Macquarie Galleries

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Macquarie Galleries was a Sydney private art gallery established in 1925 by John Henry Young and . It was located at "Strathkyle", 19 Bligh Street Sydney then moved to 40 King Street in 1945. From 1991 to 1993 it was located at 83–85 McLachlan Avenue, Rushcutters Bay. It is currently located at 585 Grosvenor Place, Sydney. There are also associated Macquarie Galleries in Canberra and Perth.

Basil Burdett left in 1935 or 1936 to become art critic for the Melbourne Herald. became a partner around 1928. From 1939 to 1956 (59?) and 'The bitches of Bligh St'[1] ran the gallery then and Mary Killen.

Artists who have had major exhibitions include:

John Beard (various dates 1985–91)[2]
(1964–88)[3]
Robert Boynes (1985–93)[4]
Rupert Bunny (1940–62)[5]
John Coburn (1958–70)[6]
Ray Crooke (1962–70)[7]
Russell Drysdale (1942–61)[8]
Ian Fairweather (1948–70 and posthumous exhibition 1975)[9]
Graham Fransella (1983–90)[10]
Donald Friend
James Gleeson (1950–70)[11]
(1959)[12]
Frank Hinder (1944–64)[13]
(1969–92)[14]
(1985–91)[15]
(1972–89)[16]
Hilda Rix Nicholas (1978)[17]
Justin O'Brien (1950–82)[18]
Bernard Ollis (1977–92)[19]
John Olsen (1928-)
Desiderius Orban (1946–59)
(1986–92)[20]
David Rankin (1971–90)[21]
Alison Rehfisch (1933–58)[22]
(1976–93)[23]
Jeffrey Smart (1955–71)[24]
Hossein Valamanesh (1984–92)[25]
Roland Wakelin (first exhibitor, returning frequently, posthumous exhibition 1972)
Guy Warren (1964–91)[26]
Salvatore Zofrea (1967–92)[27]

Publications[]

The National Library of Australia holds copies of limited edition booklets published by Macquarie Galleries in conjunction with exhibitions of works by

  • Justin O'Brien 1980? ISBN 0-9595836-3-7
  • John Beard 1988 ISBN 0-9595836-8-8
and 1991 ISBN 1-875365-04-4

References[]

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  19. ^ "Artist Biography: Bernard Ollis" (PDF). Ngart.com.au. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  20. ^ "Sofa 2005". Despard Gallery. Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
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  23. ^ "Robin Gibson Gallery: Jeff Rigby". Robingibson.net. 16 August 1975. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  24. ^ "Jeffrey Smart Selected Works". Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
  25. ^ "Hossein Valamanesh + Sherman Galleries Goodhope". Shermangalleries.com.au. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  26. ^ "Guy Warren – Faculty of Creative Arts @ UOW". Uow.edu.au. Archived from the original on 24 April 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
  27. ^ "Salvatore Zofrea Selected Works". Archived from the original on 29 May 2009. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
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