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.' . Wendy Whiteley's garden on railway land has associational and social significance at the state level as a memorial place because the ashes of Brett Whiteley and Arkie Whiteley (their daughter) are buried there. Brett Whiteley's house and visual curtilage at 1 Walker Street is of state significance for research potential as it is likely to reveal more information about Brett Whiteley's life and art, to reveal more about the genesis of his paintings and to assist in the ongoing discussion and assessment of his contribution to Australian art. - the bay and harbour waterscape: vast area of water as a colour field dominates some major works as the "Big Orange" 1974, "The Balcony 2" 1975, "The jacaranda tree (on Sydney Harbour)" 1977, "Lavender Bay with palms" 1974, "Sydney Harbour in the rain" 197677,'Grey Harbour' 1978 for example. As an urban, residential area of jacarandas and sapphire-blue water, it offered an energised vision of coastal . (Brett Whiteley 1939-1992) 1970 . See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptiontermsfor full details. The attic tower has windows on all sides and the adjacent gable end has been glazed for the Attic bedroom. 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. [1][3], The land upon which the Whiteley House stands was purchased from the Milson family by speculative builder Henry Green in 1905. Brett Whiteley's ceramics are among his rarest and most delicately lyrical works of art. 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." This is a part of the Wikipedia article used under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA). Whiteley's return to Australia in 1969 heralded a new preoccupation with colour and beauty. The place possesses uncommon, rare or endangered aspects of the cultural or natural history of New South Wales. He attended Scots College in Sydney briefly in 1954-55 before leaving school in 1956. His farewell to abstraction, Summer at Sigean, was a record of his honeymoon in France. ", The house was one of a row of five Federation houses next to Clark Park. The Whiteleys bought the house in 1974 and began converting it back into a single dwelling, knocking down walls to open up the living space, installing arches and eventually adding a distinctive tower. [1] In March 2017, Premier Gladys Berejiklian announced the creation of a trust fund to further secure the future of Wendy Whiteley's garden. 'I didn't start with Brett.' These days Wendy Whiteley is a legenda 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. The collection of Arkie Whiteley; 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. Within these works there is understandably much variation in the permutations of particular elements Whiteley chose to include. Brett Whiteley's prints include lithographs and etchings. 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. In 1959 he won an art scholarship sponsored by the Italian government and judged by Russell Drysdale. Thence by decent, the collection of the artists sister, Frannie Hopkirk. 1 Walker Street is at the lower south western end of the group of five Federation style houses overlooking Clark Park and Lavender Bay. [1], In 1974 one of the downstairs flats in the house at 3 Walker Street became home to artist, writer and quiet observer Tom Carment, then 19 years old. We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the Country on which the Gallery stands, the Gadigal of the Eora Nation, and recognise their continuing connection to land, waters and culture. This article is accompanied by a . Lavender Bay; , . . Weekend Paper is for The Weekend Australian delivered on a Saturday. [1], After the Whiteleys purchased the house in 1974, it was altered and reinstated to a single dwelling. and special offers! vegetated foreshore: "Clark Gardens" 1978, "The turquoise prince" 1979, "The split second summer began" 1979, for example. 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. 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. At auction, a number of Picassos paintings have sold for more than $100 million. cost) every 4 weeks unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. But Wendys an artist too. Shes right. He won the Wynne Prize in 1984 for "The South Coast after rain". Fluid lines and vivid colour leap with dynamism from the canvasses. Growing up in Longueville, a suburb of Sydney, Whiteley was educated at The Scots School, Bathurst and The Scots College, Bellevue Hill. We notify you each time your favorite artists feature in an exhibition, auction or the press, Access detailed sales records for over 500,000 artists, and more than two decades of past auction results, Buy unsold paintings, prints and more for the best price, The 15 Geat Dog Pisses of Paris, 1989 ,1989. Gallery Shop Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Get 10% discount in your next order. The regressive idea of the