William Robinson b. 1936

  • Artist (Painter)
William Robinson's work 'Dark tide, Bogangar' (1994) was described by John McDonald as "a master piece of black, cosmic uncertainty, without parallel in Australian art".
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Name
William Robinson
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Other Occupation
  • art teacher
Birth date
1936
Active Period
  • c.1962 - c.2006
Residence
  • c.1994- Kingscliff, NSW
  • c.1984 - c.1994 Beechmont, Qld
  • 1975 Toowoomba, Qld
  • c.1970 - c.1984 Birkdale, Qld
  • c.1958 - c.1970 Coorparoo, Brisbane, Qld
Training
  • c.1962 Central Technical College, Brisbane, Qld
Languages
  • English
Initial Record Data Source
  • Legacy data. Source 'unknown'

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Related stub people
  • Reas, Shirley (spouse of)
  • Hughes, Ray (associate of)
  • Auty, Giles (associate of)
  • McDonald, John (associate of)
  • Brand, Michael (associate of)
  • Bonnard, Pierre (associate of)
  • Hogarth, William (associate of)
Related works
  • Landscape with bathers (creator of)
  • Creation landscape 1-5 (creator of)
  • Dry grass landscape (creator of)
  • Josephine, Rosie and others (creator of)
  • Creation landscape - man and the spheres (creator of)
  • Wispy landscape (creator of)
  • Goats (creator of)
  • Eagle landscape (creator of)
  • William, Josephine and Others (creator of)
  • Pee wee landscape (creator of)
  • Verandah at Night (creator of)
  • Grassy landscape with figures, cows and birds (creator of)
  • William and Shirley, flora and fauna (creator of)
  • Springbrook with lifting fog (creator of)
  • Dark tide, Bogangar (creator of)
  • Creation landscape - the ancient trees (creator of)
  • Self portrait with stunned mullet (creator of)
  • Late afternoon, the sea and Mt Warning (creator of)
  • The sand ziggurat, Kingscliff (creator of)
  • The Rainforest (creator of)
  • Creation landscape - earth and sea (creator of)
  • Creation landscape - darkness and light (creator of)
  • Creation Night, Beechmont (creator of)
  • Creation landscape (series) (creator of)
  • Dawn (creator of)
  • Farmyard Construction (creator of)
  • Farm II (creator of)
  • In the house yard (creator of)
  • Landscape with fire on Mt Tambourine (creator of)
  • Self portrait with goose feathers (creator of)
  • William and Josephine (creator of)
  • Myself with Josephine the cow (creator of)
  • Goats, cows and chooks (creator of)
  • Interior with a double bed (creator of)
  • Sophie in her Bedroom (creator of)
  • Interior with Black Dog (creator of)
Related collections
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (collected in)
  • Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaka, Auckland, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, SA (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, Stanthorpe, Qld (collected in)
  • Gold Coast City Art Collection, Gold Coast, Qld (collected in)
  • Queensland University of Technology (collected in)
  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Brisbane City Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Qld (collected in)
  • Laverty Collection, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
Related recognitions
  • Wynne Prize (received)
  • Selected for Wynne Prize (received)
  • Archibald Prize (received)
  • Judge's Selection', Gold Coast Art Prize (received)
Related events
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Untitled Event (exhibited at)
  • Gold Coast Art Prize (exhibited at)
  • Archibald Prize (exhibited at)
  • Wynne Prize exhibition (exhibited at)
  • Archibald Prize (exhibited at)
  • Perspecta (exhibited at)