Donald Brook b. 8 January 1927

  • Curator ,
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Painter)
The. Yorkshire born Donald Brook first established a reputation as a sculptor, but his most significant impact on Australian art was as the intellectually rigorous critic, professor and art theorist whose ideas exerted a profound influence on at least two generations of Australian artists, curators and writers.
Tags: conceptual art, theorist, art critic, Contemporary art
Name
Donald Brook
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Curator
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Senior Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102) 1968 - 1973 University of Sydney, NSW
  • Professor of Fine Arts (ANZSIC code: 8102) 1974 - 1989 Flinders University, Adelaide, SA
  • Private (conscript) (ANZSIC code: 76) c.1945 - c.1946 British Army
  • Designer (ANZSIC code: 692) c.1952 - c.1953 Société CIAM, Paris, France
  • prop maker for film industry c.1953 - c.1954 London, England, UK
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 810) c.1954 - c.1956 Ahmadu Bello University , Zaria, Nigeria
  • visiting lecturer (ANZSIC code: 81) 1958 - 1961 Colchester College of Art, Colchester, Essex, England
  • lecturer (ANZSIC code: 81) 1965 - 1966 Canberra Technical College, Canberra, ACT
  • Art Critic (ANZSIC code: J) 1964 - 1967 Canberra Times, Canberra, ACT
  • Art Critic (ANZSIC code: J) 1967 - 1973 Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW
  • Art Critic (ANZSIC code: J) 1973 Nation Review, Sydney, NSW
Tags:
conceptual art
theorist
art critic
Contemporary art
Birth date
8 January 1927
Birth place
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Death date
17 December 2018
Death place
Adelaide, SA
Active Period
  • c.1951 - 1969
Arrival
  • 1962
Residence
  • 1927 - c.1945 Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
  • c.1948 - c.1953 Durham, England, UK
  • c.1953 Crete, Greece
  • c.1954 Paris, France
  • c.1955 - c.1956 London, England, UK
  • c.1957 - c.1958 Zaria, Nigeria
  • c.1960 - c.1962 Digswell House, Hertfordshire, England
  • 1962 - 1967 Canberra, ACT
  • 1968 - 1973 Glebe, Sydney, NSW
  • 1974 - 1989 Adelaide, SA
  • 1990 - 1992 Cyprus
  • 1993 - 2001 Perth, WA
  • 2001 - 2018 Adelaide, SA
Training
  • Sculpture, c.1947 - c.1952 King Edward VII School of Art, University of Durham, UK
  • PhD, 1962 - 1965 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT