Federation University Australia Art Collection Victoria
The Federation University Australia Art Collection aims to develop and maintain an important public art collection of high quality works of visual art which contributes to the intellectual and cultural enrichment of its student body, staff and wider community. The collection enhances the physical environment by adding colour and liveliness to the University and is displayed throughout our Ballarat, Gippsland (Churchill), Stawell and Horsham campuses. It provides a valuable educational and research experience, as well as a providing potential to mentor.
The earliest works in the collection are associated with the Ballarat Technical Art School, although a coordinated approach to collecting was initiated by the Ballarat Teachers' College. Collection has continued over the decades, and has benefitted by generous gifts under the Cultural Gifts Program.
The collection covers most periods of Australian Art, and while most media is found it in the collection, it is predominantly Australian painting, printmaking and sculpture. Works by renowned Australian artists feature, as well as staff and students associated with Federation University Australia or its predecessor institutions.
Contact Information
- location
- Artworks are displayed at Federation University Australia campuses at Ballarat, Gippsland (Churchill), Stawell and Horsham. Victoria
- phone
- +61 5327 9168
- Contact
Opening Hours
By appointment
Entry Fee
Free
Location
Artworks are displayed at Federation University Australia campuses at Ballarat, Gippsland (Churchill), Stawell and Horsham. Victoria
2228 items
2228 items
Acrylic on Board - 'Tandurrum Jukuprrpa' by Stuart Harradine (Wudja Waran)
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A stretched painting on canvas with Aboriginal motifs and colouring. If you can assist with information on this artist or artwork please make contact via the 'comments' link below
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Sculpture - 'The Collaboration of Commonality and Difference' by Cassandra McArthur
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Winner of the Lucato Peace Prize 2014
Historical information
Established in 2004, generously supported by George Lucato, the Lucato Peace Prize was an annual acquisitive art award open to all enrolled Federation University Australia tertiary students and all senior secondary students enrolled at any City of Ballarat secondary school or college. Prizes were awarded to the applicants whose work best illustrates or expresses the idea that 'peaceful alternatives are always preferable to armed confrontations'. First prize of $2250.00 was awarded to Cassandra McArthur for her work, Commonality and Difference, 2014, and it was the last Lucato Peace Prize Awarded after the death of George Lucato in 2014. Cassandra McArthur was undertaking a Bachelor of Visual Arts (Fine Arts) at the Federation University Arts Academy when this artwork was produced.
Oil & Charcoal on canvas - [Untitled]
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Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Ceramic - (Untitled) Crawling Glaze Pot by Susan Stott
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Small wheel thrown bowl decorated with white crackle glaze.
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Steel - Untitled 1998
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - 'College Logo' by Henry Moritz
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Farmed marquetry using fine woods chosen for their grains and reflective properties: silver ash, cedar, queensland walnut, grey bird's eye maple and African gaboon.
Historical information
Henry MORITZ (1931- ) Born Mainz, Germany Arrived Australia c1952 Henry Moritz was an experienced commercial artist when he left Germany for Australia. After working as a railwayman, coal miner, fruit picker and steelworker, he started teaching commercial art at the Ballarat School of Mines Technical Art School in 1963. He moved to the Mount Helen Tertiary Division, and was head of the Art School at the Ballarat College of Advanced Education (BCAE) when he produced this work. The Ballarat College of Advanced Education logo was derived from the Southern Cross depicted on the Eureka Flag, which was adopted by Ballarat College of Advanced Education in 1978. The logo was designed by former student Debra Garton, who graduated with a Diploma of Art and Diploma of Education. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Printmaking - Etching, Aquatint, Drypoint - Azrael
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Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Bookplate - 'Ex Libris Edwin Jewel'
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
A frog is depicted amongst what appear to be water lily leaves.
Historical information
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition.
Inscriptions & Markings
Pencil signature below the print.
Bookplate
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
A koala is drawn sitting within the G of the two letters J G
Historical information
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html)
Bookplate - ‘Ex Libris Edwin Jewell’
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
A paddle steamer is shown on a river
Historical information
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition.
