Removed Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 I am a huge fan of this mans work, since everyone else seems to be posting art threads i thought i would expose you all to some trully impacting australian art. enjoy James Gleeson http://www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au/GLEESON_James/GleeJ707.jpg'> "Storm Warning", 1992, oil on canvas, 152 x 204 cm http://www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au/GLEESON_James/Primavera.jpg'> "Primavera", 1995, oil on canvas, 133 x 178 cm http://www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au/GLEESON_James/NightAttack.jpg'> "A Night Attack", 1998, oil on canvas, 133 x 178 cm http://www.charlesnodrumgallery.com.au/GLEESON_James/Storm.jpg'> "Storm", 1998, oil on canvas, 178 x 133 cm BIOGRAPHY - JAMES GLEESON Born Sydney, 21 November 1915 Lives and works in Sydney James Gleeson is the leading surrealist painter in Australia, with an active career spanning 60 years. Below is a brief résumé. A detailed CV is available on request. Exhibitions include 1940s Regular exhibitor at the annual exhibitions of the Contemporary Art Society 1950s Six exhibitions with Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1960s Exhibitions with Macquarie, South Yarra, Bonython, Johnstone and Skinner Galleries 1980-90 Regular exhibitions with Watters Gallery, Sydney, and Pinacoteca, Melbourne Major public exhibitions include 1956 Contemporary Australian Painters, Pacific Loan Exhibition on SS Orcades 1961 Recent Australian Painting, Whitechapel Gallery, London 1962 Australian Painting, Australian State Galleries and Tate Gallery, London 1988 Creating Australia: 200 years of art 1788-1988, all State Galleries 1993 Surrealism - Revolution by Night, National Gallery of Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of NSW. Two monographs have been published on his work: Lou Klepac, James Gleeson, Landscape out of Nature, Beagle Press, 1987 Renee Free, James Gleeson, Images from the Shadows, Craftsman House, 1993 and a major catalogue will be published with the forthcoming Retrospective exhibition. James Gleeson made a serious contribution to art history, scholarship, criticism and administration from the 1950s to 1980s. Art critic for the Sydney Sun / Morning Herald 1949-72; author of definitive monographs on William Dobell (1964) and Robert Klippel (1983), and of general texts - Colonial, Impressionist and Modern Painters (1971); member of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board, 1972; the Acquisitions Committee, 1973-6; the Council of the National Gallery of Australia, 1976-82; Foundation Member of the Australian Division of International Art Critics, 1972; Commissioner Sao Paulo Biennale, 1973; awarded AM, 1975; and AO, 1990; D.Litt, Macquarie University 1989. 1934-6 East Sydney Technical College, Sydney 1938 BA Dip Ed, Sydney Teachers Collage 1939-40Teachers Collage Scholarship, two years training general Primary School Teaching 1943 President, Contemporary Art Society, New South Wales Branch 1945-46 Lecturer-in-art, Sydney Teachers Collage _ techniques and art history 1947-49Traveled extensively London. Pairs. Holland. Italy. 1949 Returned to Sydney. Never Returned to teaching 1949-72 Art critic for The Sun newspaper 1962-72 Art critic for The Herald Sun newspaper 1971 Director, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation Judge, Sao Paolo International Bienal 1972 Appointed to Commonwealth Art Advisory Board Foundation Member of the Australian Division of International Art Critics 1973 Australian Commissioner, 12th Sao Paulo International Bienal, Brazil Chairman, Acquisitions Committee, Australian National Gallery Judge, Tokyo International Bienal of Prints 1974 Awarded AM _ Member of Order of Australia 1975-78 Visiting Curator of Australian art, Australian National Gallery 1976-82Member of the First Council of the Australian National Gallery 1989 Degree of Doctor of Letter, Honoris Causa, Macquarie University, Sydney 1990 Awarded AO _ Officer of the Order of Australia SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1950 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1951 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1954-56 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1958 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1961 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1963 Skinner Galleries, Perth South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne 1964 Johnstone Gallery Brisbane 1965 Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle 1966-67 Macquarie Galleries, Sydney 1968 South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne 1969 Bonython Gallery, Adelaide 1970 Macquarie