Name
Brett Whiteley
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Ceramist)
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Other Occupation
  • Commercial artist (ANZSIC code: 6924) 1956 - 1959 Lintas Advertising Agency, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Tags:
Sydney subjects
Chelsea Hotel
Bob Dylan
Art and heroin
Archibald Prize
Yellow House
Birth date
7 April 1939
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Death date
15 June 1992
Death place
Thirroul, NSW
Burial place
cremated
Active Period
  • c.1956 - 1992
Residence
  • 1939 - 1959 18 Lucretia Ave, Longueville, NSW, Australia (Left Australia on the Fairstar)
  • 1960 Italy, France and England (Travelling and looking at art)
  • 1960 - 1961 129 Ladbroke Grove W11, London, England, UK
  • 1962 Europe & United Kingdom
  • 1962 United States of America
  • 1963 13 Pembridge Crescent, London, England, UK (Interspersed with travel in Europe)
  • 1963 - 1965 18A Melbury Road, London, England, UK (Holman Hunt's former studio)
  • 1965 - 1966 Whale Beach, NSW, Australia
  • 1966 - 1967 London, England, UK
  • 1967 - 1969 New York, USA
  • 1969 Fiji
  • 1969 - 1987 Lavender Bay, Sydney, NSW (undertook extensive travel to Bali,Vanuatu, Europe, Central Australia, India, but this was his base )
  • 1987 - 1992 Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW (Travels to London, Paris, Morocco Japan, Byron Bay as well but this was his base)
Training
  • 1957 - 1959 Julian Ashton Sydney Art School, Sydney, NSW
Initial Record Data Source
  • Eva Breuer Art Dealer
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