Antonia Black


Colours of Egypt

Khafra Pyramid, Giza.

 

Ancient Quarries and Tombs of Nobles on the Nile


 

Kom Ombo, dedicated to the Crocodile God Sobek

 

 

Fishing Boats, Red Sea.

 

 

Rameses Statues at the Temple, Luxor

 

 

Pyramids with New Moon.


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Antonia Black

1938 
1956-59 
1961-65 
1966-71 
1978-82 
1981 
1982 
1987 
1988 
1993
Born Perth, Western Australia
Studied at National Art School, Sydney
Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London
Taught at London Secondary Schools
Watercolour tutor, Kingston Adult Education, England
Founded weekly "Watercolour Workshop", Kingston upon Thames, England
Senior watercolour tutor, Art Department, Richmond Adult and Community College, England
Visiting watercolour tutor, The Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, USA
Watercolour workshop tutor, Majorca, Spain
Moved to Gloucestershire - established 'Brushworks' Weekly Watercolour Classes

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1978 
1982 
1984 
1985-91 
1986 
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0
1988 
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1989 
1990 
1992 
1993 
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1994 
1996 
1997-98 
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1998 
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2000 
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0
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2004
Prudhoe Gallery, London
Richmond Adult and Community College, England
Saxon Gallery, Southampton, Long Island USA
The Garden Gallery, Kingston Upon Thames, England
The Art League, Washington, USA
Waterman's Art Centre, Kew, England
Oakfield, Wimbledon, England
The Athenaeum, Alexandria,Virginia, USA
Martin-Bailey Ltd, Virginia, USA
The Australian Embassy, Washington, USA
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
The Anderson Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire, UK
Orleans Gallery, Twickenham
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
The Anderson Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire, UK
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Singer & Friedlander
Halcyon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Halcyon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Gallery 9, Birmingham,UK
Raymond Blanc Restaurant, Birmingham
'Peru' Roman Black Gallery, London
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1972-95 
0
0
0
00
0
0
0
0
0
1996 
1997 
1998 
0
2000
Prudhoe Gallery, Duke St, London
Kingston Adult Education, England
Richmond Art Society, England
Barclays Bank, London
Royal Watercolour Society, London
The Royal Academy, London
Junior League, Washington, USA
Watermans Art Sale, London
Renton Williams Fine Art, London
Saxon Gallery, Long Island, NY
"Still Life", Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition
Open Watercolour, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
Prize Exhibition, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
'Affordable Art 2000' Battersea, UK


AWARDS
1958 
1986 
1987 
1988 
1992 
1996 
1997 
2001 
2003 
0
0
2004
First Prize, Open Watercolour Prize, Hunters Hill
The Royal Academy Christmas Card Competition, London
British America Tobacco Christmas Card Competition, London
The Royal Academy Christmas Card Exhibition Competition, London
First Prize, Watercolour, Birmingham and Midland Institute
Open Watercolour, Royal Birmingham Society of Artists
BBC Women's Hour Plate Project
Third Prize Singer Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, London
Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, Open Watercolour
Grand Prix, Salon International de la Peinture a L'eau, Tregastel, France
Second Prize Singer Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, London
Peinture Laureate & Judge, Tregastal, France

 

COMMISSIONS
1959-60 
1988 
1989 
1990 
0
1992,3 & 9 
1994 
0
1997 
1998 
0
2000
Mosaic Murals for Chevron Hilton Hotel, Sydney
Sotheby's, London
Collet Dickenson and Pearse Advertising, London
Book Cover for Dartman Longman & Todd Publishers, London Store Signs for Whittard & Co, 
London Canns Down Press, London
Painting and three Christmas Cards to aid the Faure-Alderson Romanian Appeal, London
Beckford Silk, Worcestershire, Fabric Design
Envelopes for Charleston, Virginia, USA
North Cotswold Hunt Pantomime, Designed and painted sets
Beckford Silk, Worcestershire, Signed Artists Silk Scarf
Charity Christmas Cards for The Fellowship of Reconcilliation, Nyack, NY, USA
'Roses' Silk Scarf - commissioned by the National Trust of Great Britain
'Abstract' & 'American Indian Symbols' silk scarf designs - com. by The Plymouth Brethren
Mural - 20 metres by 7 metres after Henri Le Douanier Rousseau, France

 

PUBLICATIONS
1991 
1993
Bibliography "A Dictionary of Women Artists of Australia", Max Germaine, Craftsman House
Paintings included in "The Beginners Guide to Painting in Watercolours", 
published by Bison Books Ltd, London


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