Henri Bastin b. 27 June 1896

  • Artist (Painter)
Bastin emerged in the 1950s as a key figure in Australian primitive/naive art.
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Citations

  • Dolan, David (15 September 1979), 'Paradise Found’, The Advertiser (Adelaide).

  • Dutton, Geoffrey (16 October 1979), 'A primitive without peer’, The Bulletin (Sydney) pg 94 & 97.

  • Lehmann, Geoffrey (1977), 'Australian Primitive Painters’, Queensland University Press, St. Lucia.

  • McCaughey, Patrick (27 March 1968), 'Modernists, Tough and Ghostly’, The Age (Melbourne) pg 6.

  • McCulloch, Alan (9 July 1958), 'Meaning of Primitive’, The Herald (Melbourne) pg 20.

  • Pearson, Christopher (1991), 'Aboriginal Representation and Kitsch in Hiller, Susan (ed) The Myth of Primitivism .’, Routledge, London pp 326-337.

  • Riddell, Elizabeth (4 November 1974), 'Henri Bastin, the naïf, is the genuine article’, The Australian (Sydney) pg 7.

  • Unknown (9 July 1958), 'Artist Began in Sheep Shed’, The Herald (Melbourne) pg 1.

  • McCulloch, Alan (1 September 1971), 'Innocence and eloquence’, The Herald (Melbourne), pg 25.

  • National Archives, Canberra (NAA 6951229 Naturalisation Application (1944/4/2576)).

  • Papers of Dutton, Geoffrey, 'Note from Bastin to Dutton’, National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (NLA MS7285).

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  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, VIC (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe University Art Museum, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, VIC (collected in)
  • Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, SA (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, NT (collected in)
  • University of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery, Swan Hill, VIC (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Orange Regional Gallery, Orange, NSW (collected in)
  • Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Monash University Museum of Art, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe University Art Museum, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Horsham Regional Art Gallery, Horsham, VIC (collected in)
  • Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla, VIC (collected in)
  • Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • Artbank (collected in)
  • Adelaide Festival Centre Trust, SA (collected in)