Australian painter, born in Sydney. Attended night classes in drawing at the Julian Ashton Art School, while working during the day at an advertising agency. Awarded the Italian travelling scholarship for Australia and spent 1960-1 in Italy. Moved in 1961 to London, and had his first one-man exhibition at the Matthiesen Gallery, London, 1962. Painted first in a near-abstract style, with fluid, interlocking forms, then turned increasingly to figuration. Awarded a travelling scholarship by the Stuyvesant Foundation 1964. Subsequently made many paintings with images of sex, violence, political themes etc., with swirling forms and sometimes incorporating sculptural fibreglass shapes, photographs and other collage elements. Awarded a Harkness Foundation scholarship in 1967 and lived for a year and a half in New York, then for a year in Fiji; returned to Australia 1969.
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Whiteley, Brett
Portrait of Wendy
Date: 1984 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Nude Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Nude at Basin
Date: 1963 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Nude Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Woman in bath
Date: 1963 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Nude Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Remembering Lao Tse (Shaving off a Second)
Date: 1967 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Self Portrait Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Untitled Red Painting
Date: 1960 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Abstract Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Woman in Bath
Date: 1964 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Nude Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Washing the Salt Off
Date: 1985 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Nude Technique: Oil on canvas
Whiteley, Brett
The 15 Great Dog Pisses of Paris
Date: 1989 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Other/Unknown Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Untitled Painting
Date: 1961 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Abstract Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Opera House
Date: 1982 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Cityscape Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
Self portrait in the studio
Date: 1976 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Self Portrait Technique: Mixed technique
Whiteley, Brett
The balcony 2
Date: 1975 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Cityscape Technique: Oil on canvas
Whiteley, Brett
The blossom tree
Date: 1971-1982 Movement: Surrealism Theme: Landscape Technique: Mixed technique