great male genius is still very prevalent in the national psyche. Another in the series was a more abstracted Woman in the bath II, which owed a debt to his yellow and red abstract paintings of the early sixties. In 1985 Whiteley bought an old T-shirt factory in Raper Street Surry Hills, which he converted into a studio. In some works, he emphasised the interiors of his residence, with glimpses of the key scenic elements, subtly in the background ('Self portrait in the studio' 1976, "Interior with time past" 1976, "The Cat" 1980, "The window, Lavender Bay" 1980, "Interior with bull-bull egg sculpture" 1980 for example) or illustrated the scenic harbour with elements of his interior in the foreground ('The Balcony 2' 1975, "Feeding the doves" 1979 for example). Women are a gender. 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. 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. NUMBERED AND EMBOSSED WITH BW ESTATE STAMP BELOW IMAGE. It was built during 1905 by Henry Green. Brett Whiteley's house and visual curtilage at 1 Walker Street (house and studio) and its setting within parklands adjacent to Sydney Harbour is of state heritage significance for the outstanding body of work it inspired in one of Australia's finest artists during several decades of the mid-20th century. 1929. It was his second visit to the city and resulted in his celebrated Paris series of gouaches and drawings. He won the Art Gallery of NSW Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes several times, and his artistic career was bolstered by his celebrity status in Australia and overseas. At the time of print Olsen and Coburn were board members of the Art Gallery of NSW. The interior arrangements reflect the current occupant's requirements and they do not necessarily reflect the particular arrangements featured in Whiteley's works. Our Privacy Policy includes important information about our collection, use and disclosure of your personal information (including to provide you with targeted advertising based on your online activities). moored yachts: many works that feature the harbour and Lavender Bay include various renditions of the yachts for example. Any Questions? We were gypsies. (Wendy's Secret Garden) Brett Whiteley Lavender Bay in the Rain, 1987 4 colour screen print 39 3/5 29 3/10 in | 100.5 74.5 cm Edition 45/75 Part of a limited edition set Contact for price Contact Gallery Nanda\Hobbs Sydney Get notifications for similar works Create Alert Want to sell a work by this artist? [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. [1][7], A well-publicised drug charge in Fiji saw the Whiteleys' permanent return to Australia. Log In Sign up. View from the Window, Lavender Bay - Menzies Art Brands Sold Price: BRETT WHITELEY (1939-1992) LAVENDER BAY IN THE RAIN 1981 Get the best price for your artwork or collection. The downstairs space was converted into Brett Whiteley's studio. 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. Whiteley's intention was to portray the violence of the events, but not to go too far in showing something which people would not want to see. 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". 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 This rare casting is from the Bird Sculpture series from 1983 to 1988. The whole pattern of Whiteley's life was written into his drawings and paintings with scintillating brilliance. Some internal walls have been removed to allow Whiteley to work in the sitting room level as well as the studio level. 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 Brett Whiteley created this work in Paris in 1989. An abundance of Whiteleys paintings fill the film, reminding me that his work was indeed special, singular. Not in conjunction with any other offer. "They used to empty everything into it and it stank! Brett Whiteley - Wikipedia Its a very conventional film for an unconventional character. See opening hours 2 . In his own words, he described Lavender Bay as "my repeating theme - a subject I will always go back to until I die". Whiteley was awarded two Archibald Prizes, three Wynne Prizes and two Sir John Sulman Prizes, including all three prizes in 1978-a feat that remains unique in Australian art history. View all by, AU$82.50 The balcony 2, 1975 by Brett Whiteley :: | Art Gallery of NSW [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. The artists signature indigo blue sings against the minimal ceramic background and the circular, almost calligraphic composition is beautifully resolved. Their only child, daughter Arkie Whiteley, was born in London in 1964. 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. See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. [1], The following provides a brief list of the recurring theme and elements featured in some of his paintings- this list is not exhaustive by any account, rather it is provided as examples that illustrate his works portraying the harbour:[1]. 