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William Robinson (b.1936)
Biography
1936 Born in Brisbane
1954 Studied at Queensland Teachers' College
1955-56 Studied Central Technical College, Brisbane (now Queensland University of Technology)
1956-62 Begins teaching drawing and colour study at the Central Technical College, Queensland
1958 Marries Shirley Rees. Lived in Brisbane
1959 First child is born
1963-69 Appointed to a teaching position at Kedron Park Teaching
1967 First solo exhibition held at the Design Arts Centre Brisbane
1972 Purchases property Canungra
1976-82 Teaching at North Brisbane College of Advanced Education
1982 Teaching at Brisbane College of Advanced Education
1984 Moved to Beechmont
1987 Wins the Archibald Prize for Portraiture with his self-portrait
1989 Retires from teaching and paints full-time
1990 Wins the Wynne Prize with painting The Rainforest. Travelled to Europe visiting galleries in Athens, London, Venice, Paris, Milan and Rome
1994 Moved to Kingscliff, acquired the Springbrook studio. Travelled to Spain, Italy and France; visited Chatres Cathedral
1996 Made lithographs in Paris with Frank Brodas. Visited Belgium and The Netherlands
1998 Made lithographs in Paris. Visited St Petersburg and Greece
2000 Made lithographs in Paris. Travelled in Italy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1967, 69 Design Arts Centre, Brisbane
1971, 74 Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne
1975 Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Brisbane
1977, 78, 80 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
1981 'Farm Images', Armidale City Art Gallery, Armidale
1982 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
1984 Reconnaissance Gallery, Melbourne
1985 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
1986, 88, 89 Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
1989 Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education, Brisbane
1991 'Creation Landscape: water and land', Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney; 'Selected works form the University Art Collection, QUT, Brisbane
1992 Darren knight Gallery, Melbourne
1994, 96, 98 Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney
2001 Retrospective exhibition, 'Darkness and Light: The Art of William Robinson', Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane and National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2001, 03, 04 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
2001, 02, 04 Australian Galleries, Sydney and Melbourne
2003 'The Revelation of Landscape', SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney and Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Selected Awards
1970 David Jones Painting Prize
1985 Aberdare Art Prize, Ipswich City Art Gallery
1987 Archibald Prize
1990 Wynne Prize
1991-92 John McCaughey Memorial Prize, Art Gallery of NSW
1995 Archibald Prize
1996 Wynne Prize
1998 Honorary Doctorate, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
2002 Honorary Doctorate, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba
Collections
National Gallery of Australia Canberra
Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Parliament House, Canberra
Artbank
Brisbane City Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Queensland University Art Museum, Brisbane
Griffith University, Brisbane
God Coast City Art Gallery, Surfers Paradise
Ipswich City Art Gallery, Queensland
New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale
University of NSW, Sydney
Melbourne State College, Victoria
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Waikatao Art Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand
First Chicago National Bank, USA
Macquarie Bank
IBM Australia
ANZ Bank
Sources:
Lou Klepac, 'William Robinson: Paintings 1987-2000', The Beagle Press, Sydney, 2001
'William Robinson: Self Portraits', exhibition catalogue, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane, 2004
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