Guy Warren b. 1921

  • Artist (Painter)
Painter, was born in Goulburn, Australia, 1921 and studied art in Australia and England. He taught at the University of Sydney, the University of New South Wales, the College of the Arts and was the Director of the University of Wollongong Art collection.
Tags: Archibald Prize
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Painter, was born in Goulburn, NSW. He studied art part time at J.S. Watkins’s art school in Sydney in 1939-40 before serving in Australia and New Guinea during WWII. After the war, he studied at East Sydney Technical College as part of the Commonwealth Rehabilitation Scheme (1947-49) then went to England where he studied part-time at the Chelsea School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, London. In 1966-73 he was a part-time lecturer in the School of Architecture at the University of Sydney and in the Department of Industrial Design, UNSW, then was appointed inaugural Director of the University of Sydney Art Workshop (1973-76). From 1976 to 1985 he was Principal Lecturer and Head of Painting at Sydney College of the Arts, then Visiting Lecturer in Art History at the Faculty of Architecture (SU 1986-87) and Lecturer in Postgraduate Studies at College of Fine Arts (1986-88). He held Australia Council studio residencies in New York (1982-83) and Paris (1990). Since 1992 he has been Director of the University of Wollongong Art Collection. Hon Doctorate of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong 1998; OAM 1999; Mosman Prize 1950 and 1965 (et al.).

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Date written:
1999
Last updated:
2011

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Residences
  • 1990 Paris, France
  • 1982 - 1983 New York
  • c.1949 - London, England
  • 1947 - 1949 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1939 - 1940 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1990 Paris, France
  • 1982 - 1983 New York
  • c.1949- London, England
  • 1947 - 1949 Sydney, New South Wales
  • 1939 - 1940 Sydney, New South Wales
Other occupations
  • art lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8212) -
  • art lecturer (ANZSIC code: 8212)
Tags
  • Archibald Prize
Trainings
  • - Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England
  • - Chelsea School of Art, Chelsea, England
  • 1939 - 1940 J.S. Watkins's art school, Sydney, New South Wales
  • Central School of Arts and Crafts, London, England
  • Chelsea School of Art, Chelsea, England
  • 1939 - 1940 J.S. Watkins's art school, Sydney, New South Wales