Art Gallery of New South Wales

Established	1871
Location	The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales
Director	Edmund Capon
Website	http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/

The Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) located in The Domain in Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia, is the most important public gallery in Sydney and the second largest in Australia after the National Gallery of Victoria. Admission is free to the general exhibition space, which features Australian (from settlement to contemporary) and Asian art; admission is charged to feature exhibitions in closed areas. The gallery has the usual range of facilities for visitors, including easy access for the disabled, restaurants and coffee shops, and one of Australia's leading arts bookshops. Image File history File links Front_of_gallery. ... The Domain is a large open space in Sydney, Australia, immediately east of the central business district. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... The Domain is a large open space in Sydney, Australia, immediately east of the central business district. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Capital Sydney Government Const. ... National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria is an art gallery and museum in Melbourne, Australia. ...

Building

Art Gallery of New South Wales (front)

The exhibits in the fine arts display at Sydney’s great International Exhibition of 1879-80, became the nucleus of a government collection when the exhibition closed. The first purpose built gallery building was opened in 1884. It has since been demolished. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (816x616, 126 KB)The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (816x616, 126 KB)The Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. ...

The present building was designed by the New South Wales Government Architect Walter Liberty Vernon (1846-1914). Although the majority of Vernon's buildings are in the Arts and Crafts style, this building was in the classical tradition. The Gallery's design was conservative and was the penultimate example of the neo-Greek temple as a portico for a major public institution in Sydney (the final application in Sydney of the Greek Temple front was the State Library of NSW). An addition in 1971 increased the exhibition space, from 2000 to 4900 square metres. Grey toned rough concrete was used to blend with the sandstone of the old building. The Captain Cook Bicentenary Wing was completed in 1988. More recently, as part of the 'Open Museum', sculptures have been positioned along the entry road.The road was also used by the prime minister several times as a means of partys to throw for his secreterys. It is also believed that the road also used for entrance to the art gallery that in the 1700s was a famous lookout point for various artist in the time. The New South Wales Government Architect // Francis Greenway 1816-1822 The first official architect for the colony of New South Wales in a role that would become the New South Wales Government Architect was Francis Greenway. ... Artichoke wallpaper, by John Henry Dearle for William Morris & Co. ... Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales The State Library of New South Wales is a large public library owned by the state of New South Wales. ...

Works

Established in 1874, the gallery early on bought some large works from Europe such as Ford Madox Brown's Chaucer at the Court of Edward III. Later they bought work from Australian artists such as Streeton's 1891 Fire's on, Roberts' 1894 The Golden Fleece and McCubbin's 1896 On the wallaby track. The Last of England, 1855 Ford Madox Brown (April 16, 1821 – October 6, 1893) was an English painter of moral and historical subjects, notable for his distinctively graphic and often Hogarthian version of the Pre-Raphaelite style. ...

Includes works by many Australian artists, including 19th Century Australian artists such as John Glover, Arthur Streeton, Eugene von Guerard, John Russell, Tom Roberts, David Davies, Charles Conder, W.C. Piguenit, E. Phillips Fox, Frederick McCubbin, Sydney Long and George W. Lambert. For others with the same name, see: John Glover (disambiguation). ... Arthur Streeton by George Lambert (1917). ... Eugene von Guerard (1811 - 17 April 1901) was an Austrian-born artist active in Australia 1852-1882. ... John Russell is the name of several notable individuals, including: Lord John Russell, 1st Earl Russell – British Prime Minister (It is generally considered incorrect to refer to Lord John Russell as John Russell, because his honorifix was treated as part of his name and did not indicate a peerage. ... Thomas William Roberts (8 March 1856 - 14 September 1931), usually known simply as Tom, was a famous Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School. ... There have been several well-known people named David Davies. ... Charles Edward Conder (24 October 1868 _ 9 February 1909) was an English-born painter, who emigrated to Australia and was a key figure in the Heidelberg School, arguably the beginning of a distinctively Australian tradition in Western art. ... Emanuel Phillips Fox (March 12, 1865 - October 8, 1915) was an Australian Naturalist painter. ... The Letter 1884 Frederick McCubbin (25 February 1855 - 20 December 1917) was an Australian painter who was prominent in the famous Heidelberg School, one of the most important periods in Australias visual arts history. ... Sydney Long (1871-1955) was an Australian Artist. ... Anzac, the landing 1915 by George Lambert (1920–22). ...