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. Minor modifications have been made to the interiors of the house, however, the space retains its integrity as the place where Whiteley lived and worked. As an urban, residential area of jacarandas and sapphire-blue water, it offered an energised vision of coastal Australia from local eyes. [5] Often the foreground to many of his major works included the interiors of his residence at 1 Walker Street. These Brett Whiteley fine art prints titled Grey Harbour 1978, 15 great dog pisses of Paris 1989, Lavender bay in the Continued Please call us on 1800 070 535 and well help resolve the issue or try again later. Brett Whiteley | Lavender Bay in the Rain (1981) | MutualArt He started drawing at a very early age. [1], In addition, the brick viaduct at the end of Walker Street reserve and Quibaree Park, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, parts of Circular Quay and Luna Park are all occasionally featured. Brett Whiteley :: Art Gallery NSW Brett Whiteley AO (7 April 1939 - 15 June 1992) was an Australian artist. 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 married Billy Blue's daughter, Susannah, and eventually made this district his home. 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. Brett Whiteley House is a heritage-listed arts and crafts studio and residence in Lavender Bay, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia. Prices after the first 12 months may be varied as per full Terms and Conditions. Sydney: Bay Books, p 185. [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. [1][8]:8,10[6], In 1981 Brett rented a studio at Reiby Place in Circular Quay. It was added to the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 23 March 2018. [6][8]:8 Brett spent three months in Bali with his dying friend Joel in 1980. A Year with Wendy Whiteley on Apple Books RARE Brett Favre 1995 Pinnacle Dial Corporation Promo DC-11 Green Bay The Australian Digital Subscription costs $8 billed approximately 4 weekly for the first 12 weeks. He died in Thirroul in 1992. Australian Galleries, Melbourne label attached verso (no.9451); cost) for the first 12 months, charged as $28 every 4 weeks. (1979) Brett Whiteley. Enlarge. 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. Many of these successively won Australia's most prestigious art prizes. 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. Their home became a "scene" well-managed by Wendy. He was an officer in charge of the ship called "Phoenix" that housed convicts moored in this bay. Wendy Whiteley in her Secret Garden in Sydneys Lavender Bay. The stability of home ownership and the freedom from rent payments allowed Kingston to become an artist, Fairlie says. The west elevation has been modified and has a set of windows along the first floor level. 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. ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY FROM DIGITAL ART DIRECTORY from Christian McCann Auctions on Invalid date AEDT. Sydney NSW 2000, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander design. Shop thousands of Brett Whiteley Lavender Bay tote bags designed and sold by independent artists. Photograph: Menzies Art Brands But theres another genius art project hiding in plain sight. Not in conjunction with any other offer. Paris is so sensual, beautiful, flirtatious, mischievous, arrogant, orderly, civilised. See www.theaustralian.com.au/subscriptionterms for full details. Important Info New Visitors: To utilise all the features of this site you will need to register a new account - to do this you can click on the "Person" icon in the header or the "Save Favourite" or . Brett Whiteleys ceramics are among his rarest and most delicately lyrical works of art. Wendy was a visionary. Brett Whiteley. Documentaries and biopics are an evolving art form. 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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. He had many shows in his career, and lived and painted extensively in Italy, England, Fiji and the United States. Ashleigh Wilson is the author of Brett Whiteley: Art, Life and the Other Thing (2016), On Artists (2019) and A Year with Wendy Whiteley (2022). This is why its called Whiteley.. It has primarily black on one side and has an image of his wife Wendy in a bathtub, seen from behind. 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. Email or Ph: 0413 007 054 about "Lavender bay in the rain 1981" by BRETT WHITELEY, WE SELL, BUY, TRADE AND HANDLE CONSIGNMENTS, CALL ROLF ON 0413 007 054, Viewings by appointment ONLY. 42 x 52.5 cm : Please Rain. 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. Brett Whiteley | Artnet The house at 1 Walker Street has social significance at a state level as the former home and studio of artist Brett Whiteley, regularly visited by art appreciation groups and art appreciation tours are conducted for Art Society of NSW and Friends of the Whiteley Studio. 