Artist: John Brett (1831 - 1902)
Nationality: British
Movement: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
Media: Painting
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Biography:
John Brett painted mostly seascapes and coastal scenes that were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and John Ruskin. His early paintings were noted for their skilled and elaborate detail. Consequently, later in Brett’s career, his output decreased and he died practically unknown.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (100)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Kynance, 1888 John Brett (British, 1830-1902)Oil on canvas; 7 x 14 1/8 in. (17.8 x
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John Brett - Caernarvon 1875 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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Albert Flamen (Flamand) (Brett) Etching 17th century
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John Brett - Landscape (1852) 1852 oil on millboard The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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John Brett - Southern Coast of Guernsey 1875 oil on canvas Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery British
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John Brett - Rocky coast scene (1872) 1872 oil on millboard The Fitzwilliam Museum British
Museum of Fine Arts -
Tetradrachm with head of deified Alexander the Great Coin Greek Hellenistic Period, After 196 B.C.
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John Steuart Curry - John Brown 1938 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center American
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John Vanderlyn - John Sudam 1829-1830 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Gray 1766 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Wollaston - John Stevens c. 1749-1752 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - John Greene c. 1769 oil on canvas Currier Museum of Art American
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John Singleton Copley - Mrs. John Greene 1769 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John Smibert - Mrs. John Pitts 1735 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Durand - Mrs. John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Durand - John Lothrop c. 1770 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Hoppner - John Granville 1790-95 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art English
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John Frazee - John Marshall 1834-35 marble Boston Athenaeum American
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John Johnston - John Peck c. 1795 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Sartain Portrait of John A. Sutter mezzotint 1850
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. 1790 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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John Sartain John Calvin 19th century
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John Singleton Copley - Portrait of John Scollay 1764 black and white chal Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts American
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John R. Johnston - Mrs. John R. Johnston before 1857 salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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John B. Neagle William Helmuth (or John Henry Helmuth) oil on canvas 1834
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John Singleton Copley - The Honorable John Erving c. 1774 oil on canvas Smith College Museum of Art American
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Portrait of a Man, Said to Be John Durham, ca. 1790 John Barry (British, active
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: artist unknown Title: Tapestry Fragment of Virgin and St. John Date: about 1520 -
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John Singleton Copley - Colonel John Montresor c. 1771 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John Wesley Jarvis - Commodore John Rodgers c. 1814 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Dixon An Incantation Mezzotint 1773
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John Smibert John Nelson oil on canvas 1732
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John Smith Sir John Percival Bart Mezzotint 1704
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John Smith John Duke of Marlborough Mezzotint 1705
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John Hall King John, Act IV, Scene I 18th century
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John Trumbull - John Trumbull 1793 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art American
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John R. Johnston - John R. Johnston with Painting late 1850's salted paper print f Cleveland Museum of Art American
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H.B. (John Doyle) John Wilkes 18th - 19th century
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John Kay John Campbell of Blythewood Etching 1784
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Wilson The Elephant and the Bookseller, opposite page 45 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), Vol. 1 Engraving 1793
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W. Grainger The Baboon and the Poultry, opposite page 17 in the book, Fables by John Gay (London: John Stockdale, 1793), vol. 2 Engraving 1793
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John Smith John Lambert the Elder, (after same) mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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John Neagle - The Reverend John Albert Ryan 1825-1829 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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John Faber the Younger St. John, Apostle and Evangelist mezzotint 1754
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John Covert - John Covert's Father In His Pharmacy c. 1906 oil on cavnas Hirshhorn Museum American
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Gilbert Stuart - John Jay 1794 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Alice Neel - John 1980 lithograph on paper The Art Gallery University of Maryland
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John Stuart Curry John Brown Lithograph 1939
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William Strang John Bunyan, frontispiece portrait and first plate in the book The Pilgrim*s Progress by John Bunyan (London: John C. Nimmo, 1895) etching 1885
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John Neagle - Amy Taylor Dickson (Mrs. John Dickson) c. 1835 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
Museum of Fine Arts -
Tetrastater of the Derrones coin Greek Archaic Period, 510–480 B.C. Macedonia Silver 36 x 31
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John Carter Portrait of John Carter at Work, frontispiece in the book The Life of John Carter by Frederick James Mills (New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1868) 1868
J. Paul Getty Museum -
Young John the Baptist; History Scene
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Domenico Cunego Tomb of Virgil, pl. 11 from the series Views of Antique Buildings and Famous Ruins in Italy, after C. ClÈrisseau Etching and engraving 18th century
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Domenico Cunego Arch of Trajan, pl. 2 from the series Views of Antique Buildings and Famous Ruins in Italy, after C. ClÈrisseau Etching and engraving 18th century
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Domenico Cunego Temple of Venus, pl. 4 from the series Views of Antique Buildings and Famous Ruins in Italy, after C. ClÈrisseau Etching and engraving 18th century
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Domenico Cunego The Amphitheatre of Capua, pl. 5 from the series Views of Antique Buildings and Famous Ruins in Italy, after C. ClÈrisseau Etching and engraving 18th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
Stater with kantharos Coin Greek Archaic Period, 550–500 B.C. Aegean Islands, (Naxos) Silver Diameter: 20
Museum of Fine Arts -
Tetradrachm with quadriga Coin Greek Archaic Period, 520–510 B.C. Sicily, (Syracuse) Silver Diameter: 28 mm.
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John Faber the Younger Portrait of John Taylor Mezzotint 17th - 18th century
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Domenico Cunego Temple of Pola in Istria, pl. 3 from the series Views of Antique Buildings and Famous Ruins in Italy, after C. ClÈrisseau Etching and engraving 18th century
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Domenico Cunego Temple of Jupiter Stator, pl 12 from the series Views of Antique Buildings and Famous Ruins in Italy, after C. ClÈrisseau Etching and engraving 18th century
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Domenico Cunego Temple of Antoninus and Faustina, pl. 13 from the series Views of Antique Buildings and Famous Ruins in Italy, after C. ClÈrisseau Etching and engraving 18th century
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John James Audubon Douglass' Squirrel, a study for pl. 48 ofViviparous Quadripeds of North America by John James Audubon and Rev. John Bachman (New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848) Watercolor, ink, graphite, and glaze on wove paper circa 1843
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Didrachm with wild parsley leaf Coin Greek Archaic Period, 520–490 B.C. Sicily, (Selinos) Silver Diameter:
Museum of Fine Arts -
Tetradrachm with head of Athena Coin Greek Archaic Period, 490–480 B.C. Attica, (Athens) Silver Diameter:
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: John Smith and after Gottfned Kneller Title: John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave Date: 17th
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John Chester Buttre Portrait of John B. Webber engraving 19th - 20th century
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John Cochran John Jervis, Earl of St. Vincent 19th century
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John Smith Portrait of John Egerton, Earl of Bridgwater Mezzotint 17th - 18th century
Museum of Fine Arts -
Tetradrachm with head of Athena coin Greek Archaic Period, 590–530 B.C. Attica, (Athens) Silver Diameter:
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Didrachm with seated sphinx coin Greek Archaic Period, 510–500 B.C. Ionia, Islands, (Chios) Silver Diameter:
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Stater with sow walking right Coins Greek Archaic Period, 498–494 B.C. Island of Lesbos, (Methymna)
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John Cage Variations III 1992
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John Cage Plate arrangement cards for Dereau 1982
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William St. John Harper (sculpture) engraving 1889
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John Wootton The Owl and the Elephant, plate for Fable XLI on page 155 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Wootton The Lyon and the Cub, plate for Fable XIX on page 73 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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John Wootton The Old Hen and the Cock, plate for Fable XX on page 76 in the book Fables by Mr. [John] Gay. 3rd ed. (London: J. Tonson and J. Watts, 1729) engraving 1729
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Tetradrachm with head of Cybele Coins Greek Hellenistic Period, 190–133 B.C. Ionia, (Smyrna) Silver Diameter:
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John Trumbull Philip Church oil on canvas 1784
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John White Alexander - Portrait of Mrs. John White Alexander 1902 oil on canvas Los Angeles County Museum of Art American
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Paolo Veneziano - St. John the Baptist c. 1350 tempera on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Piero della Francesca - St. John the Evangelist 1454-69 tempera on panel The Frick Collection Italian
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Julia Margaret Cameron - Sir John Herschel 1867 albumen print from w Cleveland Museum of Art British
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Elaine de Kooning - John Ashbery 1975 oil on board Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
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Paolo Veneziano - St. John the Baptist c. 1350 tempera on panel Los Angeles County Museum of Art Italian
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Francesco d'Ubertino Verdi - St. John in the Wilderness c. 1535 oil on panel Utah Museum of Fine Arts Italian
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Robert Campin - John the Baptist early 1410's oil and tempera on p Cleveland Museum of Art Netherlandish
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Juseppe de Ribera - St. John the Baptist c. 1624 oil on canvas North Carolina Museum of Art Spanish
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Charles Willson Peale - John Nicholson 1790 Oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Boris Bernhard Gordon - John Huntington 1917 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art American
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Benjamin Trott - John Jordan c. 1830 watercolor on ivory Cincinnati Art Museum American
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Gilbert Stuart - John Adams c. 1800-1815 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Gilbert Stuart - John Randolph 1804-1805 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Joseph Wright - Mrs. John Ashton c. 1769-1771 oil on canvas The Fitzwilliam Museum British
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Jacopo Sansovino - St. John the Baptist c. 1540-1550 bronze Liechtenstein Museum Italian
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Royall Brewster Smith - John G. Read 1833 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art American
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Sir Joshua Reynolds - John Musters 1777-1780 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art British
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Stater with two dolphins Coins Greek Archaic Period, 600–550 B.C. Aegean Islands, (Thera) Silver Diameter:

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (30)
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Doiron Gallery: Profiles: Photo Collage by S. Brett Kaufman
S. Brett Kaufman lives and works in San Francisco. Born in 1967, he grew up and lived in various areas of Los Angeles. He attended California State University at Northridge where he studied business and journalism; yet his true fascination was w...
