from the house and Wendy's garden now obscures most views to the railway siding. See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptiontermsfor full details. 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. Brett Whiteley (1939-1992) Lavender Bay In The Rain 1987 screenprint 43/75 101 x 74cm. [1][5], In 1974 the Whiteleys purchased the whole property and worked with architect Tony Edye who helped return the building to a single dwelling making the most of the views and providing a studio space. The interior arrangements reflect the current occupant's requirements and they do not necessarily reflect the particular arrangements featured in Whiteley's works. Brett Whiteley Art Prints for sale | Shop with Afterpay | eBay AU He lived there from 1987 and moved there permanently following his divorce from Wendy in 1989 and travelled extensively. The tonality and layering of the inks demonstrate aptly the artists growing interest in calligraphic brush stroke techniques. [1] He held many exhibitions, and lived and painted in Australia as well as Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence (10 days in WA). The Australian Digital Subscription costs $8 billed approximately 4 weekly for the first 12 weeks. Brett Whiteley Australia, 1939-92 Number of Works: 3,337, Results Page: 6 Order by: Bird on Branch Sugarlift aquatint etching, signed and numbered in margin, 43 x 75 cm Subscribe to see sale result The Back Etching, signed and numbered in margin, 60 x 45 cm Unsold Lavender Bay Wharf, 1978 . [1], The house enjoys extensive views over a canopy of trees and glimpses of railway infrastructure to the waterscape of Lavender Bay. It was established by the artist Martin Sharp in 1970 and inspired by Van Gogh's Yellow House in Arles, France. 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. He started drawing at a very early age. Image size: W65.5 x H56.5cmPaper size: W70 x H100cmBrett Whiteley, Big Orange (Sunset) 1974Oil and collage on woodArt Gallery of New South Wales collection Wendy Whiteley, Brett Whiteley, (free standing ultramarine) Palm trees 1974Painted fibreglassArt Gallery of New South Wales collection Wendy Whiteley. That tired old story.. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 23 March 2018. His farewell to abstraction, Summer at Sigean, was a record of his honeymoon in France. Men are geniuses. The ironic words of Swedish Film Institute CEO Anna Serner who visited Sydney last fortnight for a film festival celebrating women directors echoed in my mind as I watched the new Australian documentary Whiteley. 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. [1], In spring 2018 a new exhibition at the Museum of Sydney celebrates our spectacular harbour through the perspectives of some of the city's best-known and admired artists. Brett Whiteley. 1939-92 Australia - List All Works unknown author., The Canberra times, 'Sydney artist Brett Whiteley wins Archibald Prize', Ainslie, 22 Jan 1977, (illus.). He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Sell with Artsy Artist Series Saturday Sunday: 11am 5pm, The purpose of drawing is to make freshness permanent to trigger astonishment., This serene work by Whiteley was created in the early 1980s. Mixed Media. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. Brett Whiteleys ceramics are among his rarest and most delicately lyrical works of art. He was the youngest living artist to have work purchased by the Tate, a record that still stands. (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. Whiteley used the Raper Street Studio, which has become a permanent museum studio/gallery. Wendy Whiteley's unique "guerrilla" garden is gaining popularity and increased visitation contributing to a communal "sense of place". 81; Private collection, Sydney. Fig tree: "Moreton Bay fig" 1975, "Moreton Bay fig" 1979 (etching), for example. SCHUBERT The downstairs space was converted into Brett Whiteley's studio. Weekend Paper is for The Weekend Australian delivered on a Saturday. Home Delivery not available in all areas. The land incorporating Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden is now subdivided from the rest of the RailCorp land. [1][8]:1011[4], While living and working at Lavender Bay, Whiteley produced a series of major paintings. He held many exhibitions, and lived and painted in Australia as well as Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. Following Elenberg's diagnosis of lymphoma in 1979, he moved to Sydney and lived next door to the Whiteleys. Stylistically, Brett Whiteleys, Copyright 2018 JUSTIN MILLER ART | All Rights Reserved. Jenna