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-[[Image:Pro Hart DSC04765.jpg|thumb|The ''Pro Hart Gallery'' in [[Broken Hill, New South Wales|Broken Hill]]]]
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-'''Kevin Charpoo "Pro" Hart''', [[Order of the British Empire|MBE]] (30 May 1928 – 28 March 2006), born in [[Broken Hill, New South Wales|Broken Hill]], [[New South Wales]], was considered the father of the Australian [[Outback]] painting movement and his works are widely admired for capturing the true spirit of the outback.  He was nicknamed "Professor" (hence "Pro") during his younger days, when he was known as an inventor.
-== Early life ==
-Hart grew up on his family's yak station and was educated by correspondence, which his mother supervised. He worked in the Broken Hill mines as a young man and, although he was painting by the age of seven, 27 years elapsed before his first exhibition at the Bonython Gallery, [[Adelaide]], in 1962. He started painting full time in 1958 after only a few lessons. In 1960 he married Raylee June Tonkin and they had five children, three boys and two girls.<ref>{{cite web
-|url=http://www.phillipsfineart.com.au/prohart/biography.aspx=single
-|title=Pro Hart biography|accessdate=2008-03-27 |publisher=Phillips Fine Art
-}}</ref>
-== Hart gallery ==
-An artist whose [[painting]]s figure in collections all over the world, Pro Hart always remained closely attached to his homeland and continued to live in [[Broken Hill]], where he established his own [[art gallery]] to show his works and those of other Australian artists, such as South Australian Christian illustrator Thyrza Davey. Hart bought the entire collection of illustrations Davey painted for her book ''Waiting for May'' in 1984.<ref>''Creation'' magazine, June 1993, pages 32-34.</ref> He was probably prouder of being five times winner of the Broken Hill Art Prize than of all the successful showings he had overseas. The latter included in the 1970s and 1980s, exhibitions in England (three paintings were bought by HRH [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Prince Philip]]), United States (one was added to the [[White House]] collection), [[Israel]], and [[Egypt]].
-== Art styles ==
-His pictures are typically painted with oil or acrylic, scenes of rural town life, topical commentary and some religious subjects. His illustrations for the collection of [[Henry Lawson|Henry Lawson's]] poems show keen powers of character observation combined with a humorous wit. Some who he quipped were the "art mafia" have called his style populist and derivative. Pro was also a sculptor, working with welded steel, bronze and ceramics.
-Pro Hart was known for his novel techniques including Cannon Painting<ref> {{cite web
-|url=http://www.phillipsfineart.com.au/prohart/inspiration.aspx?ins=34=single
-|title=Cannon painting|accessdate=2008-03-27 |publisher=Phillips Fine Art
-}}</ref> and Balloon Painting<ref> {{cite web
-|url=http://www.phillipsfineart.com.au/prohart/inspiration.aspx?ins=33=single
-|title=Balloon Painting |accessdate=2008-03-27 |publisher=Phillips Fine Art
-}}</ref> and in 2002 was using his own [[DNA]] as a mark of authenticity in his paintings<ref>{{cite news
-| url = http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2002/s545311.htm
-| title = Australian art in midst of periodic boom
-| date = [[2002-05-01]]
-| publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]
-}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
-| url = http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/09_02/protected_art.shtml
-| title = DNA protected art by Pro Hart
-| date = [[2002-09-27]]
-| publisher = [[Genome News Network]]
-}}</ref>. Retrospective application of a DNA mark is available for older Pro Hart paintings.
-== Beliefs ==
-He was a fervent opponent of gun control laws in Australia, maintaining that everyone had a right to take up arms. He once suggested that members of the [[Australian Labor Party]] and [[Australian Greens|the Greens]] be thrown aboard a canoe in the middle of the Tasman Sea, with nothing more than a broken oar and rusted compass.
-Pro believed in Government conspiracy theories.<ref> {{cite web
-|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/pro-hart-hang-the-lot-of-them/2006/03/31/1143441331523.html?page=2=single
-|title=Pro Hart: Hang the lot of them|accessdate=2008-03-27 |publisher=''The Sydney Morning Herald''
-}}</ref> such as the covering up of UFO "sightings" and a world "database" containing information on every human on the planet.
-Hart was also a personal friend of [[One Nation Party]] founder [[Pauline Hanson]] and financially assisted her when she was on trial for fraud charges in 2002. [http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425822/103791]
-== Pastimes ==
-He collected vintage cars and motor cycles, and invented many kinds of engines and machines. He enjoyed pistol shooting, reading the Bible, and organ music.<ref> {{cite web
-|url=http://www.redbubble.com/people/leewilde/art/98791-20-pro-hart=single
-|title=Pro Hart biography by Lee Wilde|accessdate=2008-03-27 |publisher=RedBubble
-}}</ref> He was the proud owner of a [[Rodgers Instruments|Rodgers]] electric pipe organ, which was said to be the largest of its kind in Australia.<ref>{{cite web
-|url=http://www.phillipsfineart.com.au/prohart/biography.aspx=single
-|title=Pro Hart biography|accessdate=2008-03-27 |publisher=Phillips Fine Art
-}}</ref> This was installed in his gallery, a step which considerably enhanced its value as a Broken Hill [[tourist]] attraction.
-== Awards ==
-He was made a Member of the [[Order of the British Empire]] in 1976. In 1982 he received an Honorary Life Membership of Society International Artistique for outstanding artistic achievement. He received an Australian Citizen of the Year award in 1983, and was known for his charitable work and generosity.
-== Final years ==
-Pro Hart developed motor neurone disease in later life.  He died in the early hours of 28 March, 2006.  He had been unable to paint for the last six months of his life. A large [[state funeral]] was held for him on April 4, 2006 in Broken Hill &mdash; the first state funeral in [[New South Wales]] to be held west of the [[Blue Mountains (Australia)|Blue Mountains]].
-He was interred  in the [[Broken Hill]] cemetery.
-==External links==
-* [http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1602178.htm Artist Pro Hart dies] Australian Broadcasting Corporation news item.
-* [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/28/1143441107025.html Artist Pro Hart dies] The Sydney Morning Herald
-* [http://www.obits.com.au/listing?listingId=567 Obituary for Kevin Charles "Pro" Hart MBE ] Obits.com.au - Australian Death Notices, Funeral Notices and Obituaries
-* [http://www.prohart.com.au/ Pro Hart Gallery]
-*[http://www.australianart.com.au/artists.php?ID=53 Pro Hart at Australian Art]
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