Wolfgang Sievers b. 18 September 1913

  • Artist (Photographer)
German-born Australian photographer whose subject matter consisted primarily of Australian architecture and heavy industry. Sievers arrived in Australia in 1938 and died in Victoria in 2007.
exhibited at
Wolfgang Sievers: images of the University of Melbourne 1956 - 76
Date
29 October 2011 - 25 March 2012
Place
Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Vic.
Description

Wolfgang Sievers (1913–2007) was one of the finest architectural and industrial photographers working in Australia in the second half of the twentieth century.

In 1995, through the Ian Potter Museum of Art, the University of Melbourne purchased from Wolfgang Sievers 141 photographs with accompanying negatives. The fifty-seven black and white exterior and interior views of buildings in this exhibition were taken between 1956 and 1976, a period of great development at the University of Melbourne’s Parkville campus.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Photography
Website
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/fromyear/2001/toyear/2011/exhib-date/2011-10-29/exhib/wolfgang-sievers-images-of-the-university-of-melbourne-1956-76
exhibited at
Romberg : Frederick Romberg and the Architecture of Migration (with max Dupain and Mark Strizic)
Date
2000
Place
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.rmit.edu.au/RMITGALLERY
exhibited at
Wolfgang Sievers : A Life
Date
2000
Place
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Gallery, VIC
Description

(Solo)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.rmit.edu.au/RMITGALLERY
exhibited at
Wolfgang Sievers: a life
Date
2000
Place
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

Supported by the Goethe Institute, Melbourne and RMIT Gallery. his exhibition traces the influences of his family, his liberal intellectual German background, his rigorous Bauhaus training and his lasting political consciousness.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
RMIT Gallery program

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Photography
exhibited at
Stanhill. 14 Images by Wolfgang Sievers of Frederick Romberg's Stanhill, 1951
Date
1999
Place
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, VIC
Description

(Solo)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.rmit.edu.au/RMITGALLERY
exhibited at
Wolfgang Sievers : A Life
Date
1999
Place
Horsham Art Gallery, VIC
Description

(Solo)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.horshamartgallery.com.au
exhibited at
Stanhill: 14 images by Wolfgang Sievers of Frederick Romberg's Stanhill Flats, 1951
Date
1999
Place
RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

14 images by Wolfgang Sievers of Frederick Romberg’s Stanhill Flats, 1951.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
RMIT Gallery program

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Photography
exhibited at
The Europeans : Emigre Artists in Australia 1930-1960
Date
1997
Place
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, ACT
Description

(Group)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au
exhibited at
Ming-Wing - Winds of Change
Date
1994
Place
Menzies Building, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC
Description

(Group)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.monash.edu.au
exhibited at
The Full Spectrum : Colour Photography in Australia 1860's-1990's
Date
1994
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description

(Group)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
exhibited at
The life and work of Wolfgang Sievers
Date
1991
Place
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
Description

A touring exhibition organised by the NGA

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
AGNSW archive index cards

Exhibition Catalogue:
The life and work of Wolfgang Sievers. Canberra: Australian National Gallery, c1985, c1988
[6] p : ill ; 30 cm

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Retrospective, Photography
exhibited at
The Life and Work of Wolfgang Sievers
Date
1991 - 1992
Place
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Description

(Solo – touring to Melbourne, Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle, Broken Hill)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au
exhibited at
Aspects of Victorian Photography : Photographs by John Cato, Wolfgang Sievers and Mark Strizic 1955-75
Date
1988
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
exhibited at
The New Vision : A Revolution in Photography 1920-1940
Date
1987
Place
Australian National Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Description

(Group)

Type
Exhibition
Website
http://www.nga.gov.au
exhibited at
The Impact of Technology on Work in Australia
Date
1986
Place
Melbourne University/Goethe Institute, VIC
Description

(Solo)

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Wolfgang Sievers : Photographs
Date
1954
Place
Hobart, TAS
Description

(Solo)

Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
New Visions in Photography (with Helmut Newton)
Date
1953
Place
Federal Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
National Society of Fine Arts
Date
1934
Description

group exhibition of modern art

Type
Exhibition