Dick Watkins b. 1937

Also known as Richard John Watkins
  • Artist (Painter)
Sydney-born painter, who occasionally attended art classes in the 1950s. He came under the influence of New York School abstraction and emerged as a major figure in Australian abstract art in the 1960s.
Tags: Colour field, Abstract
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exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1992
Place
Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
Works on Paper
Date
1991
Place
Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1990
Place
Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
Survey
Date
1989
Place
Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Arteries
Date
1989
Place
Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
The Great Australian Art Exhibition: 1788-1988
Date
1988
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1988 - 1989
Place
Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1988
Place
Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1987
Place
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne, VIC
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
Field to Figuration: Australian Art 1960-1986
Date
1987
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Paintings - Drawings
Date
1987
Place
Galerie Dusseldorf, Perth, WA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Biennale of Sydney
Date
1986
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Dick Watkins: A Retrospective
Date
1986
Place
Manly Art Gallery and Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

toured to Broken Hill City Art Gallery, Broken Hill, NSW

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Dick Watkins: the XVIII Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Date
1986
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council; The Broken Hill City Art Gallery; The Department of Foreign Affairs.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Heide exhibition archive; UTAS catalogue; National Library of Australia catalogue

Exhibition Catalogue:
Dick Watkins: Australia: the XVIII Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1985. [Broken Hill, NSW]: The Broken Hill City Art Gallery, 1985
ISBN 0959088512

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Sao Paulo, Painting
exhibited at
XVIII Bienal de Sao Paulo
Date
1985
Place
Brazil
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
The Field Now
Date
1984
Place
Heide Park and Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Apocalypse + Utopia
Date
1984
Place
University Art Gallery, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Style Master
Date
1984
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1984
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
Dick Watkins
Date
1984
Place
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
Description

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Institute of Modern Art exhibition archive

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Major Solo, Painting
exhibited at
Recent Australian Painting: A Survey of the 70s and 80s
Date
1983
Place
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1983
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1983 - 1982
Place
Pinacotheca Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Exhibited with the gallery 1983-1984.

Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1982
Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1982
Place
Yuill/Crowley Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Description

Exhibited with the gallery 1982-1983.

Type
Exhibition
Note
solo exhibition
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