Inscriptions & Markings
Pencil signature Kenneth Jack
Photograph - colour - 'Looking North - Camp Street' by Robert Allan
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Colour photograph of a view of the Federation University Arts Academy campus before custom building were erected.
Historical information
Robert ALLAN Born Hopetoun, Victoria Bob Allan graduated from Melbourne teachers' College in 1967. He obtained an Associateship Diploma in 1973, and a Fellowship Diploma of Art (potter) in 1976 from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Since 1968 he taught art and pottery at various Victorian secondary schools, and joined the staff of the Ballarat University College (now Federation University Australia) in 1976. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Inscriptions & Markings
Rust stain 7 cm long on lower right hand corner of glass.
Printmaking - Etching - Yo
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Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - Bookplate - 'Ex Libris John Gartner'
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Black and white print on buff paper showing nude woman sitting on a printing press with a globe of the world in the background .1) buff paper .2) buff paper (green)
Historical information
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html)
Inscriptions & Markings
Pencil signature in the bottom right hand corner
Printmaking - Collograph - New Beginning
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - Sammas Ex Libris
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Framed bookplate - computer assisted design
Inscriptions & Markings
Signed lls 'Sammas-Illegible' lrs '1/3'
Bookplate - 'Ex Libris John Gartner'
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Black and white etching of a printing press
Historical information
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html)
Inscriptions & Markings
Signature with the year 86
Artwork - Banksia incana by Celia Rosser
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Un-numbered limited edition offset photolithograph of Banksi incana.
Historical information
Celia Rosser (1930- ) Born Melbourne, Victoria Celia Elizabeth Rosser is a renowned Australian botanical artist, best known for having published The Banksias, a three-volume series of monographs containing watercolour paintings of every Banksia species. She trained in Art at the Melbourne Institute of Technology In 1970, Celia was appointed Science Faculty Artist at Monash University. Four years later she was appointed University Botanical Artist, and began the project of painting every Banksia species. The project took over 25 years to complete, and resulted in the publication of a three volume monograph entitled The Banksias, with accompanying text by Alex George. Publication of the final volume in 2000 represented the first time that such a large genus has been entirely painted. In 1977 Celia Rosser was awarded the Linnaean Society of London's Jill Smythies Award for botanical illustration, and in 1995 was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia. Monash University awarded her an honorary Master of Science degree in 1981, and an honorary PhD in 1999. Banksia Rosserae is the last banksia species discovered and was named after the artist. Since 2002, the Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne have awarded the "Celia Rosser Medal for Botanical Art" to outstanding exhibitors at their "The Art of Botanical Illustration" exhibition. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Painting - (One big eye) 2002
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Ceramic Tile - 'At Summers End' by Rosemary Smith
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Framed ceramic tile with brown, black, yellow and blue colouring.
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Oil painting - 'Landscape' by Neville Bunning
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Small framed painting of a volcanic landscape.
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Bookplate - 'Ex Libris Andrew Buck'
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
A woman watches a person in a hot air balloon with sails
Historical information
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition. The competition includes a design award for secondary schools students.
Inscriptions & Markings
Pencil signature. Morrison
Printmaking - 'Fleeting' by Alexis Beckett
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Framed limited edition print with embossing.
