David Aspden b. 1935

  • Artist (Painter)
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exhibited at
The Australian Landscape
Date
1972 - 1973
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Description

“The Australian Landscape” was a national touring exhibition organised by the Australian Gallery Directors’ Council in 1972. The organising gallery was the Art Gallery of South Australia, and the curators were Daniel Thomas (Art Gallery of New South Wales) Ian North (Art Gallery of South Australia) and Frances McCarthy [later Lindsay] (National Gallery of Victoria). Generous funding from the Peter Stuyvesant foundation enabled the curators to travel the country together in order to make considered judgements.
The exhibition opened at the Art Gallery of South Australia on 3 March 1972, and toured to the Western Australian Art Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Australian National Gallery (temporary premises), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Newcastle City Art Gallery, and the Queensland Art Gallery.
The catalogue introduction claims that the exhibition comprised of 'fifty-five of the best Australian landscapes ever executed’. It was characterised by a breadth of vision, with works from every state – including regional galleries and private collections. It is distinguished by having a greater emphasis on colonial works than previous exhibitions, and elevating the reputation of Eugene Von Guerard and John Glover.
There were only two works by women – Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston– and none by any Aboriginal artist.

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
'The Field'
Date
1968
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition

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References [<ExternalResource: 'David Aspden Biography'.>, <ExternalResource: Thomas, D., North, I., & McCarthy F. (1972), 'The Australian Landscape'.>, <ExternalResource: Ryan, Anne Denham (2011), 'David Aspden : the colour of music and place'.>, <ExternalResource: David Aspden and Hazel de Berg (c.1965), 'David Aspden interview with Hazel de Berg'.>, <ExternalResource: Aspden, David and Gleeson, James (28 May 1979), 'David Aspden interview with James Gleeson'.>] [<ExternalResource: 'David Aspden Biography'.>]
Cultural heritages
  • English
Related people
  • Watters, Frank (associate of)
  • Legge, Geoffrey (associate of)
  • Thomas, Daniel (associate of)
  • Gleeson, James (associate of)
  • Komon, Rudy (associate of)
  • Hamlyn, Marion (spouse of)
  • Aspden, Karen (spouse of)
  • Stringer, John (associate of)
Related events
  • The Australian Landscape (exhibited at)
  • 'The Field' (exhibited at)
  • 'The Field' (exhibited at)
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Place Sydney, NSW
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