Bea Maddock b. 1934

  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Bea Maddock was one of the nation's most accomplished contemporary printmakers. She worked across a range of media including encaustic painting, screen-printing, drypoint, handmade paper and . She also had a brief teaching career at the School of Art, Launceston CAE. Perhaps her best known work is Terra Spiritus: With a Darker Shade of Pale, a monumental 52-sheet panorama of the entire coastline of Tasmania.
Tags: Printmaking, Printmaker, Tasmanian languages, Antarctica
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Name
Bea Maddock
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Mixed Media Artist)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Printmaker)
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • Lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8102) -
  • Acting Dean, Victorian College of the Arts -
Tags:
Printmaking
Printmaker
Tasmanian languages
Antarctica
Birth date
1934
Birth place
Hobart, TAS
Death date
2016
Active Period
  • 1960 -
Residence
  • 1959 London, UK
  • 1970 Melbourne, VIC
  • 1960 Launceston, TAS
  • - Dunolly, TAS
Training
  • - Academi de Bell Arti in Perugia, Italy
  • Fine Art degree, 1956 Hobart Technical College, TAS
  • - Slade School of Art, London, UK
Languages
  • English

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References [<ExternalResource: '"Bea Maddock Panorama," National Gallery of Australia website'.>, <ExternalResource: Maddock, Bea. (1990), 'The Makings of a Trilogy,', Art Bulletin of Victoria, no. 31, p. 47-48.>, <ExternalResource: Murphy, John (ed.) (2009), 'Gallery A Sydney 1964-1983', Campbelltown Arts Centre and Newcastle Region Art Gallery, p.240.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (2000), 'Landfall: Bea Maddock, Robert MacPherson', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: '"Bea Maddock," Prints and Printmaking Australia Asia Pacific website', The National Art Gallery of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Stanhope, Zara (2003), '"Federation Square: The Art of Building a Building for Art"', Architecture Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Butler, Roger (1991), 'Being and Nothingness: Bea Maddock: Work from Three Decades', Australian National Gallery, Canberra.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel "Bea Maddock : catalogue raisonné" Launceston 2011>] [<ExternalResource: '"Bea Maddock Panorama," National Gallery of Australia website'.>, <ExternalResource: Maddock, Bea. (1990), 'The Makings of a Trilogy,', Art Bulletin of Victoria, no. 31, p. 47-48.>, <ExternalResource: Murphy, John (ed.) (2009), 'Gallery A Sydney 1964-1983', Campbelltown Arts Centre and Newcastle Region Art Gallery, p.240.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, Daniel (2000), 'Landfall: Bea Maddock, Robert MacPherson', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: '"Bea Maddock," Prints and Printmaking Australia Asia Pacific website', The National Art Gallery of Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Stanhope, Zara (2003), '"Federation Square: The Art of Building a Building for Art"', Architecture Australia.>, <ExternalResource: Butler, Roger (1991), 'Being and Nothingness: Bea Maddock: Work from Three Decades', Australian National Gallery, Canberra.>]