Historical information
Alexis BECKETT (1953- _ Born Melbourne Alexis Beckett completed a Diploma of art, Graphic Design; Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) with distinction; and a Master of Arts (Fine Arts) by Project all at RMIT. Since 1980 Alexis Beckett has illustrated wildlife for publications produced by government departments and educational publishers, as well as making her own work about human perception and understanding of nature. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Ink on paper - Sketchbook
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Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Drawing - charcoal sketch - [Sketch of Sitting Woman] by Sybil Craig
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Framed life drawing by Sybil Craig
Historical information
Sybil CRAIG (1901-1989) Born London This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Gouache on paper - 'Yin/Yang with Rainbow Spiral Mandala' by Maryrose Smith
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Silk
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Sculpture - 'Mujer Araukana' by Rod Ramos
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Acrylic on linen - 'Bush Medicine' by Gloria Petyarre
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
‘Bush Medicine Dreaming’ depicts the leaves of a special plant that is used to aid in the healing process. The leaves are collected and then boiled to extract the resin. Following this, the resin is mixed with kangaroo fat collected from the kangaroo’s stomach. This creates a paste that can be stored for up to six months in bush conditions. This medicine is used to heal cuts, wounds, bites, rashes and as an insect repellent. The Dreaming that is the basis for Petyarre’s paintings comes from the important ceremonies and traditions held by the people of Atnwengerrp.
Historical information
Gloria PETYARRE Born Utopia, Australia This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Acrylic on Canvas - Untitled
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork- Ceramics - 'Untitled Green' by Coralee Asker
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Two stoneware clay with crystalline glaze forms with relief pattern on surface made from fabric impression.
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - Bookplate - Ex Libris for Rony Irving (Nylex Plastics) by David Frazer
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Bookplate for Tony Irvinng featuring the Yarra River and silos at Richmond, Victoria.
Historical information
David Frazer (1966- ) David Frazer is an Australian artist who works in painting, wood engraving, etching, lithography and bronze. Born in Victoria, David Frazer graduated from the Phillip Institute of Technology, Melbourne with a Fine Art degree specialising in painting. In 1996 he achieved an Honours degree from Monash University specialising in Printmaking and in 2000, gained his Master of Arts. In 2002, David was awarded the Keith Wingrove Bookplate Design Award and in 2007, he was a major prizewinner at the International Print Biennial in Guanlan, China and a featured Australian artist on the ABC’s documentary series ‘Artist at Work’. (http://www.goldfieldsprintmakers.com/david-frazer.html) Art historian Robert C. Littlewood is a Private Press publisher who utilises his skills as a fine art photographer, a video producer, researcher and writer to document the lives and achievements of Australian artists who create (or created) original graphic prints. Littlewood is President of the Australian Bookplate Society and a Trustee of the Keith Wingrove Memorial Trust which administers the world's richest and Australia’s only Bookplate design award.
Watercolour - 'Lakeside Path, Wendouree' by Stirling Gillespie
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Framed watercolour by (James) Stirling Gillespie.
Historical information
Stirling Gillespie was born at Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland in 1908. He spent three years in Ballarat. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - Bookplate - 'Ex Libris Giselle Penn' by Sharon Tomkins
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Graphic Print bookplate for fibre artist, Giselle Penn, who loves textures and brilliant colour. The design was made with the colours and patterns to portray Giselle Penn's art making and to show the theme of textiles or fabrics.
Historical information
The Keith Wingrove Trust conducts a competition among Australian artists, graphic designers and students for the production of Ex Libris Bookplates. The competition is called The Australian Bookplate Design Award. The purpose of the competition is to increase interest in and to attract publicity to the artistic value of bookplates. Although the competition is referred to as 'Australian' there is a category of award open to International artists. This bookplate was entered in the 2001 Australian Bookplate Design Awards.
Inscriptions & Markings
Signed below artwork '9/10 Sharon Tompkins 2001'
Artwork - Marquette - 'Edward Gough Whitlam' by Victor Greenhalgh
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Marquette of a bust of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. It was used for the bronze bust in the Ballarat Botanical Gardens.
