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. During 1979 he won a number of national prizes and settled at lavender Bay, Sydney. His wife Wendy appears as "Delish". 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. 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 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. Young artists that participated included George Gittoes, Peter Weir, Jim Sharman and Whiteley. View all by, AU$82.50 [5] Often the foreground to many of his major works included the interiors of his residence at 1 Walker Street. View and compare similar lots prices. [4] Back then, nobody wanted to live near the harbour because it was a working industrial site' says Wendy Whiteley. But theres another genius art project hiding in plain sight. [1][4], Between 1971 and 1975 Brett worked in the sitting room of the house at 1 Walker Street and undertook his larger works at a studio at the Old Gas Works in Waverton (which for a short time he shared with artist Tim Storrier. Henris Armchair was Whiteleys nod to the French impressionist Henri Matisse, who once said art should be something like a good armchair in which to rest from physical fatigue. 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. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. The house and its environs are a rare representation of Brett Whiteley's life and work. This poster-sized print also includes detail ofthe complimentary sculptural work (Free standing ultramarine) Palm trees which was created the same year. His work became highly desired by collectors, especially his large-scale, brilliantly-coloured interiors and landscapes, including Big Orange (sunset), which were strongly influenced by French artist Henri Matisse. The white washed sitting room has panoramic views of Sydney Harbour with views of Lavender Bay Jetty and the surrounding bay. View and compare similar lots prices. [1][8]:8,10[6], In 1981 Brett rented a studio at Reiby Place in Circular Quay. Please call 1800 070 535. In 1962 he won second prize in the Biennale de Paris (International Biennale for Young Artists) and had his first solo exhibition. Both have since been demolished. 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. 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 37 x 55 cm : Study for Still Life with Bonsai . The tower has a terracotta tiled conical roof with strip windows up the southern side. Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. 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. He was an officer in charge of the ship called "Phoenix" that housed convicts moored in this bay. It is lush and emerald-green, wound with paths, hand-carved rails, stone sculptures and tiny birds popping out from the long shadows in the afternoon. Tracey Moffatt this week represents Australian at the Venice Biennale with a major exhibition an honour bestowed upon Fiona Hall two years prior. Here the artist has hand-painted and glazed upon a ceramic dish fine sprigs of blossom, possibly peach or plum. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. It is also known as Brett Whiteley House and Visual Curtilage and Lochgyle. The doco doesnt add anything new to this story. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. View Lavender Bay in the Rain (1981) By Whiteley Brett; archival pigment print; 84 x 83 cm; Edition. Brett Whiteley is one of Australia's most celebrated artists. He was the youngest living artist to have work purchased by the Tate, a record that still stands. Get 10% discount in your next order. Sell with Artsy Artist Series Fluid lines and vivid colour leap with dynamism from the canvasses. Of these major works, most were painted at Walker Street and took in some aspect of the house interiors and/or its environs.[1]. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. He died in Thirroul in 1992. BRETT WHITELEY (1939-92) RARE Original ltd edition signed exhibition poster 1980 AU $9,500.00 Local pickup or Best Offer Brett Whiteley : Studio : Archival Quality Art Print AU $81.74 AU $60.71 postage or Best Offer SPONSORED Brett Whiteley : My armchair : Archival Quality Art Print AU $81.74 AU $60.71 postage or Best Offer Perhaps the most influential artist of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso may be best known for pioneering Cubism and fracturing the two-dimensional picture plane in order to convey three-dimensional space. Print. The place is important in demonstrating the course, or pattern, of cultural or natural history in New South Wales. At auction, a number of Picassos paintings have sold for more than $100 million. He left Australia for Europe on 23 January 1960. This heralded a new phase in his artistic development, which would produce many of his most-highly prized works over the next 15 years. Phone: +61 2 9331 7777 1 Walker Street is at the lower south western end of the group of five Federation style houses overlooking Clark Park and Lavender Bay. Community consultation has not been undertaken to assess the social value associated with the house, however, it is highly likely that the house at No.1 Walker Street is valued for its association with Brett Whiteley by the art community and general public. As an urban, residential area of jacarandas and sapphire-blue water, it offered an energised vision of coastal Australia from local eyes. The larger view incorporates