Stan (Stanislaus) Rapotec (1913 - 1997)
Biography
1913 Born in Trieste, Italy
1997 Died in Sydney, Australia, aged 83
Solo Exhibitions
1952 John Martin Gallery, Adelaide
1953 Royal Society of Art Gallery, Adelaide
1959 Clune Gallery, Sydney
1960 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1962 South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1962 Clune Gallery, Sydney
1964 Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
1965 Qantas Gallery, London
1966 Gallery A, Sydney
1966 South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne
1967 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1967 David Jones Gallery, Sydney
1968 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney
1968 Gallery A, Melbourne
1969 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1969 White Studio, Adelaide
1971 Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1972 Realities Gallery, Melbourne
1975 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1978 Katoliški prosvetni dom, Tainach, Austria
1980 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1982 Australian Embassy, Paris
1983 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1984 Nippon Club Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
1950-60 Annual Contemporary Art Society Shows, Adelaide & Sydney
1954-63 Blake Prize Exhibition, Sydney
1954 Peter Bray Gallery, Melbourne
1959 Australian Paintings, San Francisco
1960 New Vision Gallery, London
1961 Bienale de Sao Paolo, Brasil
1961 Sydney Nine Group, Sydney & Melbourne
1961 Pacific Art Exhibition, New Zealand
1961 Rubenstein Entrant, Sydney
1962 Rubenstein Entrant, Sydney
1963 Australian Painting - Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary, travelling to State Galleries and Tate Gallery, London
1964 Australian Painting Today, Galeriee Creuge, Paris
1964 George's Prize Exhibition, Melbourne
1965 Wardle Prize, Perth
1966 Wardle Prize, Perth
1966 Harold Mertz Collection, Adelaide Festival, Adelaide
1966 Festival of Perth, WA
1966-68 George's Prize Exhibition, Melbourne
1968 Transfield Prize, Sydney
1971 Travelodge Paintings, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1972 Australian Paintings of the Past 20 Years, London
1977 The Heroic Years of Australian Paintings 1940-65, Melbourne
1978 Australian Drawings, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
1982 Paintings Selected by Patrick White, Art Gallery of New South Wales
1988 Images of Religion in Australian Art, National Gallery of Victoria
1990 Slovenski likovni ustvarjalci po svetu. Starejša generacijaiz obeh
1990 Amerik in Avstralije , Galerija Dolenjskega muzeja, Novo Mesto
1991 Slovene Artistic Creativity Abroad, Galerija Dolenjskega Muzeja
1990-91 Novo Mesto & Mestrna Galerija, Ljubljana, Yougoslavia,
1997 The Europeans: Emigre Artists in Australia, 1930-1960, NGA, 1997
2001 Federation: Australian Art & Society 1901-2001, National Gallery of Australia & touring Australia 2001-02
2001 A Century of Collecting: 1901-2001, Ivan Dogherty Gallery, UNSW
2001 50 Years of the Blake Prize for Religious Art, QUT & travelling
Selected Collections
Australian Embassy, Paris
Vatican Gallery of Modern Religious Art
Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris
Blake Dawson Waldron
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia
Queensland Art Gallery
Numerous Regional Galleries & Tertiary collections
Corporate & Private Collections in Australia & overseas
Selected Bibliography
Books and Articles:
Laurie Thomas, 'Stanislaus Rapotec', Art and Australia, Vol 8, No 2
Miran Ogrin, Stanislav Rapotec – naš umetnik v Avstraliji, 1969
Gary Catalano, The Years of Hope, 1981
Anne Fairbairn, 'Rapotec at Seventy', Quadrant, November 1983
R. Crumlin, Images of Religion in Australian Art, National Gallery of Victoria, 1988
M. Tršar, Slovene Artistic Creativity Abroad, Ljubljana, 1990-91
Smith, B & T., Australian Painting, 1991 edition
Dr Irene Mislej, Stanislav Rapotec: Creator of New Mental Images, Slovenija, 1996
Lou Klepac, 'Artist with a Vast Impact', The Australian, 21 Nov 1997, p.16
Joanna Mendelssohn, 'Immigrant Thrived in 50s Sydney', 21 Nov 1997, p.16
C. Heathcote, 'Days of Hope', Art Monthly # 99, May 1997
J. McDonald, Federation: Australian Art & Society 1901-2001, NGA, 2000-01
Selected Reviews:
'An Enthusiastic Artist', Adelaide News, 1953
James Gleeson, The Sun, 14 Sept 1960
B. Hannan, The Bulletin, 26 May 1962
'Australian Art in Three Phases', The Times London, 24 Jan 1963
Helen Lambert, New York Herlad, 30 Jan 1963
'Rapotec at Hungry Horse Gallery', The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 Mar 1964
D. Thomas, Sunday Telegraph, 29 Mar 1964
M.T.M***, Lettres Françaises, 26 Nov 1964
Peter Grose, Sunday Mirror, 29 Mar 1966
Gavin Souter, The Sydney Morning Herard, 31 Mar 1966
Elwyn Lynn, The Australian, 2 April 1966
J. Gleeson, The Sun, 7 April 1966
Wallace Thornton, The Sydney Morning Herald, 7 April 1966
J. Gleeson, The Sun, 8 June 1966
'Mellowing of a wild expressionist', The Age, 14 Sept 1966
Alan Warren, The Australian, 17 Sept 1966
Charles Bush, The Australian, 17 Sept 1966
Dr George Berger, The Sydney Jewish News, 23 Dec 1966
Laurie Thomas, The Australian, 13 May 1967
Ronald Millar, The Australian, 13 May 1967
Wallace Thornton, The Sydney Morning Herald, 31 May 1967
James Gleeson, The Sun, 31 May 1967
John Henshaw, The Australian, 3 June 1967
Helen Sweeney, The Sunday Telegraph, 4 June 1967
'Rapotec: A Clap of Thunder', The Sun-Herald, 4 June 1967
'Exhibition by Rapotec', The Canberra Times, 25 April 1968
Robin Waalce-Crabbe, The Canberra Times, 27 April 1968
Lou Klepac, London Evening News, 16 Feb 1969
Donald Brook, The Sydney Morning Herald, 20 Mar 1969
John Henshaw, The Australian, 5 April 1969
Ivor Francis, Sunday Mail, 19 July 1969
James Gleeson, The Sun, 31 Mar 1971
J. Henshaw, The Australian, 3 April 1971
Margaret Jones, The Sydney Morning Herald, 03 April 1971
Miša Lajovic, 'Podoba umetnika ', Drušstvene Novice, Dec 1971
David Rankin, The National Times, 12-17 April 1971
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