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The Warrnambool Art Gallery collection includes 19th century European salon paintings, colonial Australian painting, contemporary Australian works (with a focus on printmaking), Melbourne modernist works from the 1930s to 1950s including avant-garde works by the Angry Penguins, as well as historical and contemporary local works about the region and its people.
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Where it all began for the Warrnambool Art Gallery was in 1886, when the city fathers went shopping at the great centennial exhibition in Melbourne and, with the support National Gallery in Victoria, bought a suite of 16 works-- European salon paintings, German and French, which were very much the flavor of the time. And those 16 works formed the nucleus of what became the Warrnambool Art Gallery collection. To complement the European works in the collection, we also have a strong colonial Australian collection.
One of the key works is Eugene von Guerard's view of Tower Hill. It's an iconic landmark on the outskirts of Warrnambool, and he painted that on his travels through this area in 1855. It's a very exciting opportunity for the gallery at the moment to secure Sky Divisions Gathering, a significant landscape by Australian surrealist James Gleeson. It's been on loan for a number of years, and our community has really bonded with the work and would like to make sure it stays here.
We also have contemporary works which shows stories about this place. And we're fortunate to have a painting by Glenn Morgan, a local artist, depicting the funeral of Banjo Clark, a local elder from Framlingham community just outside Warrnambool. And it's lovely testament to the man and his place in the community, and it's a privilege for the gallery to be able to show images to tell those stories about this place. So all the galleries in the regional network differ in what they collect. Warrnambool, we specialize in colonial Australian painting, contemporary Australian print making, some work of the Melbourne modernists, the 1930s to '50s, and works both historical and contemporary about the Warrnambool region.
In addition to the permanent collection, the Warrnambool Art Gallery has three temporary exhibition spaces. George Lance Gallery is used for innovative projects, less traditional kind of work. The main temporary exhibition gallery is an opportunity for us to bring in major touring exhibitions for our local audience. And the Alan Lame Community Gallery is a space that's utilized by school students, emerging artists, and local practitioners in that space.
Visitors to the gallery, I think they'll experience a broad cross section of Australian visual art history. We're able to collect things that are meaningful to this community, and to tell visitors about Warrnambool and the people that make artwork here.
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Take a walk through Victoria's Warrnambool Art Gallery with Director Murray Bowes as he discusses some highlights of the Warrnambool Art Gallery collection, the formation of the gallery and its connection with the surrounding communities.
Painting - Guan Wei (artist), 'A Mysterious Land', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
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Guan Wei is a Chinese Australian, whose work often involves themes of immigration or identity and place.
This work was purchased as a contemporary repost to our colonial collection.
Acrylic Painting
Painting - Glenn Morgan (artist), 'Banjo's Funeral', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
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Banjo Clark was a renowned Aboriginal Elder from Framlingham, and when he passed away, people came from all around the nation to pay their respects.
Acrylic on Board
1810 x 3790mm
Painting - Sybil Craig (artist), 'Design with Urn', Undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection, purchased in 1978
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An unusual and striking still life.
Oil on Paper
628 x 500mm
Purchased in 1978
Painting - Christine Simons (artist), 'Emus, Tower Hill', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection, purchased in 1985
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One of many Tower Hill references in the collection, this is one of very few which take the viewer right into the park for an up close and personal view.
Synthetic Polymer Paint on Canvas
910 x 1215mm
Purchased in 1985
Painting - Ron Quick (artist), 'Farmland, Southern View', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection, purchased 1999
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A mythical landscape, so familiar and yet so foreign, Ron Quick has created something akin to a memory.
Pastel on Paper
800 x 980mm
Purchased 1999
Painting - Reinhard Zimmerman (artist), 'In the Kitchen', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, purchased 1888
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One of the original objects of the collection, Zimmerman has depicted a simple domestic scene which acts as one of the starting points for the conversation about colonial life in Australia and the sense of loss of the homeland.
A German painter, Zimmerman was also a contemporary of several other prominent painters in the collection.
Oil on Board
303 x 423mm
Purchased by Warrnambool Art Gallery, 1888
Painting - Daniel Clarke (artist), 'Mouth of the Hopkins River', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, purchased with the assistance of a group of anonymous Warrnambool businessmen, 1989
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Art has many roles, not least of which is historic documentation of time and place. This is a fabulous reminder of the early days of Warrnambool.
