George Joseph Victor Baldessin b. 1939

Also known as George Baldessin
  • Artist (Sculptor),
  • Artist (Printmaker)
Widely travelled, Baldessin honed his art through formal training and collaborative projects. He was a highly respected printmaker who studied at the Chelsea School of Art in London before teaching in the printmaking department at RMIT in Melbourne. In 1975 he was represented in the Bienal de Sao Paulo in Brazil and despite his premature death in a car accident at the age of 39, he is well represe
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Citations

  • Lindsay, Robert & Holloway, Memory (1983), 'George Baldessin: Sculpture and etchings’, National Gallery of Victoria catalogue, Melbourne, Vic.

  • (1969), 'The graphic work of George Baldessin’, Paddington, NSW: Art & Australia, 02-07.

  • McCulloch, A. (1984), 'Encyclopedia of Australian Art’, Melbourne, Vic. 2nd edition.

  • Palmer, Roger (1993), 'George Baldessin in Retrospect: The artist his art and times’, North Melbourne, Vic.: Imprint, issue 28/3, Spring, pp. 19-21.

  • Plant, Margaret (1969), 'Baldessin’s Performer’, North Melbourne, Vic.: Imprint 3, p.2.

  • Ryan, Anne (2000), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue, Sydney, NSW.

  • Zimmer, Jenny, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Melbourne, Vic., vol. 13.

  • (1979), '(Obituary)’, Paddington, NSW: Art & Australia, 03-16.

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  • Bienal de Sao Paulo (exhibited at)
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  • George Baldessin (1939-1978): drawings and selected sculpture (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin etchings (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin: sculpture and etchings (exhibited at)
  • Baldessin works from the estate (exhibited at)
  • Survey exhibition: Ball, Baldessin, Senbergs, Leach-Jones (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin retrospective and survey (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin: drawings and sculpture (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin drawings (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin: an exhibition of drawings (exhibited at)
  • Australia: XIII Bienal de Sao Paulo, 1975: George Baldessin and Imants Tillers (exhibited at)
  • The Biennale of Sydney (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture 75: young Australian sculptors (exhibited at)
  • Minnie Crouch exhibition 1975 (exhibited at)
  • Marland House sculpture competition (exhibited at)
  • Bienal de Sao Paulo (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin: occasional images from a city chamber 1975 (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin (1939-1978): drawings and selected sculpture (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin etchings (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin: sculpture and etchings (exhibited at)
  • Baldessin works from the estate (exhibited at)
  • Survey exhibition: Ball, Baldessin, Senbergs, Leach-Jones (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin retrospective and survey (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin: drawings and sculpture (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin drawings (exhibited at)
  • George Baldessin: an exhibition of drawings (exhibited at)
  • Australia: XIII Bienal de Sao Paulo, 1975: George Baldessin and Imants Tillers (exhibited at)
  • The Biennale of Sydney (exhibited at)
  • Sculpture 75: young Australian sculptors (exhibited at)
  • Minnie Crouch exhibition 1975 (exhibited at)