Paul Partos b. 4 January 1943

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Paul Partos's canvases reveal intense passages of his inner life, expressed in markings ranging from quietude and restraint to exuberant expressions of form and colour, universalised in the process of painting.
Tags: Minimalism, Abstraction, Conceptualism
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Name
Paul Partos
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
Tags:
Minimalism
Abstraction
Conceptualism
Birth date
4 January 1943
Birth place
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (Slovakia)
Death date
December 2002
Death place
Melbourne, VIC
Active Period
  • 1966 - 2002
Arrival
  • 1949 (Western Australia)
Residence
  • 1970 - 1972 New York, NY, USA
  • 1949 Perth, WA
  • c.1950 - c.2002 Melbourne, VIC
Training
  • Art, 1959 - 1962 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
Cultural Heritage
  • Czech
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Twenty: Sherman Galleries 1986 - 2006

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Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
  • Artist (Sculptor)
  • Artist (Painter)
Periods active
  • 1966 - 2002
  • 1968 - 2002
Tags
  • Minimalism
  • Abstraction
  • Conceptualism
References [<ExternalResource: Desmond, Michael & Dixon, Christine (1995), '1968'.>, <ExternalResource: Lindsay, Robert (12 February 1977), 'Project 16: Paul Partos'.>] [<ExternalResource: Desmond, Michael & Dixon, Christine (1995), '1968'.>]
Trainings
  • Art, 1959 - 1962 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
  • 1959 - 1962 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC
Cultural heritages
  • Czech
Related people
  • Stuart, Guy (associate of)
  • Baldessin, George Joseph Victor (associate of)
  • Sansom, Gareth Laurence (associate of)
  • Jacks, Robert (associate of)
  • Kossatz, Les (associate of)
  • Partos, Merrilyn (spouse of)
  • Stuart, Guy (associate of)
  • Baldessin, George Joseph Victor (associate of)
  • Sansom, Gareth Laurence (associate of)
  • Jacks, Robert (associate of)
Related collections
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, ,Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related events
  • Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002 (exhibited at)
  • Clemenger Award, Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Windows on Australia 1 (exhibited at)
  • 1968 (exhibited at)
  • The Field Now (exhibited at)
  • Eureka (exhibited at)
  • The Work and its Context (exhibited at)
  • Project 16: Paul Partos (exhibited at)
  • Minimal Art (exhibited at)
  • The Field (exhibited at)
  • Solo Exhibtion (exhibited at)
  • Fieldwork: Australian Art 1968-2002 (exhibited at)
  • Clemenger Award, Triennial Exhibition of Contemporary Art (exhibited at)
  • Windows on Australia 1 (exhibited at)
  • 1968 (None)
  • The Field Now (exhibited at)
  • Eureka (None)
  • The Work and its Context (exhibited at)
  • Minimal Art (exhibited at)
  • The Field (None)
  • Solo Exhibtion (exhibited at)
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