Robert Clinch

Australian artist Robert Clinch contemporary realist painter of remarkable urban capriccios, is represented by Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney and Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Madison Avenue, New York.

Clinch's striking imagery transports the viewer to a fictional but hauntingly real world; telling accessible tales of loneliness, joy, injustice, humour, melancholy and whimsy.

In keeping with his neo-renaissance use of Egg Tempera, Clinch works entirely from drawings, often executed at numerous locations and then adapted for composition in the studio.

Clinch has completed many major commissions, including works for; The National Gallery of Victoria, The Ian Potter Museum (Melbourne University), Frank Lowy (Westfield Holdings) and Lindsay Fox (Linfox Transport).

 March 25 - April 19, 2006

"Arpeggio"
2004
Lithograph on 100% cotton paper
29.5cm x 29cm
Edition of 25
 

 

 

"Burnt Sienna"
2004
Lithograph on 100% cotton paper
24.5cm x 47cm
Edition of 25

 

 

 

 

"Crown of Thorns"
2004
Lithograph on 100% cotton paper
29.5cm x 29cm
Edition of 40
 

 

 

 

 

 "Full-Stop"
2004
Lithograph on 100% cotton paper
47cm x 21cm
Edition of 40
 

 

 

 

"Tic-Tac-Toe."
2005
Lithograph on 100% cotton paper
48cm x 47cm
Edition of 40
 

 

 

 

"Half Court"
2005
Lithograph on 100% cotton paper
29.5cm x 29cm
Edition of 40

 

 

 

"Ghost"
2005
Lithograph on 100% cotton paper
28.5cm x 25cm
Edition of 40

Robert Clinch




      
Born 1957. Cooma, New South Wales, Australia




SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 


      
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney, Works on Paper 1988. 
Mc Clelland Galleries, Langwarrin, 1994.
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney,  2006




GROUP EXHIBITIONS
 

      
Fine Paintings, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 1985.
Alice Bale Art Award, Mc Clelland Gallery,1987,1991.
Ansett Invitation Art Award, City of Hamilton Art Gallery, 1989
Sir William Dobell Art Award, Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney 1989.
Portraits of Joseph Brown, Latrobe University Gallery, Melbourne,1991.
Uncommon Australians, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne,
(then touring all Australian State and National Galleries) 1992-93.
Wynne Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 
1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000.
Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 1998.
Hammer Galleries, New York, 2000.
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, NewYork, 2001.
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket, 2002.
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, NewYork, 2002.
Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, Nantucket, 2003.
City Life, Hoorn-Ashby Gallery, New York, 2004.
Between a Rock & a Hard Place, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne 2004.
Ballarat and Beyond, Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat 2005.
Expansion, Lancaster Press Gallery, Melbourne 2005.
Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards, Geelong Gallery, Geelong 2005.




PRIZES
 

      
Royal Overseas League Art Award, Open Prize, 1985.
Wynne Trustees Water Colour Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W., 1989.
Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship, 1993.
Wynne Trustees Water Colour Prize, Art Gallery of N.S.W., 1993.
Bega Art Awards, Peoples Choice, 1994.




COMMISSIONS
 

      
Portrait: Fr. John Brosnan O.B.E. 1985.
Portrait: Sir Henry Bolte G.C.M.G. 1989.
Portrait: Dr. Joseph Brown A.O., O.B.E. 1991
Linfox Transport: 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993-94.
National Gallery of Victoria: 1995-96
Potter Museum (Melbourne University): 1998
Frank Lowy (Westfield Collection): 1999




MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
 

      
Chaiyong Limthongkul Foundation Fine Arts Museum, Bankok
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
National Library of Australia, Canberra
State Library of Victoria, Melbourne
Hamilton Art Gallery, Hamilton
Geelong Gallery, Geelong
Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum, Castlemaine
Latrobe University, Melbourne
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Ballarat
Deakin University, Melbourne
The Town Hall Gallery, City of Boroondara.
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney




OTHER MAJOR COLLECTIONS
 

      
Artbank
Linfox Transport
Bank of Melbourne
C+ Bus
Gordon and Marilyn Darling Collection
C.G.U. Insurance
Bankers Trust
Westfield Collection (Frank Lowy)
Sussan Collection (Marc Besen)
Co-Invest Ltd
Kym Bonython Collection




PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
 

      
In Australia;  Great Britain;  Sweden;  U.S.A.




BIBLIOGRAPHY
 

      
Tom Prior, A Knockabout Priest, Hargreen, (cover), 1985.
Tom Prior, Bolte by Bolte, Craftsman Press, (cover), 1990.
Julian Fagan, Uncommon Australians; Towards an Australian Portrait Gallery, 
Art Exhibitions Australia Ltd. 1992. 
McCulloch, Encyclopaedia of Australian Art, Allen & Unwin, 1994.
National Gallery of Victoria Foundation, Annual Report, (cover), 1996.
National Mutual Calendar, C+Bus Collection ,1996.
Katrina Fox, The Linfox Letter, Issue 26, (cover& feature article), 1996.
Hugh Williamson Foundation, Annual Report, 1996.
Tom Prior, They Trusted Men, Wilkinson, (cover) 1996.
Nevill Drury, Images 3; Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, 1998.
Hugh Williamson Foundation, Annual Report, 2002.
David Thomas (Essay), Australian + International Fine Art (Catalog #0024), 
Deutscher-Menzies, March 2004.
The Australian Art Market Report (Issue 13), Top 10 New High Prices At Auction, Spring 2004.
Gerard Vaughan, Frances Lindsay and Others, The Joeseph Brown Collection, NGV 
(Essay Kirsty Grant), 2004.



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