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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Name
Dick Watkins
Also known as Richard John Watkins
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Tags:
Colour field
Abstract
Birth date
1937
Birth place
Sydney, NSW
Active Period
  • c.1960 -
Residence
  • 1937 - 1959 Sydney, NSW
  • 1959 - 1961 Europe, United States of America, United Kingdom (travel)
Training
  • 1955 - 1958 Julian Ashton Art School, Sydney, NSW
  • 1955 - 1958 National Art School, East Sydney Technical College, Darlinghurst, New South Wales
Initial Record Data Source
  • Eva Breuer Art Dealer

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  • New Paintings 2003 (exhibited at)
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  • Newcastle Lights (exhibited at)
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  • New Paintings (exhibited at)
  • Recent Work 1998-1999 (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • I Had a Dream: Australian Art in the 1960s (exhibited at)
  • Triennale Exhibition of Contemporary Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Paintings 1993-1996 (exhibited at)
  • Australian art 1940-1990 from the collection of the National Gallery of Australia (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Twilight of the Gods (exhibited at)
  • Twin Peaks (exhibited at)
  • Dick Watkins in Context: An Exhibition from the Collection of the National Gallery of Australia (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
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  • 'The Field' (exhibited at)
  • Dick Watkins (exhibited at)
  • Exhibition of Interesting Pictures (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Young Commonwealth Painters (exhibited at)
  • Dick Watkins in context (exhibited at)
  • Dick Watkins (exhibited at)
  • Dick Watkins: the XVIII Bienal de Sao Paulo, Brazil (exhibited at)
  • Recent Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • The Mirror Waratah Festival Art Competition '66 (exhibited at)
  • Young Contemporaries Exhibition 1966 (exhibited at)
  • Black and White (exhibited at)
  • Dick Watkins (exhibited at)
  • Works on Paper: Exhibition of gouaches, drawings, collages, prints by British, Australian and American artists (exhibited at)
  • Tony McGillick and Dick Watkins (exhibited at)
  • 21st Exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Group Exhibition (exhibited at)
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  • Drawings & Paintings: A Group Show (exhibited at)
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