Historical information
Edward Gough Whitlam was born in Kew. In 1972 he became the first Australian Labor Party Prime Minister in 23 years, and served as Prime Minister until 1975 when the Governor-General dismissed the government. Victor Greenhalgh was born and educated in Ballarat. He was a student, then a staff member of the Ballarat School of Mines Technical Art School. Greenhalgh was appointed head of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology's Att School in 1955. He died in 1983. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Oil on canvasboard - [Treed Landscape]
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Landscape in gold frame canvas lining. Gift of David Alexander, 2013
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - Ceramics - Untitled [Vessel] by Victor Greenaway, 1980
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Hand decorated wheelthrown porcelaneous stoneware. Hand-decorated wheelthrown porcelaneous stoneware. This work is part of the Jan Feder Memorial Ceramics Collection. Jan Feder was an alumna of the Gippsland Campus who studied ceramics on the campus. She passed away in the mid 1980s. Her student peers raised funds to buy ceramic works in her memory. They bought works from visiting lecturers who became leading ceramic artists around the world, as well as from many of the staff who taught there.
Historical information
Victor GREENAWAY (1947 - ) Born Sale, Victoria Victor Greenaway studied Ceramics at RMIT. He established his first workshop in Hawthorn in 1968, before moving to Ian Sprague's Mungeriba Pottery, Upper Beaconsfield in 1969. He studied under Tatsuzo Shimoaka in Mashiko, Japan under a Churchill Fellowship awarded in 1974. Upon his return he established Broomhill Pottery in Upper Beaconsfield in 1975, and in 1976 started employing trainees.
Artworks - Printmaking - [Triptych]
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Three framed limited edition prints depicting sea shells. If you can provide information on this artist or artwork please use the comment box below.
Printmaking - Multiplate Etching - Amidst the Darkness
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Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Ceramic - [Group of small containers]
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - Ceramic - (Untitled) Bottle by Barry Wemyss
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Terracotta wheel thrown bottle.
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Inscriptions & Markings
'BW' stamped on base.
Bookplate - ‘Ex Libris Judith Yvonne Jewell’
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
The title is depicted in white on a red oval background
Historical information
After a quiet period, interest in bookplates in Australia began to increase in the early 1970s, Entrepreneurial art and book collectors such as Edwin Jewell and others commissioned multiple Bookplate designs from a range of well known fine artists. At a 1997 meeting in Melbourne of the Ephemera Society of Australia Edwin Jewell and others announced the formation of the Australian Bookplate Society. The society was instrumental in promoting the art of the bookplate through establishment of the Australian Bookplate Design competition.
Artwork - Mobile - 'Leaping and Jumping' by Jo Foloy
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Mobile If you can assist with information on this artist or artwork please use the comment link below.
Historical information
Jo FOLEY Jo Foley studied Visual Art of the University of Ballarat. This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Printmaking - Lithograph - Pall Mall Bendigo
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Acrylic on canvas - 'Black Day' by Tarli Glover
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Printmaking - Woodcut - Cocina
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Watercolour & ink - [Woman]
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - Sculpture by Malcolm Bywaters
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Watercolour on paper - Patronga Springs
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Painting - 'The Joy of Colour' by Pauline O'Shannessy Dowling
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Historical information
This item is part of the Federation University Art Collection. The Art Collection features over 1000 works and was listed as a 'Ballarat Treasure' in 2007.
Artwork - Bookplate - 'Ex Libris Bookplate John Gartner'
Federation University Australia Art Collection ,
Etching showing a reclining nude woman holding the letter E in the foreground and a printmaker in the background.
Historical information
John Gartner was a fine printer and publisher, an author, a noted philatelist, and also collector of Australian banknotes and coins. He was born on 16 July 1914 and was largely self-educated, leaving school at fourteen for work following the death of his father. Gartner developed a strong interest in the history of typography and printing and was apprenticed at the Advocate where his father had been a linotype operator. Aged 17, Gartner bought a hand press and some fonts of type, and in 1937 acquired a platen press from which he set and printed his private press books, published under the imprint of The Hawthorn Press. Gartner had a strong collection of Australian bookplates. He also looked at the work of artists overseas and commissioned personal plates. He subsequently built an international collection with preference for artists who printed from wood. His initial searches were in Belgium and Holland.(http://www3.slv.vic.gov.au/latrobejournal/issue/latrobe-84/t1-g-t7.html)
Inscriptions & Markings
Signature bottom right hand corner