Robert Campbell b. 1902

  • Artist
Ngaku painter and printmaker, Robert Campbell Jr gained national attention in the late 1980s despite having no formal art training. His paintings of the frontier history of racism and colonialism are collected in many state and national institutions.
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Name
Robert Campbell
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist
Other Occupation
  • Seasonal worker
  • Labourer
Birth date
1902
Death date
1993
Death place
Kempsey, NSW
Burial place
Kempsey, NSW
Active Period
  • 1986 - 1993
Residence
  • 1944 - 1993 Kempsey, NSW
Indigenous Australian
 
Heritage Country
  • Kempsey, NSW
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Storylines Project, COFA, UNSW
Copyright
  • Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

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  • Tagari Lia: My Family (exhibited at)
  • Solo Exhibitions (exhibited at)
  • Tyerabarrbowaryaou: I Shall Never Become a White Man (exhibited at)
  • Sublime: 25 Years of the Wesfarmers Collection of Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • Plot Thickens: Narratives in Australian Art (exhibited at)
  • A Koori Perspective - Contemporary Aboriginal Art from the Robert Holmes a Court Collection (exhibited at)
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  • Ngadhu, Ngulili, Ngeaninyagu: A Personal History of Aboriginal Art in the Premier State (None)
  • Prints and Australia: Pre Settlement to Present (None)