iconic Sydney landmarks: Luna Park, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Sydney Opera House, the Walsh Bay piers and Lavender Bay waterscape all of which featured in many of Whiteley's works. cost) for the first 12 months, billed as $60 every 4 weeks. Brett Whiteley House is a heritage-listed arts and crafts studio and residence in Lavender Bay, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia. [1][4][10], The body of work undertaken by Brett Whiteley at Lavender Bay between 1974 and 1981 is considered some of his best and is perhaps that for which he is best known to the general public. Brett Whiteley Australia, England 07 Apr 1939 - 15 Jun 1992 Artist profile Details Other Title Sydney by night [title used at acquisition] Date 1975 Media category Painting Materials used oil on canvas Dimensions 203.5 x 364.5 cm stretcher; 210.9 x 372.2 x 6.3 cm frame Signature & date [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. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt. Canary Island palms: "Clark Gardens" 1978, "The turquoise prince" 1979, "The split second summer began" 1979, for example. [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. Brett Whiteley's ceramics are among his rarest and most delicately lyrical works of art. 1 McGrath, Sandra. 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. [1], The Whiteley House is located on the 20 hectares (50 acres) that was granted to James Milson between 1821 and 1825. The view from the house including railway land, parklands, Lavender Bay foreshore and the Lavender bay waters provided a rich palette for the paintings and artwork created by Brett Whiteley during his most productive "Lavender Bay phase". Following Elenberg's diagnosis of lymphoma in 1979, he moved to Sydney and lived next door to the Whiteleys. Its a perceptive observation, but in the film the story of Wendy Whiteley is, for the most part, missing: shes portrayed merely as his teenage sweetheart, with whom he had a child, descended into heroin addiction and divorced in his 40s. Pridham paid $2.5 million for the work, via the art consultant Anita Archer, who had secured the . 2 Colour Screenprint. The interior aspects are often the foreground of the larger Lavender Bay landscapes or in some instances, the Lavender Bay landscape features subtly in the background of the rich internal spaces. See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptiontermsfor full details. Visitor's books maintained by Wendy Whiteley at the garden are an evidence of the increasing visitation to the garden. 1 Month Free Personal Alerts. The indefatigable artist has been the subject of exhibitions at the worlds most prestigious institutions, from the Museum of Modern Art and Centre Pompidou to the Stedelijk Museum and Tate Modern. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Brett Whiteley, Wendy Whiteley and their young daughter Arkie moved into the house in 1969 after returning from a lengthy time overseas. See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. We haven't opened yet, but somehow you found us. 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. 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. 35. The place has a strong or special association with a person, or group of persons, of importance of cultural or natural history of New South Wales's history. Australian Galleries, Melbourne label attached verso (no.9451); Still, many Sydneysiders forget its existence. 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. In 1964, while in London, Whiteley became fascinated by the murderer John Christie, who had committed murders in the area near where Whiteley was staying in Ladbroke Grove. The lower level became Brett's first studio in Sydney. Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 - 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. 2 . 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. [1] 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. 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. An abundance of Whiteleys paintings fill the film, reminding me that his work was indeed special, singular. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald Prize. . cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. [1], The interiors and the contents of the house are the subject of many of Whiteley's Lavender Bay works. It was built during 1905 by Henry Green. 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. 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. The fig tree was drawn and painted by Brett Whiteley in numerous sensually anthropomorphised versions. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 23 March 2018. Several other artists joined the eruption of creativity at Luna Park in the mid-1970s, including Garry Shead. Copyright 2005 2015 Etching House All works are copyright the respective artist, We Sell, Buy, trade and handle consignments, call rolf on, WORKS ILLUSTRATED ON THIS WEBSITE ARE FOR SALE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY -, All works are copyright the respective artist. Enquire. 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], 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. A tower addition was added, enclosed verandas were opened up, a new side entrance and south entrance created and new windows added on the west and south elevations. "She was just about to be five and she wanted to go to a school where she wouldn't be dragged out of six months later. 