Ann Thomson
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| Ann Thomson | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 1, 1933 |
| January 1, 2010 (aged 60) (death date then birth date)January 1, 2010 (aged 60) (death date then birth date) | |
| 🏫 Education | National Art School |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Painting, Sculpture |
| Movement | Modernism, Abstract art |
| 🏅 Awards | DBE |
| 🌐 Website | www.example.com |
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Ann Thomson is an Australian painter and sculptor. She is best known for her massive public commissions Ebb Tide (1987) and Australia Felix (1992).[1] In 1998 she won the Art Gallery of New South Wales' prestigious Wynne Prize. Her work is held in national and international collections, including: the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle, Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Madrid and Villa Haiss Museum, Germany.[2]
Early life and education
Ann Thomson was born in 1933 in Brisbane. She went to Somerville House, a private school in Brisbane also attended by Margaret Olley, Betty Churcher and art historian Joan Kerr.[1] After school, she took painting classes with Richard Rodier Rivron and Jon Molvig.[1]
Thomson then moved to Sydney where she studied at the East Sydney Technical College (now the National Art School), graduating in 1962.[3] She focused on drawing, sculpture and painting. During her education, she was taught by Godfrey Miller, John Passmore, John Olsen, Lyndon Dadswell, Davis Strachan and Dorothy Thornhill.[1]
Career
Thomson sold her first painting through Clune Gallery, situated in Sydney's infamous and experimental Yellow House. Her first commercial exhibition was with Watters Gallery, Sydney, a significant venue for experimental works in the 1960s and 1970s. She continues to exhibit, making for a career of solo exhibitions that extends beyond half a century.[4]
Thomson paints everyday, generally working on multiple canvases at once and painting from memory, rather than directly from real life. Her earlier works were aligned with Abstract Expressionism, while her later works oscillate between abstraction and figuration, taking inspiration from the landscape.
In 2015 she was honoured with a Fellowship by the National Art School, Sydney.[5]
She is represented by Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
Work
Major exhibitions
1965: Watters Gallery, Sydney
1973: Gallery One Eleven, Brisbane
1974: Gallery A, Sydney
1977: Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
1977: Gallery A, Sydney
1979: Gallery A, Sydney
1980: Monash University, Melbourne
1982: Gallery A, Sydney
1988: Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1989: Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1992: Australian Galleries, Sydney
1993: Australian Galleries, Melbourne, in conjunction with Meridian Sculpture Gallery
1993: Art Gallery of NSW Sculpture 'Australia Felix'
1994: Australian Galleries, Sydney
Awards and nominations
1976: David Jones Art Prize, Brisbane
1978: Visual Arts Board Grant to Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
1980: Visual Arts Board Grant
1981: Winner, Canberra Times National Art Award
1984: University of New South Wales Purchase Prize
1985: The Sydney Morning Herald Art Prize
1998: Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
2002: Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
2005: Kedumba Drawing Prize
2017: Tattersalls Art Prize, Brisbane
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Johnson, Anna (2012). Ann Thomson. Woollahra: Tim Olsen Editions. p. 36. ISBN 9780987269904. Search this book on
- ↑ "Ann Thomson - Mitchell Fine Art, Brisbane". www.mitchellfineartgallery.com. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ↑ "Ann Thomson - Artist Profile". Artist Profile. 2016-05-30. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ↑ "Ann Thomson - OLSEN GALLERY BLOG". Retrieved 2020-03-09.
- ↑ "Ann Thomson - OLSEN GALLERY BLOG". Retrieved 2020-03-09.
External links
- Mitchell Fine Art
- Artist Profile
- Charles Nodrum Gallery
- Art Gallery of NSW 'The art that made me: Ann Thomson'
- Art Gallery webpage
- Artist Profile
- Charles Nodrum Gallery
- Ann Thomson QAGOMA Collection holdings
- Art Gallery webpage
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