National Museums and Galleries of Wales: John Brett - A Pre-Raphaelite on the Shores of Wales
John Brett (1831 – 1902) is best known for his painting The Stonebreaker exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1858 and Val d’Aosta of 1859. He was an associate in the mid 1850s of Millais and Holman Hunt, both of whom were influential upon his artis...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: ALCHEMY and other transcendental works by Brett Whiteley
The mural was recently described by George Alexander from Contemporary Art Programs at the Art Gallery of New South Wales - Spread over 18 panels Alchemy may be read in any direction as a compressed autobiography in visual terms; a tense psychic c...
Art Gallery of New South Wales: On the Beach: With Brett Whiteley and Fellow Australian Artists
Whiteley’s unique rendering of his own experiences of the beach provides the focus for the exhibition, and is an ideal context in which to explore the reactions of other notable Australian artists to this aspect of national culture. The images te...
Brett Whiteley Studio: Animals and Birds: The Artist's Favorite Theme
Metaphorically an escape into what Whiteley saw as the freedom of the natural world, these works provoked in him both curiosity and a tremendous sense of release. As a child, Whiteley always loved visiting Taronga Park Zoo in Sydney and from a...
South African National Gallery: White Like Me: Brett Murray
Emma Bedford, Head Curator for Iziko Art Collections says: With sculptural cartoons accompanied by satirical text, white is simultaneously the normative paradigm as well as volatile ethnic category. This award-winning artist, variously descr...
Folly: The Myth of Sexual Loss: Karen Brett
The artist advertised for couples and single volunteers aged between 60 and 90 to take part in her project. Her approach incorporated a rigorous and often intimate engagement with the subject, frequently spending a long period of time developing t...
3RD i GALLERY: InterActive Art Works
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NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc. at Pfizer Inc. World Headquarters: Contemporary Fine Art by: Corine Borgnet, Brett Chenoweth, Bridget Dearborn, Tim Duch, Yigal Elyadin, Karen Fitzgerald, Robert Martinez and Robin Ross
CORINE BORGNET's painting Alice in Wonderland is a pop surrealist narrative of the timeless fabled journey. Borgnet brings Alice to life in a sculptural piece specially created for the exhibit. BRETT CHENWETH sees the colors within his ever-...
Oakville Galleries: Weathervane: Curated by Karen Love
The exhibition features works by Marlene Creates, Paterson Ewen, Rodney Graham, Tania Kitchell, Mark Lewis, Richard Rhodes, Seifollah Samadian, Alan Storey, T & T (Tyler Brett and Tony Romano), Diana Thater, Lawrence Weiner and Chris Welsby. ...
Bell-Roberts Art Gallery: Picnic: A Summer Show - Curated by Andrew Lamprecht
Artists included in the exhibition are Usha Seejarim, Kathryn Smith, Doreen Southwood, Kevin Brand, Matthew Hindley, Ed Young, Christian Nerf, Sanell Aggenbach, Geoff Grundlingh, Zen Marie, Vuyisa Nyamende and Cameron Platter, Brett Murray, and Sv...
Hayward Gallery: Force Fields: Phases of the Kinetic
Over 100 paintings, sculptures, drawings, installations and films made by artists from the 1920s to the early 1980s have been brought together by the exhibition’s curator Guy Brett. Among the seminal works in the show are Calder’s early mobiles, D...
Compose Art Gallery: Ruth Thomas Edmond, Clay Bodvin and Brett Culbert
The variety, flavour and impact is extraordinary. For example, with Raw Materials (Still Life in Waiting) #2 a free-floating arrangement of exotic flowers is shown as a 60cm sq inkjet print. Opposite this is a 90cm sq, oil painted, marouflage-pane...
Gold Coast City Art Gallery: Shoot: Australian Photography from the Corrigan collection
Shoot! will be an exhibition to challenge ideas about photography and its role in visual arts practice. Gold Coast City Art Gallery Curator, Brett Adlington said, “Photographically the term ‘shoot’ implies an image that is hastily taken, in ...