81; Private collection, Sydney. 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. Each payment, once made, is non-refundable, subject to law. Enquire. Not in conjunction with any other offer. The painting was sold to an unnamed Sydney private art collector during the Menzies Art Brands auction in Sydney. Compare auction performance of Whiteley Brett . Part of the achievement of Brett Whiteley's "Lavender Bay" works lies in his imaginative vision of Sydney Harbour, his unique use of colour and the idiosyncratic view from his living room making Brett Whiteley's House and Visual Curtilage of significance for the evolving understanding of the Australian landscape and in particular Sydney Harbour as a national icon. Prices after the introductory pricing period may be varied in accordance with the full Terms and Conditions. This automatically renews to be charged as $28 (min. Green sold the house to Abraham Wallace Taylor, storekeeper, in 1908. 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. State heritage listing for Brett Whiteley's house Renewals occur unless cancelled as per full Terms and Conditions. Brett Whiteley: Lavender Bay, The Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, 25 Oct 2019-15 Mar 2020. . No cancellations during the first 12 months. The Schlicts left Lavender Bay for the inner city around 1971. 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. 41/50. 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. Brett Whiteley is one of Australia's most celebrated artists best known for his sensual and lyrical paintings of interiors, nudes and harbour scenes. Instead of the bush or the desert, Sydney's Lavender Bay was Brett's ground zero. The lower level became Brett's first studio in Sydney. The immediate setting of 1 Walker Street assists in the understanding of his enormous creative output; the birds, the trees, the harbour and its icons. Jenna Gribbon, Silver Tongue, 2019, Price ranges of small prints by Pablo Picasso. [1][4][10], Whiteley's Lavender Bay phase constituted a substantial and highly significant part of his artistic career and this is well attested by both the prolific output and the successive years of critical acclaim that his works of this period attracted - not least the impressive list of major prizes won during the 1970s. On the sitting room level walls have been opened up with arches making the level open plan and linking it to the tower. Brett Whiteley was born in 1939 and studied at the Julian Ashton School in 1957-59. 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. Allow up to 5 days for home delivery to commence (10 days in WA). The oversight of Wendy is a small part of a bigger problem. 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. The idyllic bay provided both inspiration and a haven for a bohemian counter-culture to thrive in a socially and politically turbulent time. Art Gallery Road Not in conjunction with any other offer. 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. [5] Some of these works include the Archibald Prize winning "Self portrait in the studio" 1976, Sir John Sulman Prize winning "Interior with time past" 1976 and Wynne Prize for "The jacaranda tree" (on Sydney Harbour) 1977. Close. View Lavender Bay in the Rain (1981) By Whiteley Brett; archival pigment print; 84 x 83 cm; Edition. A modest inheritance on the death of his father allowed Kingston to buy the lower level of the house at 3 Walker Street in 1974. 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. While in London, Whiteley painted works in several different series: bathing, the zoo and the Christies. A valid active email address and Australian mobile phone number are required for account set up. Brett Whiteley Art for sale | Shop with Afterpay | eBay AU [1], In 1991, Brett Whiteley was awarded an Order of Australia (General Division). On opening night, an artist will lead participants through the installation as it is being created. Its not the art created by these women that has stopped them from forcefully entering the national imagination, but their inability to meet the criteria for male art genius. The land incorporating Wendy Whiteley's Secret Garden is now subdivided from the rest of the RailCorp land. [1][6], In 1970 Brett met young sculptor Joel Elenberg in Melbourne and for a decade the pair shared an intense friendship. omen are a gender. . Fig tree: "Moreton Bay fig" 1975, "Moreton Bay fig" 1979 (etching), for example. 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? After establishing himself as an artist abroad, Whiteley returned to Sydney in 1969, and resided in the harbour-side suburb of Lavender Bay. In 1960 an Italian scholarship took him to London where his great natural talent for drawing, his lack of inhibitions and taste for exotic influences made the 21 year old painter an exciting prospect for London dealers.
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