William Rose (painter)

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William Rose (born September 29, 1929 in Carrington , New South Wales , † December 24, 1997 in Sydney , New South Wales) was an abstract Australian painter .

Life

William Rose initially went to sea and worked in factories in the industrial city of Newcastle , north of Sydney . After studying art at Newcastle Technical College , he showed his work there for the first time in 1954. He then moved to Sydney, where he studied first at East Sydney Technical College and then at Julian Ashton Art School .

In Sydney, Rose made contact with artists of Abstract Expressionism . His works formed part of the 1956 influential exhibition Direction 1 in the Macquarie Galleries of Treania Smith in Sydney, along with the other abstract artists John Olsen , John Passmore , Eric Smith and Robert Klippel . Despite participating in this exhibition, his art shows clear differences to the usual abstract expressionism, he called himself a constructivist .

In 1964 he went on a twelve-month study trip to Europe, financed by a group of business people who had organized an exhibition of his work, during which twelve of his paintings were sold. In 1966 he moved to a house in Paddington , a suburb of Sydney, where he lived with his wife Sharn and daughter Kate. Rose had slowly become deaf, but in 1967 he was able to regain his hearing after an operation. Rose had a passion for classical music.

Rose used a pronounced linear style in his abstract work. He drew fine lines on the canvas, then applied paint to create his striking, powerful, cross-hatched grids that float on a white background and are thus surrounded by a neutral space. Gradually the artist turned from his early vertical and horizontal structures to his characteristic diagonally scaled grids, thus giving his later works a fresh, lively rhythm.

In 1974, a critic complained that Rose was “stuck” in his style and relied on this format because he knew how it worked. His paintings have become a cliché of modern life and are not far from intelligent illustration.

Works (selection)

  • Burgson's Blues
  • Metropolis , 1959
  • Eclogue , 1961
  • Metamorphosis
  • Infinity & the Fourth Dimension , 1986
  • Kinetic energy
  • emu
  • Port Jackson
  • Industrial landscape
  • Construction , 1956
  • Aural painting , 1959
  • Cosmorama

Exhibitions (selection)

Collective exhibitions

  • Direction 1 , Macquarie Galleries, Sydney, NSW December 4, 1956 - December 10, 1956
  • Recent Australian Painting , Whitechapel Art Gallery , London, UK from June 1961 - July 1961
  • Antipodean Vision , Tate Gallery , London 1963
  • Save Victoria Street , Save Victoria Street campaign headquarters, 109 Victoria Street, Potts Point, NSW May 13, 1973 - May 1973

Solo exhibitions

From 1957 to 1991 Rose had around 20 solo exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney and at the Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York 1982 ( Metaphysical Australian Structures ) and another at the Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest in 1991.

In public collections

William Rose's works are in major Australian art galleries such as the National Gallery of Australia , the Art Gallery of New South Wales , the Art Gallery of South Australia , the Art Gallery of Western Australia , the National Gallery of Victoria , the Queensland Art Gallery , the Northern Territory museums and art galleries , Queen Victoria Art Gallery , Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery , Newcastle Regional Gallery and Rockhampton Regional Gallery .

Awards

  • Royal Easter Show Industrial Prize
  • Transfield Prize , 1967

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f William Rose (b.1929; d.1997). In: artnomad.com.au
  2. ↑ a b Gloria Newton: An artist also sees with his ears. In: The Australian Women's Weekly of May 22, 1968, 13.
  3. ^ Painting in the Mid Twentieth Century - (3). In: Encyclopedia of Australia, WebsterWorld, p. 10.
  4. ^ Artist stuck in a groove. In: The Canberra Times, October 30, 1974, p. 23.
  5. ^ Transfield Art Prize. In: arttransfield.com
personal data
SURNAME Rose, William
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rose, Bill (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian abstract painter
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Carrington , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1997
Place of death Sydney , New South Wales