Frank Watters b. 1934

  • Curator
Frank Watters was one of the most influential figures in Australian art in the second half of the 20th century. From 1964-2018 he, along with Geoffrey and Alex Legge ran Sydney’s Watters Gallery. Watters was a founder member of Australian Commercial Galleries Association & one of the first gallery managers to practice droit de suite for their artists before it became law in 2009. His archive is in the Art Gallery of NSW.
Tags: Contemporary Art, patron, mentor
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Name
Frank Watters
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Curator
Other Occupation
  • painter -
  • art gallery manager -
Tags:
Contemporary Art
patron
mentor
Birth date
1934
Birth place
Muswellbrook, New South Wales
Death date
22 May 2020
Death place
Cassilis, New South Wales

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References [<ExternalResource: Elizabeth Fortescue “Vale Frank Watters”>, <ExternalResource: John McDonald, Frank Watters obituary. Sydney Morning Herald, 3 June 2020, >, <ExternalResource: Michael Bogle, "Paper Tigers: Posters from Sydney's Long 70s." Nation Art School Gallery, 30 August - 12 October 2019 [catalogue/brochure] Reference to Watters Gallery's support for early poster movement in Sydney. "Excited by the bold poster work [by Earthworks Poster Collective], Frank Watters and Geoffrey Legge invited the Collective to exhibit at the Watters Gallery in 1977 (Walls sometime Speak) in East Sydney. The legendary cafe, the Garibaldi Community Centre (95 Riley Street) was only a few steps away. >] [<ExternalResource: Elizabeth Fortescue “Vale Frank Watters”>, <ExternalResource: John McDonald, Frank Watters obituary. Sydney Morning Herald, 3 June 2020, >]