Rosalie Gascoigne
Rosalie Gascoigne (born January 25, 1917 in Auckland , † October 25, 1999 in Canberra ) was an Australian sculptor and object artist .
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Rosalie Norah King Walker was born in Auckland, New Zealand , the second of three children to Marion and Stanley Walker . From 1935 to 1938 she studied languages and mathematics at the University of Auckland . After completing her studies, she completed a one-year training course as a teacher and taught at several New Zealand schools from 1940 to 1942.
On January 9, 1943, Rosalie married the astronomer Sidney Charles Bartholemew Gascoigne ("Ben") and moved to Australia, where the couple settled at Ben's place of work, the Mount Stromlo Observatory near Canberra. Their three children (Martin, Thomas and Hester) were born between 1943 and 1949. In 1960 the couple moved to a suburb of Canberra. From this time on, Gascoigne dealt with ikebana and decorations. After a month-long trip to Europe, where the Gascoigne family visited numerous art exhibitions, such as those by Francis Bacon and Henry Moore , Rosalie began collecting old machine parts from farms and mining companies in the mid-1960s, which she used to design her Ikebana arrangements. In 1969 the family moved to their newly built house in Pearce, a district of Canberra, and Rosalie Gascoigne expanded her collecting activities to include weathered wood, old packaging boxes and animal bones, and in 1972 she was first noticed as an object artist in the Australian media. Numerous exhibitions in Australian galleries and museums followed from 1974. In 1982 she was the first Australian artist to be invited to participate in the Venice Biennale .
Gascoigne is considered one of the most important contemporary Australian artists. Her works are represented in numerous Australian and New Zealand museums and collections as well as in the Tate Gallery London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York .
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1974: Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
- 1977: Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
- 1978: National Gallery of Victoria , Melbourne
- 1982: Venice Biennale , Australian Pavilion (together with Peter Booth)
- 1992: Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Canberra
- 1996: Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
- 1997: Art Gallery of New South Wales , Sydney
- 1998: National Gallery of Australia , Canberra
- 2004: City Gallery, Wellington
- 2008: Retrospective at the Ian Potter Center of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
- 2013: Newcastle Art Gallery, Newcastle
- 2015: Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, Goulburn
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 1975: Gallery A, Sydney
- 1977: Ray Hughes Gallery, Brisbane
- 1983: Gallery Yamaguchi, Tokyo
- 1989: Rooseum, Malmö
- 1991: Monash University Gallery & Australian Center for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
- 1994: Auckland & City Gallery, Wellington
- 1995: Pre-Biennale, Cheju, South Korea
- 1997: Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
- 2000: 12th Sydney Biennial
Awards
- 1995: Grand Prize at the Cheju Pre-Biennale in Korea
literature
- Kelly Gellatly (2008): Rosalie Gascoigne . National Gallery of Victoria , Melbourne ISBN 978-0724103027
- Martin Gascoigne (2019): Rosalie Gascoigne: A Catalog Rainsonné . Australian National University Press. ISBN 978-1760462345
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Kelly Gellatly (2008): Rosalie Gascoigne . National Gallery of Victoria; accessed on December 26, 2019
- ↑ a b c Martin Gascoigne: Rosalie Gascoigne - A Catalog Rainsonné ; accessed on December 26, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gascoigne, Rosalie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 1999 |
| Place of death | Canberra |