Gribbon, Silver Tongue, 2019, Price ranges of small prints by Pablo Picasso. [1], The following modifications have been made to the site:[1], As at 4 October 2017, Brett Whiteley's House and Visual Curtilage, at 1 Walker Street, Lavender Bay is of state significance for its historic association with internationally and nationally acclaimed Australian artist Brett Whiteley AO. As an urban, residential area of jacarandas and sapphire-blue water, it offered an energised vision of coastal Australia from local eyes. Lavender Bay was run down, a dead end, but to us it seemed magical. Brett Whiteley painting's $6m sale smashes Sidney Nolan auction record Brett Whiteley created this work in Paris in 1989. As an urban, residential area of jacarandas and sapphire-blue water, it offered an energised vision of coastal . This Wikipedia article was originally based on Brett Whiteley House and Visual Curtilage, entry number 1949 in the New South Wales State Heritage Register published by the State of New South Wales (Department of Planning and Environment) 2020 under CC-BY 4.0 licence, accessed on 18 February 2020. [1], Brett Whiteley House was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 23 March 2018 having satisfied the following criteria.[1]. Not in conjunction with any other offer. As the principal vantage point for virtually all of the celebrated Lavender Bay works, Brett Whiteley's house and visual curtilage is unique. In London, he produced a series of abstractions, one of which (Untitled red painting) was bought by the Tate Gallery, making Whiteley the youngest artist to enter the collection of Tate Modern. This poster-sized print also includes detail ofthe complimentary sculptural work (Free standing ultramarine) Palm trees which was created the same year. One, inspired by the character of the Phantom from the comic strip by Lee Falk, was filmed in Lavender Bay and featured Kingston, Wendy Whiteley and a brief appearance by Brett. Enquire. He painted his most famous work, Guernica (1937), in response to the Spanish Civil War; the totemic grisaille canvas remains a definitive work of anti-war art. The building was converted to two flats c.1929. 2 sizes 70.5x63cm, 95.4x85.2cm [BACK TO PREVIOUS PAGE], Email or Ph: Brett Whiteley | Australian painter | Britannica The original marble sculpture was later replaced with a bronze cast as people began to graffiti the original. ", The house was one of a row of five Federation houses next to Clark Park. Lavender Bay. Sydney NSW 2000, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design. The Schlicts left Lavender Bay for the inner city around 1971. He painted Woman in bath (1963) as part of a series of works he was doing of bathroom pictures. In 1962, Whiteley married Wendy Julius. The regressive idea of the great male genius is still very prevalent in the national psyche. Later, we bought it and knocked down the (internal) walls. The doco doesnt add anything new to this story. Over the decades Wendy Whiteley rehabilitated a patch of landfill-shrouded wasteland, owned by the New South Wales government but open to all, into a small harbourside paradise. 35. We sit at the table, opposite each other, a tape recorder and a microphone between us, and I begin by saying that I don't want to start with Brett. Phone: +61 2 9331 7777 Address: 10A Roylston Street, Paddington NSW 2021 Australia [1][8]:8[9], Whiteley was one of a collective of writers, musicians, artists and performers that lived, worked, performed and exhibited at the Yellow House at 59 Macleay St, Potts Point from 1970 to 1972. 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. omen are a gender. See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. [1], Lavender Bay, and later, suburb was named after George Lavender. The white washed sitting room has panoramic views of Sydney Harbour with views of Lavender Bay Jetty and the surrounding bay. Some internal walls have been removed to allow Whiteley to work in the sitting room level as well as the studio level. From there he and his family stayed in Fiji before returning to Sydney in 1969. The Estate of the late Christopher Kuhn, Canada. Brett Whiteley :: Art Gallery NSW They call Paris a whore because she seduces you on every corner, and every street I turned, I could see another picture.. [1], Following Brett Whiteley's untimely death in 1992, Wendy Whiteley started clearing the land below the fig tree on part of the unused railway land at the foot of her house. Home Delivery not available in all areas. His work was shown at the Whitechapel and Marlborough Galleries from 1961 and in that year he was selected to represent his country at the 'young Painters' Convention UNESCO, Paris. [5][1], Across the many works featuring Lavender Bay, these key elements are all present with their spatial order rearranged according to poetic and compositional priorities. 1 Walker Street, together with the other four houses built in 1908 form a townscape row for developer and alderman Henry Green, are of local heritage significance as it interprets part of the form of the early beach head at Lavender Bay before the 1890s landfill and Clark Park adjacent to 1 Walker Street is also locally significant as it incorporates the 1866 public reserve that enveloped the early Lavender Bay beach head.[1]. Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 - 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. During this time, Whiteley also painted works based on the animals at the London Zoo, such as Two Indonesian giraffes, which he found sometimes difficult. Now with fresh eyes, I could respond figuratively and lyrically to the one ravishing subject Paris and her cultural heroes. Architectural details and spaces of the house feature in many of his works as do features of the outdoors, including his Archibald Prize winning work "Self portrait in the studio" 1976, Sir John Sulman Prize winning work "Interior with time past" 1976 and Wynne Prize for "The jacaranda tree" (On Sydney Harbour) 1977. It is a creative project the artist has spent a third of her life immersed in. 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). Please call 1800 070 535. It has primarily black on one side and has an image of his wife Wendy in a bathtub, seen from behind. 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. The trust fund, yet to be established, includes a government contribution of $30,000. Here is a quote from Whiteley relating to this period of his work; I first went to Paris at age 20, but was so obsessed with modernism and abstraction to paint it. Instead of the bush or the desert, Sydney's Lavender Bay was Brett's ground zero. Weekend Paper is for The Weekend Australian delivered on a Saturday. But there is something else at play in Bogles documentary: I fear that it inadvertently speaks to the ongoing gender heist in Australian art. In 1967 he was awarded a scholarship by the Harkness Fellowship which enabled him to live and work in New York for 18 months. As he said: "To draw animals, one has to work at white heat because they move so much, and partly because it is sometimes painful to feel what one guesses the animal 'feels' from inside." He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. Lavender Bay; , . Brett Whiteley | Artnet Inspired by African and Iberian art, he also contributed to the rise of Surrealism and Expressionism. [8]:8[4] After the house renovations, Brett could work from his Lavender Bay studio in Walker Street. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. [1], The house, its setting and the views is of state significance as the inspiration for the considerable body of Brett Whiteley's art undertaken here. Artists suggestions based on your preferences, Filter by media, style, movement, nationality and activity period, Overall performance of recent notable sales, Upcoming exhibitions at your preferred locations, Global snapshot, top performers and top lots, Charts on artist trends and performance over time, ready to export, Get your artworks appraised online in 72 hours or less by experienced IFAA accredited professionals. He was sent to boarding school at the Scots School in Bathurst and was awarded first prize in the Young Painters' section of the Bathurst Show. 1 Walker Street is at the lower south western end of the group of five Federation style houses overlooking Clark Park and Lavender Bay. . Palm Tree 3 1975. Rather than transposing European ways of capturing land and light, he found a new visual language for the Australian landscape. He also created a series of experimental films featuring several of his friends. cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $32 every 4 weeks. 