Oil on Canvas
662 x 870mm
Purchased with the assistance of a group of anonymous Warrnambool businessmen, 1989.
Painting - Eugene von Guerard (artist), 'Moroit (Tower Hill)', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery
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Tower Hill is a perennial favourite, a much loved icon for our region. This is an early colonial work, commissioned by prominent historical figure James Dawson.
Lithography, hand coloured
385 x 700mm
Painting - Brian Dunlop (artist), 'Portrait of Fiona Clarke', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
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With his masterful use of light, Brian Dunlop built himself a reputation as one of Australia's greatest realist painters.
Oil on Canvas
1150 x 750mm
Presented by the Friends of the Warrnambool Art Gallery, 2007.
Print - Rosalind Atkins (artist), 'Shelter', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, purchased through the Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, with the assistance of the FJ Foundation, 1999
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Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, purchased through the Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, with the assistance of the FJ Foundation, 1999
A beautifully intricate work that uses the medium to great advantage, depicting a common sight in this district.
Wood Engraving on Paper
123 x 99mm
Purchased through the Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, with the assistance of the FJ Foundation, 1999.
Mixed Media - Lizzy Newman (artist), 'Soul...', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, presented by the FJ Foundation, through New Social Commentaries 2004
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Winner of the inaugural 'New Social Commentaries' prize at the Warrnambool Art Gallery in 2004.
Fabric, Digital Print on Paper, T-shirts, Furniture, Magazines
300 x 320 x 220cm
Presented by the FJ Foundation, through New Social Commentaries 2004.
Sculpture - Katherine Bowman (artist), 'Suit House', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
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Acquired from the inaugural 'New Social Commentaries' exhibition in 2004.
180 x 370 x 35mm
Fabric, Thread, Copper, Steel Wire, and Enamel Paint
Presented by the Friends of the Warrnambool Art Gallery, through New Social Commentaries, 2004.
Print - Marion Manifold (artist), 'Subtle Sureption', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, purchased through the Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, with the assistance of the FJ Foundation, 1997
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This image is indeed a subtle one, and much is lost in its digital translation. Might be worth dropping into the Gallery for a look!
Screenprint on Paper
760 x 1795mm
Purchased through the Rena Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, with the assistance of the FJ Foundation, 1997.
Mixed Media - David Wadelton (artist), 'Time Zone Fantasia', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, purchased 2006
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David Wadelton has been documenting the Australian landscape for many years.
Lightjet Photographic Print
910 x 1830mm
Purchased 2006
Painting - Tom Humphrey (artist), 'The Way to School (formerly known as Springtime)', Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, acquired in 1888
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A classically Australian colonial image, in the Heidleberg tradition.
Oil on Canvas
1010 x 605mm
Acquired in 1888
Print - Deborah Klein (artist), 'Untitled', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, purchased through the Rona Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, with the assistance of the FJ Foundation, 1999
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A delicate and feminine piece.
Linocut on Interfacing
740 x 620mm
Purchased through the Rona Ellen Jones Memorial Print Award, with the assistance of the FJ Foundation, 1999.
Painting - Henri Tebbitt (artist), 'Warrnambool 1893', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
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This watercolour was presented to the Warrnambool Art Gallery by A J Glasson Williams in 1971.
Sculpture - Owen Yalandja (artist), 'Yawkyawk Freshwater Mermaid', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, presented as a gift through the Isobel and David Jones Family Foundation, 2009
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A powerful indigenous work, the Yawkyawk regularly stands guard to the main exhibition spaces at the Gallery.
Kurrajong wood (brachydhiton diversifolius), earth pigments and synthetic polymer paint
2060 x 210 x 170mm
Presented as a gift through the Isobel and David Jones Family Foundation, 2009.
Painting - Kathryn Ryan (artist), 'Winter Farm', undated, Warrnambool Art Gallery Collection
Courtesy of Warrnambool Art Gallery, purchased in 2003
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Kathryn Ryan was raised locally and knows these wintery views well. This is a wonderfully evocative painting, and very popular with the audience.
Oil on Canvas
1370 x 1830mm
Purchased in 2003
