Robert Keith Reeves Haines b. 1910

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Robert Haines was a curator & educator pioneering the integration/exhibition of design objects with fine arts. Haines was also an exhibiting painter. He managed Georges Gallery, Melbourne after 1945, was asst director at the National Gallery of Victoria where he encouraged the acquisition of furniture-maker Schulim Krimper, director of Queensland Art Gallery 1951-60 & director of David Jones Fine Art Gallery 1960-76.
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Citations

  • Catriona Quinn, 'Krimper in context: the importance of provenance to design research,’ RMIT Design Archives Journal, Vol 5 No 2 2015

  • Catriona Quinn, 'The prism of provenance: the Landau collection of Krimper furniture,’ Australiana November 2015 vol 37 no 4 pp22-38

  • Glenn R. Cooke. “A Time remembered. Art in Brisbane 1950-1975.” Queensland Art Gallery, 1995. [contains survey of Haines’ career]

  • Daniel Thomas. Robert Haines 1910-2005. obituary. Sydney Morning Herald, 22-23 October 2005.

    https://www.smh.com.au/national/an-elegant-man-with-an-unerring-eye-20051022-gdmapr.html

  • Terence Lane, 'Krimper, Schulim (1893–1971)’, Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,

    http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/krimper-schulim-10765

  • Harold Herbert, “Work of Four Painters.” [including Robert Haines] Stair Gallery, Melbourne, The Argus, 22 November 1938, p.16.