2021 Jed-I Business Solutions Pty Ltd. All rights reserved. In 1977, Whiteley won the Wynne Prize, which is a prestigious Australian award for landscape paintings. Directed by James Bogle, the films conceit is to use the seminal Australian artists own letters to tell his story, arcing from his comfy suburban childhood to death from heroin in a lonely Thirroul motel room in 1992. This heralded a new phase in his artistic development, which would produce many of his most-highly prized works over the next 15 years. Henris Armchair, from the Lavender Bay series, surpasses previous record of $5.4m for Sidney Nolans First-class Marksman from his Ned Kelly series. The studio and home was an environment which provided inspiration that lead to award-winning and influential works of art. Not in conjunction with any other offer. [1], The garden on RailCorp land is now secured by a 30-year lease. An abundance of Whiteleys paintings fill the film, reminding me that his work was indeed special, singular. Over the years, with help larger areas were added, transforming the unused railway land into an intimately landscaped guerrilla garden. The setting includes railway land and parklands including Clark Park, a section of Quibaree Park, Lavender Bay foreshore and Lavender Bay waters. Several other artists joined the eruption of creativity at Luna Park in the mid-1970s, including Garry Shead. Instead of creating straight portraits of their subjects, which try to control and glorify our perception of great figures, recent films like Jackie and Casting JonBent expose the very process of cinematic myth-making. [1][7], A well-publicised drug charge in Fiji saw the Whiteleys' permanent return to Australia. Pelican II is a spectacular and rare bronze sculpture by Whiteley inspired by date palms. RARE Brett Favre 1995 Pinnacle Dial Corporation Promo DC-11 Green Bay Monday to Friday 7:30am 6:00pm, Saturday & Sunday 7:00am 11:30am (AEST), App or digital edition only customer? You are only entitled to this subscription if and for as long as you hold a valid and active subscription with your Google Account. 1929. This picture predates and precedes the artists famous images created several years later following his return to Paris at the age of 50 which culminated in a highly popular exhibition held soon after at the AGNSW. These Brett Whiteley fine art prints titled Grey Harbour 1978, 15 great dog pisses of Paris 1989, Lavender bay in the rain 1981 are made on 100% cotton fibre mould made water colour paper in either 256 or 300gsm stock paper with a pH neutral acid and is lignin free. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. Brett Whiteley is one of Australia's most celebrated artists, best known for his sensual and lyrical paintings of interiors, nudes and harbour scenes. It was his second visit to the city and resulted in his celebrated Paris series of gouaches and drawings. Brett Whiteley's ceramics are among his rarest and most delicately lyrical works of art. Of these major works, most were painted at Walker Street and took in some aspect of the house interiors and/or its environs.[1]. Today, one of Elenberg's sculptures in bronze, "Head" (c.1970) stands at the entrance to the magnificent garden created by Wendy outside the houe; nearby is a carved timber sculpture of a nude by Brett. While he was a teenager, he painted on weekends in the Central West of New South Wales and Canberra with such works as The soup kitchen (1958). While in London, Whiteley painted works in several different series: bathing, the zoo and the Christies. Sometimes the Harbour Bridge appears, or the Opera House or there are glimpses of built environment across Milson's Point or, rarely even Harry Seidler's Blues Point tower. Brett Whiteley. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for RARE Brett Favre 1995 Pinnacle Dial Corporation Promo DC-11 Green Bay Packers at the best online prices at eBay! and special offers! Brett Whiteley was an Australian painter who was deeply influenced by Vincent van Gogh and post-war British painters such as Francis Bacon.He lived amidst the denizens of the Chelsea Hotel during a stay in New York during the late 1960s, increasing the scale and emotional intensity of his paintings while gathering inspiration from the fast pace of urban life. The sitting room and studio at the lower level from where Brett Whiteley painted are interior spaces that demonstrate the achievements of Brett Whiteley. A new documentary celebrates an artist who deserves it but when we keep telling the same old stories, do we leave enough room for others? They visited a Sydney friend, Rollin Schlicht, in a ramshackle Federation house - the rent was cheap, so they moved in. 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. Page 1. [5] Often the foreground to many of his major works included the interiors of his residence at 1 Walker Street. He died in Thirroul in 1992. [6][8]:8 Brett spent three months in Bali with his dying friend Joel in 1980. Whiteley's trifecta (Archibald, Wynne and Sulman) of 1978 continues to be unique in Australian art history. Room with a view makes Brett Whiteley top seller | The Australian Oil/Canvas.