Brett Whiteley

Brett Whiteley

  • Artist’s Statement

    Brett Whiteley b. 7 April 1939 - 15 June 1992
    Artist (Painter), Artist (Draughtsman), Artist (Ceramist), Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator), Artist (Mixed Media Artist), Artist (Printmaker)
    Brett Whiteley was the first Australian to combine a pop star's perUIKeyInputRightArrowsona with that of a visual artist. He worked across the mediums of painting, sculpture and graphic work and was several times awarded the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman Prizes. He achieved domestic and international recognition early in his career in the 1960s. His Matisse influenced paintings of domestic interiors and Sydney Harbour remain enduring images.
    TAGS: Sydney subjects, Chelsea Hotel, Bob Dylan, Art and heroin, Archibald Prize, Yellow House

    more information at:
    daao.org.au/bio/brett-whiteley
    artgallery.nsw.gov.au/brett-whiteley-studio/

  • Biography

    more information at:
    daao.org.au/bio/brett-whiteley
    artgallery.nsw.gov.au/brett-whiteley-studio/

  • Influences

    Francis Bacon, Lloyd Rees

Showing 1–32 of 36 artworks

Brett Whiteley

Brett Lipstick, 1981
107 x 75 cm Color lithograph

Brett Whiteley

Number of Bars Behind Monkeys , Swinging Monkeys 3 1965
76.5 x 56 cm Colour screenprint

Brett Whiteley

Another Way of Looking at Vincent Van Gogh 1888-1889, 1983
31 x 21 cm Etching on paper

Brett Whiteley

Baboon ll, 1977
50.5 x 50 cm Etching, Sugarlift & Aquatint

Brett Whiteley

Palm Tree 2, 1975
81.5 x 60 cm Screenprint

Brett Whiteley

Hyena, 1965
78 x 59 cm Screenprint

Brett Whiteley

Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1977
60.5 x 45 cm Etching on paper

Brett Whiteley

Portraits and Other Emergencies
52 x 50 cm offset lithograph

Brett Whiteley

Torajaland ( Celebes ), 1974
68.5 x 57.5 cm Screenprint on paper

Brett Whiteley

Catalogue Raisonné : 1955 – 1992, 2020
22.5 x 40.3 x 20.3 cm 7 Volume print publication

Brett Whiteley

Silver Eye, 1988
76.5 x 72.5 cm Screenprint

Brett Whiteley

Sydney Harbour Bridge, 1977
60.5 x 45 cm Etching and aquatint

Brett Whiteley

Lavender Bay in the Rain, 1987
100 x 75 cm Screenprint

Brett Whiteley

North Queensland, 1976
76 x 101 cm Pencil on paper

Brett Whiteley

Undressing, 1973
73.5 x 53.5 cm lithograph

Brett Whiteley

Toward Sculpture 8, 1977
85 x 59 cm lithograph

Brett Whiteley

Light Globe, 1981
30 x 30 cm Linocut on paper

Brett Whiteley

Malcolm McLaren, 1989
18 x 17.5 cm Pencil on paper

Brett Whiteley

Self Portrait, One of a Dozen Glimpses 1983. (Another Way of Looking at Vincent Van Gogh 1888 - 1889), 1983
26 x 20.5 cm aquatint etching

Brett Whiteley

Toward Sculpture 1, 1977
58 x 77.5 cm lithograph

Brett Whiteley

Toward Sculpture 4, 1977
56 x 81.5 cm lithograph

Brett Whiteley

Magpie, 1977
50 x 50 cm Sugar lift aquatint

Brett Whiteley

Flowers on the Table, 1977
75.5 x 57 cm lithograph

Brett Whiteley

Toward Sculpture 6, 1977
90 x 63 cm lithograph

Brett Whiteley

Young Baboon, 1977
50.5 x 50 cm Sugar lift aquatint

Brett Whiteley

Linfield Garden, 1978
92 x 116 cm Screenprint and offset lithography on paper

Brett Whiteley

Kookaburra , 1983, 1983
84.5 x 66 cm Screenprint with offset lithography

Brett Whiteley

MARGARET – BACK, 1981
86.7 x 63.5 cm ink on paper

Brett Whiteley

Hullo (Cockatoo) ed. 59/80, 1980
28 x 22.5 cm Etching on Japanese paper ed. 59/80

Brett Whiteley

The Back, 1977
60 x 45 cm Sepia etching ed. 54/60

Brett Whiteley

Girl Warming and Reading, 1981
30.5 x 30.5 cm Linocut

Brett Whiteley

Vincent (An Essay in Opposites), 1982
211 x 91.5 cm Coloured etching, screenprint and collage,