Gallery, Sydney 1971 Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane 1973 Prouds Gallery, Sydney 1981 Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne 1982 Watters Gallery, Sydney 1983 Watters Gallery, Sydney 1986 Pinacotheca, Melbourne Watters Gallery, Sydney 1987 Black Swan Gallery, Fremantle Pinacotheca, Melbourne David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney 1988 Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane Pinacotheca, Melbourne Watters Gallery, Sydney 1989 BMG Fine Art, Adelaide Pinacotheca, Melbourne 1990 Watters Gallery, Sydney David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney 1991 Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne 1992 Watters Gallery, Sydney David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney 1994 Watters Gallery, Sydney 1999 Watters Gallery, Sydney Pinacotheca, Melbourne 2000 Charles Nodrum Gallery Watters Gallery, Sydney 2001 Charles Nodrum Gallery SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1938 Sydney Teachers College, May Marsden's Students 1939-41 Annual Exhibitions, Teachers Federation Arts Society, Sydney 1939-46 Inaugural Exhibition, Contemporary Art Society, Melbourne, June 1939 Annual Exhibitions, Contemporary Art Society, Sydney 1948 Joint Exhibition with Robert Klippel, London Gallery, London 1949-50 Annual Exhibitions, Contemporary Art Society, Sydney 1950 '110 Years of Australian Art', Blaxland Gallery, Sydney 1954 The Blake Prize for Religious Art, 2nd Prize 1955 Exhibition of Contemporary Art in conjunction with the Olympic Games, 'Contemporary Australian Painters', Pacific Loan Exhibition on board SS Orcades - Sydney, Auckland, Honolulu, Vancouver, San Francisco; then exhibited at the Art Gallery of New South Wales 1961 'Recent Australian Paintings', Whitechapel Gallery, London 1963 Australian Painting', Tate Gallery, London 1978 'Contemporary Australian Drawing', Traveling Exhibition, Joint Exhibition with Robert Klippel, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney 1985-89 'Modern Australian Painting', Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 1986 'Oz Drawing Now', Holdsworth Contemporary Gallery, Sydney '33 Male Artists', Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne 'The New Romantics', Macquarie Gallery, Sydney 1987 'The Age of Collage', Holdsworth Galleries, Sydney 1988 'The Self Portrait', David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney The University of Sydney - Pictures from the collection 1988-89 'Creating Australia', Traveling Exhibition to all States 1989 'Levels of Consciousness', David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney 1990 'The Painters Poet', David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney 1991 'The Medium Pastel', David Jones Art Gallery, Sydney 'Australian Surrealist Painting', Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne 1993 'Surrealism in Australia', Australian National Gallery 2001 A Century of Collecting: 1901-2001, Ivan Dogherty Gallery, UNSW Male Nude - A Private View, Charles Nodrum Gallery Meditations, Mass Gallery, Melbourne more in a min. 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Removed Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 http://www.wattersgallery.com/pictures/gleeson.jpg'> Irregular behaviour of a setting sun / James Gleeson / 133x178cm / 1996 http://www.savill.com.au/images/199350_lr.jpg'> James Gleeson On the Verge of Becoming 1997 oil on canvas 134 x 200 cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 http://www.savill.com.au/images/199352_lr.jpg'> James Gleeson The Watching Eye of Night 1999 oil on canvas 133 x 178 cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 http://www.art-galleries-schubert.com.au/www/James_Gleeson/The_Predicament_of_a_Sphinx.jpg'> The Predicament of a Sphinx James Gleeson Oil/Board 151 x 202 cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 http://www.nga.gov.au/federation/Medium/26219.jpg'> Theme: Patriotic Duty Artist: James GLEESON Birth/Death: 1915 Title: The sower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WISE Posted July 10, 2003 Share Posted July 10, 2003 some of those remind me lots of dali. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed Posted July 10, 2003 Author Share Posted July 10, 2003 Originally posted by WISE some of those remind me lots of dali. yes you can see that his earlier work was highly influenced by S Dali , as where many other surrealists, but i think it is unarguable that further on in his carreer he developed a distinctly individual style and the comment of his work is trully powerfull. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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