Historical information

Howard Arkley was born 5 May 1951 in Surrey Hills. His family lived at 72 Essex Road; the house has been demolished and replaced by units. He is widely recognised as the foremost painter of Australian suburbia.

Physical description

A vertical file of information relating to the Arkely family:
1.1. Handout from Ruth Arkley at her talk to Surrey Hills Historical Society, (undated) including 8 copies of photos (1 page) and Milestones in life (3 pages).
2. Timeline from National Gallery of Victoria website, 1951-1999 (6 pages).
3. Information from NGV website (4 pages).
4. Australia Post brochure ‘postjournal’ with article re Howard Arkley stamp and his brother Rob, June/July 2003 (20 pages).
5. ‘A perverse delight in gilding the silly’, re ‘Howard Arkley and friends’ exhibition at TarraWarra Museum of Art, The Age, 15.1.2016 (1 page).
6. ‘The art of suburbia’ re exhibition at TarraWarra, The Age, 22.11.2016, compiled by Gabriella Coslovich. (Friends and collaborators recalled the influence he had on them. These include Callum Morton, Kathy Temin, Elizabeth Gower and John Nixon). (3 pages).
7. ‘Exhibition: Howard Arkley found inspiration close to home’, Jo Davy, The Weekly Review, 2013 (3 pages).
8. “An Open Door to Arkley’s Final Work.” By Elizabeth Flux 8.2.2024
9. Postcard promoting The City Wakes, The City Sleeps Tarrawarra Museum of Art in the Yarra Valley 29 Nov 2025 – 1 March 2026. Postcard shows painting by Howard Arkley titled “The Bay Window” 1988.