Robert Dickerson

About the Artist:

BORN:

1924 Hurstville, Sydney


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2002 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
Philip Bacon, Brisbane
Kensington Galleries, Adelaide
2001 Dickerson Gallery, Sydney, Dickerson Gallery, Melbourne
2000 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Melbourne Art Fair
1998, 99 Stafford Studios, Perth
1998, 2000 Greythorn Gallery, Victoria
1997, 99, 2000 Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1996 Kensington Gallery, Adelaide
1994 Kenthurst Gallery
1993 Caulfield Arts Complex (with Andrew Ivanyi)
Bell Gallery, Berrima, NSW
1992 Noosa Regional Gallery
Gallery 406, Gosford, NSW
1991 England & Co Gallery, London
1987 Greenhill Gallery, Perth
Melbourne Art Exchange
1986 Greythorn Gallery, Balwyn, Victoria
1985, 89, 91, 98, 2001 Schubert Gallery, Queensland
1984 Holdsworth Gallery (Tokyo Show)
1983 Masterpiece Gallery, Hobart
Anvil Gallery, Wodonga, Victoria
1981 Forbes Town Hall, NSW
Georges Gallery, Melbourne
1980 Avenel Bee Gallery, Adelaide
1979 Adelaide Fine Arts & Graphics
1977 De Keopelkirker, Amsterdam
1976 Graphics Gallery, Manuka ACT
1976, 77, 92, 96, 99, 2000 Phillip Bacon Gallery
1974, 83, 87 Greenhill Gallery, Adelaide
Grand Central Gallery, Brisbane
1973, 76 Andrew Ivanyi Gallery, Melbourne
1973 Qantas Gallery, London
1973, 75, 78, 83, 86, 88, 90, 93, 95 Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney
1972, 74, 77 Lister Gallery, Perth
1972 Bakehouse Gallery, Mackay
John Cooper Gallery, Queensland
1970 John Gild Gallery, Perth
Adelaide Festival exhibition
Leveson Street Gallery, Melbourne
1968 Australian Galleries, Melbourne
Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
1964, 65 Kym Bonython Gallery, Brisbane
1964, 67, 69, 71, 73 Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
1962, 66, 67, 70, 82 Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle
1962, 63 Clune Gallery, Sydney
1962, 69, 81 Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney
1960, 61 Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
1959, 67 Farmers Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1956, 58 Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne


 AWARDS & PRIZES:

1990 DDB Needham Inaugural Art Prize
1975 Gold Coast Art Prize
1966 Mirror-Waratah (shared Grand Prize)
1965 RAS Easter Show, Human Image Prize
1959 Tumut Prize
1958 Blake Prize (second place)
1954 Clint Prize


COLLECTIONS:

Public Works in most regional gallery collections and important corporate collections in Australia including:
National Gallery of Australia,
Mertz Collection, Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, USA,
Art Gallery of NSW,
National Gallery of Victoria,
Queensland Art Gallery,
Art Gallery of South Australia,
Art Gallery of Western Australia,
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery,
Museum of Modern Art & Design, Melbourne,
Australian National University,
University of Melbourne,
University of Western Australia,
University of Sydney


SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1995 Dickerson, J.; "Robert Dickerson Against the Tide"; Pandanus Press
1973 Burton, B. & Splatt, W.; "100 Masterpieces of Australian Painting"; Rigby
Catalano, G.; "The Years of Hope, Australian Art and Criticism 1959-1968"; OUP
1978 "City Art"; Heinemann Educational Australia Pty Ltd
1971 Gleeson, J.; "Modern Painters 1931-70"; Lansdowne Press
1981 Haese, R.; "Rebels and Precursors: The Revolutionary Years of Australian Art"; Allen Lane, Ringwood
1970 Hughes, R.; "The Art of Australia"; Penguin; Hammondsworth
1958 Luck, R.K.; "A Guide to Modern Australian Paintings"; Sun Books; Melbourne
1958 "Modern Australian Art"; Museum of Modern Art; Melbourne
1974 Smith, B.; "Australian Painting 1799 ñ 1970"; Oxford University Press
1976 Thomas, L.; "The Most Noble Art of Them All"; University of Queensland Press
1971 "Two Hundred Years of Australian Painting"; Bay Books; Sydney


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