20th Century Australian artists represented include Hugh Ramsay, Rupert Bunny, Grace Cossington Smith, Roland Wakelin, Margaret Preston, William Dobell, Sidney Nolan, Russell Drysdale, James Gleeson, Arthur Boyd, Lloyd Rees, John Olsen, Fred Williams, Brett Whiteley and Imants Tillers. Rupert Bunny (1864-1947) Working for most of his artistic career in Paris, Bunny formed an important tie between Australian painting and French Impressionism. ... Grace Cossington Smith (April 22, 1892 - December 10, 1984) was an Australian artist. ... Australia Day Stamp featuring the art of Margaret Preston released by Australia Post in 1996. ... Sir William Dobell (24 September 1899 - 13 May 1970) was an Australian artist (sculptor and painter). ... Nolans Painting of Ned Kelly on trial Icon based on Ned Kelly painting series Sir Sidney Robert Nolan (April 22, 1917 - 28 November 1992) was one of Australias most well-known painters. ... Drysdale Sir George Russell Drysdale (7 February 1912-29 June 1981) was an Australian artist. ... James Gleeson (born 21 November 1915) is one of Australias most well known surrealist artists, as well as a poet, critic, writer and curator. ... A tapestry which is a greatly enlarged version of Arthur Boyds painting hangs in the Great Hall of Parliament House, Canberra Arthur Boyd AC OBE (20 July 1920-24 April 1999) was a member of the prominent Boyd artistic dynasty in Australia, with many relatives being painters, sculptors, architects... A south coast road (1951) by Lloyd Rees, painted at Werri beach Lloyd Frederic Rees (March 17, 1895 – December 2, 1988) Australian landscape painter. ... John Olsen born 1928, is an Australian artist. ... Fred Williams, (1927-1982) is an Australian painter, known particularly for his landscapes. ... Front of the Brett Whiteley gallery in Surry Hills, Sydney For other uses, see Brett Whiteley (disambiguation). ... Imants Tillers painting The age of oil (1988) made from 84 canvas boards Imants Tillers (born 1950) is an Australian artist, born in Sydney. ...

Interior of Gallery

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Prizes

The Gallery hosts the long running Archibald Prize, the most prominent Australian art prize, along with the Sulman prize, Wynne prize and Dobell art prizes, among others. Marcus Willss winning painting in 2006, The Paul Juraszek Monolith, was based on this print by an earlier Marcus, Marcus Gheeraerts The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize, and is the most prominent of all arts prizes, in Australia. ... Sulman Prize, one of Australias longest running art prizes. ... Wynne Prize, Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize. ... Dobell Prize for drawing, Australian art prize held by the Art Gallery of New South Wales the highest prize for drawing in Australia. ...

Other

At the start of the movie, Sirens, Hugh Grant walks past paintings in the Art Gallery of NSW, including Spring Frost by Elioth Gruner, The Golden Fleece (1894) by Tom Roberts, Still Glides the Stream and Shall Forever Glide (1890) by Arthur Streeton, Bailed Up by Tom Roberts, and Chaucer at the Court of Edward III (1847-51) by Ford Maddox Brown. Sirens is a 1994 film written and directed by John Duigan and set in Australia between the two World Wars. ...

External links

• AGNSW site
• Art Gallery of New South Wales. History and Archives: Historic Buildings. City of Sydney (2004). Retrieved on 2006-01-25.

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