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]. After establishing himself as an artist abroad, Whiteley returned to Sydney in 1969, and resided in the harbour-side suburb of Lavender Bay. [1], As at 17 July 2017, the house is in excellent condition and continues to be the home of Wendy Whiteley. Gallery Shop [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. Soon, the (Tim & Janet) Storriers came and we became a tight little enclave. Whiteley has included the rail lines along Lavender foreshore in some of his works. For full details, see our Terms and Conditions www.theaustralian.com.au/connectedterms. On the sitting room level walls have been opened up with arches making the level open plan and linking it to the tower. Jenna Gribbon, Luncheon on the grass, a recurring dream, 2020. The sitting room and studio at the lower level from where Brett Whiteley painted are interior spaces that demonstrate the achievements of Brett Whiteley. Instead of the bush or the desert, Sydneys Lavender Bay was Bretts ground zero. (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. Brett Whiteley's house and visual curtilage at 1 Walker Street is of state significance as the inspiration for the considerable body of work undertaken during Whiteley's "Lavender Bay phase". [8]:8 After visiting a friend[a] who lived in the downstairs flat of the house at 1 Walker Street, Brett, Wendy and their daughter, Arkie, then aged five years,[8] moved there in 1969, renting the upstairs flat. In 1985 Whiteley bought an old T-shirt factory in Raper Street Surry Hills, which he converted into a studio. Weekend Paper is for The Weekend Australian delivered on a Saturday. No cancellations during the first 12 months. Brett Whiteley painting - the pink heron 1969 Art Print By Aniatom From $35.80 Brett Whiteley painting - alchemy 1972-1973 Art Print By Aniatom From $35.80 Brett Whiteley painting Art Print By Aniatom From $35.80 Inspired principally by Matisse, but also by his house at Lavender Bay on Sydney Harbour's north shore, he created a series of large scale paintings of expansive interiors and views evoking the marine beauty of the harbour. Weekend Paper is for The Weekend Australian delivered on a Saturday. Throughout 1956-1959 at the National Art School in East Sydney, Whiteley attended drawing classes. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes. 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. Thence by decent, the collection of the artists sister, Frannie Hopkirk. During the time he spent there, Tom got to know several of his artist neighbours. Some internal walls have been removed to allow Whiteley to work in the sitting room level as well as the studio level. [1], In 1991, Brett Whiteley was awarded an Order of Australia (General Division). 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. To upgrade, call 1300 MY NEWS (696 397), Payment every 4 weeks for the first 12 weeks, www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms, Monday to Friday paper delivered including. The interior contents and the external environs of the house at 1 Walker Street is of state significance for research potential.[1]. Access more artwork lots and estimated & realized auction prices on MutualArt. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. 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. The building was formerly converted to two flats c. Whiteley was fascinated with both eastern philosophies and painting techniques during this period of his oeuvre. 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. He had many shows in his career, and lived and painted extensively in Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. Every purchase supports the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Open daily 2008 Dormer window on southern roof plane, 2014 North Sydney Council leases the land from RailCorp and names it "Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden", This page was last edited on 8 September 2022, at 18:42. These archival fine art digital Giclee Brett Whiteley prints are made using only pigment inks, the edition is limited to 250 only. 1929. National Gallery of Victoria reaps reward from Daniel Andrews' $1.4bn cultural precinct splurge, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Whiteley has collaged the monument itself and surrounded it with bold and gestural strokes of swiftly applied charcoal. . Within these works there is understandably much variation in the permutations of particular elements Whiteley chose to include. Ms Upton said the iconic home, its setting and views are of state heritage significance for their historic association with internationally acclaimed Australian artist Brett Whiteley AO. View comparable artworks. Renewals occur unless cancelled in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. 'I didn't start with Brett.' These days Wendy Whiteley is a legenda It is a creative project the artist has spent a third of her life immersed in. 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. After the first 12 weeks, the cost is $40 billed approximately 4 weekly. [1][3], The land upon which the Whiteley House stands was purchased from the Milson family by speculative builder Henry Green in 1905. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence (10 days in WA). It became the central focus, which we'd never really had before. 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. Screen Print/Hand Colour. AU$68.75 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. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. Thence by descent; Frannie Hopkirk, New South Wales, the artists sister; Private collection, Sydney, acquired from the above in 1997; Deutscher and Hackett, Australian + International Fine Art and Aboriginal Art, Sydney, 30/11/2016, Lot No. Perhaps this is what Wendy meant when she spoke with Guardian Australia this month about the agenda his biographers bring to the table: Its always about sex, drugs and rock n roll. [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. He also created a series of experimental films featuring several of his friends. Not in conjunction with any other offer. [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. 41/50. That tired old story.. Be sure you never miss out on new products, our sales In 1961 he returned to Australia where he held several exhibitions, also traveling to the USA several Asian countries. The Domain Brett Whiteley is one of Australias most celebrated artists best known for his sensual and lyrical paintings of interiors, nudes and harbour scenes. Compare auction performance of Whiteley Brett . Brett Whiteley was born in 1939 and studied at the Julian Ashton School in 1957-59. Available in lightweight cotton or premium all-over-printed options. The Australian Digital Subscription costs $8 billed approximately 4 weekly for the first 12 weeks. Theres no inquiry about the processes that built Bretts grand fable, let alone why he is seen as a genius and Wendy as his tragic adjunct. Share. 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. Subscription automatically renews at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. [1][9][8]:8, A significant component of the setting of the house is the vegetated slope down to Lavender Bay and Sydney Harbour. Art Gallery Road His farewell to abstraction, Summer at Sigean, was a record of his honeymoon in France. 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. From there he and his family stayed in Fiji before returning to Sydney in 1969. Brett Whiteleys painting Henris Armchair, from his Lavender Bay series, has sold at auction for $6.136m. Compare auction performance of Whiteley Brett . You are only entitled to this subscription if and for as long as you hold a valid and active subscription with your Google Account. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. This automatically renews to be charged as $28 (min. It has primarily black on one side and has an image of his wife Wendy in a bathtub, seen from behind. 1974 Modifications by Brett and Wendy Whiteley include: Tower and attic level, internal walls removed and planning opened up; enclosed verandas re-opened, enlargement and enclosure of the southern verandas and creation of studio space, new windows, floor boards and entries, 1978 Dressing room and bathroom on the first floor adjacent to the kitchen, 1992 Wendy Whiteley commenced restoration of the adjoining RailCorp land into a garden, 1999 Ground floor studio made more accessible, reorganisation of the laundry and enlargement of the kitchen. 'That's a good idea.' Wendy looks at me and smiles. Enlarge. Later he bought the top level and combined his living and studio spaces. Men are geniuses. The ironic words of Swedish Film Institute CEO Anna Serner who visited Sydney last fortnight for. The house with its harbour views reveal more information about Brett Whiteley's life and art, the genesis of his paintings and to assist in the ongoing discussion and assessment of his contribution to Australian art. Watching promotional interviews ahead of the release last week, I read a one-word descriptor beneath Wendys name as she spoke: widow. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1991 in recognition of his art. 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 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. The downstairs space was converted into Brett Whiteley's studio. Pelican II is a spectacular and rare bronze sculpture by Whiteley inspired by date palms. The artists signature indigo blue sings against the minimal ceramic background and the circular, almost calligraphic composition is beautifully resolved. Lavender Bay; , . Paris is so sensual, beautiful, flirtatious, mischievous, arrogant, orderly, civilised. It is also known as Brett Whiteley House and Visual Curtilage and Lochgyle. Rather than transposing European ways of capturing land and light, he found a new visual language for the Australian landscape. Lavender Bay ferry wharf: "Grey Harbour" 1978, "Sydney Harbour by night" 1981 for example. 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. Home Delivery not available in all areas. . Henris Armchair, from the Lavender Bay series, surpasses previous record of $5.4m for Sidney Nolans First-class Marksman from his Ned Kelly series. [1], The house at No. Please call us on 1800 070 535 and well help resolve the issue or try again later. This rare casting is from the Bird Sculpture series from 1983 to 1988. The house and its views over Lavender Bay are an important link to his most awarded and popular works.
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