Anne Wienholt
Anne Wienholt
Australian Cattle Dog 1987
bronze, edition of 3, 71×109×30cm
one of this edition is in the collection of the City of Los Altos, California
The most interesting quality of Anne Wienholt’s sculpture and drawings is her constant searching for the innocent vision of the unspoilt eye. Through the act of drawing, and drawing quickly so that it is instinctive and not a selfconscious act, Anne Wienholt stalks reality for this elusive quality. It is a difficult pursuit because we are all more or less drowned in stereotyped ideas about what our eyes see and find it impossible to look beyond the verbal boundaries to the mystery of things in space and time. Anne Wienholt’s sculpture is the final outcome of this searching. It is sophisticated, private, vulnerable and original.
Lou Klepac.
Exhibitions
- 2009
- Small is the New Big
- 2009
- Sculpture 21
Biography
Born in Leura NSW in 1920. After studying at the East Sydney Technical College under William Dobell and Frank Medworth, Anne was awarded the 1944 NSW Travalling Scholarship which enabled her to travel to the United States where she arrived on January 1, 1945. Anne had boarded at Merioola, a house in Rosemont Avenue, Woollahra run by Chica Lowe that was home to a number of artists in the 1940s including Mitty Lee Brown, Kate O’Brien and Alec Murray. In New York she studied painting with Yasuo Kuniyoshi and Rufino Tamayo, and printmaking with Stanley William Hayter. She has lived in North America, with a period in Kingston, Jamaica, ever since, but with frequent travels to Europe and regular visits to Australia. Since 1970 she has lived in Marin County, California. She is a sculptor, painter and addicted to drawing.
- 1938-41
- East Sydney Technical College
- 1944
- Awared NSW Travelling Scholarship
- 1945
- Art Students League, New York, USA (Yashuo Kuniyoshi’s Class of 1945)
- 1947-48
- Brooklyn Museum Fine Art School, New York, USA (Rufino Tamayo Class, Winter)
- 1948-50
- Atelier 17, New York, USA (experimental graphic workshop of Stanley William Hayter (Winter)
- 1948-50
- Travel studies, Europe and UK
- 1968
- Teacher, Jamaican School of Art
- 1970
- Moved to California and continued study of sculpture at College of Marin (with Farhad Moezzi and Rick Hall)
Solo Exhibitions
- 2007
- Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- 2004
- Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
- 2003
- Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
- 1990
- Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
- 1989
- David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney
- 1986
- Painters Gallery, Sydney
- 1985
- Greenhill Galleries, Adelaide
- 1984
- David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney
- & Irving Sculpture Gallery, Sydney
- 1982
- Cirrus Gallery, Mill Valley, California
- 1978
- Corte Madera Library, California
- 1974-75
- Humboldt Galleries, San Francisco
- 1973
- Genesis Gallery, Mill Valley, California
- 1971
- Intersection Gallery, San Francisco
- 1969
- Bolivar Gallery, Kingston, Jamaica
- 1966
- Middleton Gallery, Middleton, NY
- 1949
- Charles Fourth Gallery, New York
- 1948
- Carl Ashby Gallery, New York
- 1942
- Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2010
- Still Life, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007
- Annual Sculpture Survey, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
- 1999
- Merioola and Beyond, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
- 1988
- Gift to the Gallery, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
- 1986
- Merioola and After, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
- 1985
- Australian Prints, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- 1984
- Contemporary Views, Fine Arts Gallery, College of Marin, Kentfield, California
- 1983
- San Francisco Art Festival, Fort Mason, California
- 1980
- Redding Museum, Redding, California
- San Jose Art Center, San Jose, California
- 1979
- Functional Forms, Oregon State University, Cornvallis
- 1978
- Northern California Figure Dawing, Rose/Bernardi Gallery, Sausalito, California
- Fibre Show, Mill Valley Arts Guild, California
- 1977
- Metal Arts Guild Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Hayward, California
- 1976
- 22nd Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Ball State University Art Gallery, Muncie, Indiana
- California State Fair, Sacramento, California
- 1973
- Designer/Craftsman ’76, Richmond Art Center, California
- 1972
- Designer/Craftsman ’76, Richmond Art Center, California
- 1971
- 60th Fine Arts Exhibition, Austin, Texas
- The Metal Experience, Oakland Museum, California
- Annual National Exhibition of Prints and Drawings, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City
- 1950
- Northwest Printmakers, Seattle Art Museum
- 1949
- National Print Annual Exhibition, The Brooklyn Museum
- 1944
- New South Wales Travelling Art Scholarship, c. 1944-11-22 – 1944, (National) Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- 1943
- Contemporary Art Society (Victorian branch) exhibition, Melbourne, Victoria
- 1941
- Australian Aboriginal Art and Its Application, David Jones Gallery, Sydney
Collections
- National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
- City of Los Altos, California
- Rockhampton Art Gallery, Queensland
- Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
- University of Queensland, Brisbane
- Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, New South Wales
- Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre, Mornington Peninsula, Victoria
- Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
- Corporate and Private collections in the USA, UK and Australia including the Margaret Hannah Olley Foundation.
