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BRETT WHITELEY    Australia     1939 - 1992

Brett Whiteley - artist, painter, printmaker, ceramicist, cartoonist and illustrator - was the first Australian to combine a pop star's persona 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 caligraphic nudes, Francis Bacon influenced London paintings and Henri Matisse inspired  paintings of domestic interiors and Sydney Harbour remain enduring images.

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