Rick Amor b. 1948

Also known as Ric Amor
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator),
  • Artist (Printmaker),
  • Artist (Painter)
Contemporary Melbourne painter, printmaker and political cartoonist. In 1999 the Australian War Memorial appointed Amor as an official war artist, along with Archibald Prize-winning painter Wendy Sharpe. They travelled to East Timor to record events there - the first artists to ever to be commissioned in peace time.
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exhibited at
Archibald Prize
Date
2005
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Archibald Prize
Date
1997
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Archibald Prize
Date
1996
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rick Amor and the Graphic Arts : Selected Prints 1968 1997
Date
1993
Place
Niagara Galleries & NETS Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rick Amor : Paintings and drawings : 1983 1990
Date
1990
Place
Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warnnambool, Vic; & Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
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Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Rick Amor Prints
Date
1986
Place
Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
solo exhibition
Date
1978
Place
Melbourne Trades Hall, Melbourne, Vic.
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Three Regional Painters
Date
1977
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Type
Exhibition

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Related stub people
  • Porter, Hal (associate of)
  • Colquhoun, Archibald (associate of)
  • Griffin, Murray (associate of)
  • Morris, Myra (relative of)
  • Amor, Liz (sibling of)
  • Catalano, Gary (associate of)
  • Murray-Smith, Stephen (associate of)
  • Sharpe, Wendy (associate of)
  • Amor, Lliam (parent of)
  • Amor, Zoe (parent of)
  • Walker, Murray (associate of)
  • De Chirico, Georgio (associate of)
  • Dali, Salvador (associate of)
  • Siqueros, David (associate of)
  • Orozco, Gabriel (associate of)
  • Fraser, Malcolm (associate of)
  • Harwood, Gwen (associate of)
  • Williams, Fred (associate of)
  • French, Leonard (associate of)
  • Dawes, Bruce (associate of)
  • Kirschner, Ernst (associate of)
Related stub person groups
  • Australian Labor Party (associate of)
Related people
  • Lindsay, Joan (associate of)
  • Brack, John (associate of)
  • Counihan, Noel (associate of)
  • Tucker, Albert (associate of)
  • Kemp, Rik (associate of)
  • Pugh, Clifton (associate of)
  • Rees, Lloyd (associate of)
  • Senbergs, Jan (associate of)
Related works
  • Self Portrait, Fragment (creator of)
  • People Watching the Sea (creator of)
  • Self portrait in Chinatown (creator of)
  • The Goat (creator of)
  • The Runner (creator of)
  • The Junk Shop (creator of)
  • The Ghost of Gaffer's Creek (creator of)
  • Untitled, Newspaper Seller (creator of)
Related collections
  • Niagara Galleries, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • The University of Western Australia Art Collection, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, VIC (collected in)
  • La Trobe Collection, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Geelong Art Gallery, Geelong, VIC (collected in)
  • Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine, VIC (collected in)
  • Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo, VIC (collected in)
  • Ballarat Fine Art Gallery (collected in)
  • Melbourne University, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Museum of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, Wagga Wagga, NSW (collected in)
  • Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Australian War Memorial official war artist, (received)
  • Australia Council for the Arts Visual Arts & Craft Board grant to visit Barcelona, 1990? (received)
  • Melbourne Trades Hall, artist-in-residence (received)
  • National Gallery of Victoria Travelling Scholarship (received)
Related events
  • Rick Amor Prints (exhibited at)
  • Rick Amor : Paintings and drawings : 1983 1990 (exhibited at)
  • Archibald Prize (exhibited at)
  • Archibald Prize (exhibited at)
  • Archibald Prize (exhibited at)
  • Rick Amor and the Graphic Arts : Selected Prints 1968 1997 (exhibited at)
  • Three Regional Painters (exhibited at)
  • solo exhibition (exhibited at)