Peter Booth b. 1940

  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Peter Booth first emerged as a painter of stark abstract works, inspired in part by his early years in the industrial town of Sheffield in northern England. In the late 1970s his work evolved into complex neo-Expressionist imagery, but the vision remains bleak.
Tags: Minimalism, Abstraction, Neo-Expressionism, Black
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Name
Peter Booth
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
  • Artist (Draughtsman)
Other Occupation
  • labourer (ANZSIC code: 32) 1958 - 1962 Melbourne, Victoria
  • Lecturer in painting (ANZSIC code: 810) 1966 - 1969 Prahran Technical College, Melbourne, VIC
Tags:
Minimalism
Abstraction
Neo-Expressionism
Black
Birth date
1940
Birth place
Sheffield, England, UK
Active Period
  • 1962 -
Arrival
  • 1958
Training
  • Diploma in painting, 1962 - 1965 the National Gallery School, Melbourne, Vic., Australia
  • Drawing classes, 1956 - 1957 Sheffield College of Art, Sheffield, England
Cultural Heritage
  • British

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Related collections
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Bulleen, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat, VIC (collected in)
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney (collected in)
  • Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Bulleen, Vic. (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (collected in)