NSA Gallery: Bitterkomix, i-jusi, Boogie Lights
Bitterkomix is South Africa’s only independent satirical comic magazine. Since its inception in 1992 Bitterkomix has vehemently attacked white South African ideology, in particular that of the Afrikaner. The comic magazine is originally in Afrikaa...
Foundation for the Advancement of Art: Innovation, Substance, Vision: the Future of Art
Perhaps the most pressing issue is the need for contemporary art institutions to look at and examine innovations made by living representational painters and sculptors. Michael Newberry, the director of the Foundation says: "The contemporary...
Association for Visual Arts: Third Cape Town Public Sculpture Competition
A sum of R120 000 from the J.K.Gross Trust has been made available for this competition, the third of its kind for the city. R80 000 has been set aside for the making and installation of the winning piece and R40 000 is the prize money for the win...
Working With Artists: Call for Artists: 2nd Annual Rocky Mountain Regional Juried Photography Exhibition
The 2002 juried exhibit resulted in 80 pieces selected out of over 300 entries. The exhibition was very successful for the photographers in the seven state Rocky Mountain region, and the show was well received by the many photographers who entered...
Parsons Exhition Center: Drawing in the Present Tense
This show is based on a series of simple observations about the drawing process. The creative process itself often has its origins in drawing. In this view, drawing comes about from a succession of traces, impulses and sensations that form an end...
Rose Korber at The Bay Hotel: 11th Art Salon at the Bay - New Directions
Included will be familiar names such as Willie Bester, Sam Nhlengethwa, Walter Oltman, Nina Romm, Jenny Stadler, Francine Scialom Greenblatt, Penny Stutterheim, Robert Slingsby, John Kramer, Paul Blomkamp, Louis Jansen van Vuuren and Walter Meyer....
Smart Museum of Art: Critical Mass
* Training: They usually hold degrees from art schools and many also teach or administrate at cultural institutions. * Sensibilities: They pursue an ethical, self-reflective practice and are committed to social engagement. They conside...
Gold Coast City Art Gallery: Otherworlds: Images of Fantasy and Fiction
Minister for the Arts Matt Foley said this was the first Queensland Art Gallery exhibition curated and designed specifically for the youth audience to tour Queensland. 'Fantasy, surrealism and science fiction are genres which ...
Association for Visual Arts: Call for Artists: Third Public Sculpture Competition for the City of Cape Town
The site for this competition has been identified as the corner of Shortmarket Street and St George’s Mall, in the center of the city of Cape Town. Entry is open to all, and registration forms (Form A) should reach AVA by 29 June 2002. The maquet...
Para/site Art Space: A Hong Kong - Melbourne Exchange Project 2003: Organisation for Cultural Exchange and Mishap (OCEM)
OCEM is interested in organisation, and not organization as institution. OCEM understands the primacy of artist-initiated activity. The members of Organisation at any point in time will be the organisation. This project has no aims beyond allowing...
Bell-Roberts Art Gallery: 10 Years 100 Artists: Art in a Democratic South Africa
The new premises at 89 Bree Street (between Shortmarket and Hout Streets) was originally built in 1752. The space is elegant and spacious , with a touch of old world charm about it. The gallery will now be situated on two floors and a roof top gar...
Maria Perides Gallery: Trisha Lambi and Max Lieberman: Oil Paintings
“Light and its effect on form is my inspiration and whilst I don’t particularly aspire to convey a conscious emotion in my work it seems to emerge of its own will,” says Lambi. Lambi was invited to participate in, and represent Australia at...
Ohio Art League: Ohio Art League Annual Spring Juried Exhibition
The show includes a broad and diverse range of media, technique and subject matter, including painting, photography, collage, printmaking, artist’s books, ceramics, glass, sculpture, jewelry, and video. Within those categories viewers will see wor...
Portland Museum of Art: Lasting Impressions: Contemporary Prints from the Bruce Brown Collection
As a teacher at Freeport High School and Curator of Maine Coast Artists in Rockport, Brown has educated many people about art and has also assembled a phenomenal collection of contemporary prints on a limited budget. Brown began collecting in the...
Cafe Gallery Project: Sutapa Biswas: Birdsong
Birdsong is a projected film tableau in which a horse is viewed in a domestic interior, standing motionless except for the gentle and subtle movements of its body. Seen through the eyes of a child – whose dream it is to have a horse living in his ...
Hyde Park Art Center: Cut, Pulled, Colored and Burnt
Raising issues of representation, cultural identity and assertion through photography, painting, drawing, sculpture and assemblage, the exhibition offers a diverse group of provocative, serious works, tempered by often humorous social critique. D...

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