Basil Hadley

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Basil Hadley (1940 in London, England – 2006 in Stepney, Adelaide) was an English Australian printmaker and painter. His works are represented in National and State public galleries around Australia and in various private collections.{{cite web|url=http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/catalogues/artist/1655/basil-hadley.aspx |title=Basil HADLEY (1940 - 2006) |publisher=Printsandprintmaking.gov.au |date= |accessdate=2012-11-09}}

Biography

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Basil Hadley studied at the Ealing College of Art in London. He came to Australia in 1965{{cite web|author=Basil Hadley |url=http://www.daao.org.au/bio/basil-hadley/ |title=Basil Hadley: biography |publisher=Design and Art Australia Online | date= |accessdate=2014-03-03}}Australian Identities in Printmaking : The Australian Print Collection of Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery Sasha Grishin published by W.W.R.A.G., 2000, {{ISBN|1-875247-15-7}} and studied printmaking at the Prahran College of Advanced Education, Melbourne.{{cite book | title=Artists and Galleries of Australia and New Zealand | publisher=Landsdowne Editions | author=Max Germaine | author-link=Max Germaine | year=1979 | pages=237 | isbn=0-86832-019-6}}

From 1975 until his death in October 2006,{{cite web| url = https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/trials-and-tribulation/news-story/71f3f06b2f31e56d556b5823e5c51488| title = Reference at www.adelaidenow.com.au}} he resided in Stepney, Adelaide, South Australia with his wife Tanya who died a few months prior to Hadley.

The estate of the late Basil Hadley, including paintings, graphics and book collection were auctioned by Elder Fine Art,{{cite web|url=http://www.elderfineart.com.au |title=Adelaide's Fine Art Auctioneers |publisher=Elder Fine Art |date= |accessdate=2012-11-09}} North Adelaide in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/entertainment/arts/trials-and-tribulation/story-e6frees3-1111114245454|title=Trials and tribulation|author=Luise Nunn|publisher=Adelaidenow.com|accessdate=2012-11-09}}

Techniques

Hadley was known well known for exploring various styles and techniques such as:

  • humor
  • abstract
  • Australian landscape
  • birds
  • cats{{cite web|url=http://www.artisage.com/profiles/hadley.htm |title=artisage.com |publisher=artisage.com |date= |accessdate=2012-11-09}}

Exhibitions

One-man shows included: Max Adams Gallery, Adelaide 1971; Toorak Gallery Melbourne, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1976; Macquarie Gallery, Canberra 1972-74; Desborough Gallery, Perth 1973; Lister Gallery, Perth 1975, 1978; Fremantle Arts Centre 1975; Anne Simons Gallery, Canberra 1976; Osborne Art Gallery, Adelaide 1976; Salamanca Place Gallery, Hobart 1977; Bonython Gallery, Adelaide 1978.

Group shows included: Henri Worland Memorial Prize, Warrnambool, Victoria 1974; 'Australian and New Zealand Printmakers', New Zealand 1975.

Awards

  • 1973 Inez Hutchinson Prize, Victoria
  • 1974 Bunbury Purchase Prize, Western Australia
  • 1974 David Jones Prize, Western Australia
  • 1975 Albany Prize, Western Australia
  • 1976 R.M. Ansett-Hamilton Award, Victoria
  • 1976 Print Council of Australian Members Print Commission
  • 1977 Gold Coast City Art Prize, Queensland
  • 1977 Kernewek Lowender Art Prize, South Australia
  • 1979 Joint winner of the Fremantle Print AwardPrint Matters 30 Years of the Shell Fremantle Print Award Holly Story ..et al 2005 FAC {{ISBN|0-9757307-1-1}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/files/410b47a6-b668-4981-8f65-9db300b90816/Silk-handout.pdf |title=Feels Like Silk - screenprints from the City of Fremantle Art Collection |publisher=Fremantle.wa.gov.au |accessdate=2012-11-09 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208124500/http://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/files/410b47a6-b668-4981-8f65-9db300b90816/Silk-handout.pdf |archivedate=8 December 2012 |df=dmy-all }}
  • 1981 Broken Hill Art Prize, NSW
  • 1984 Nominated for BHP Award for the Pursuit of Excellence
  • 1985 Barossa Valley Vintage Festival Art Prize, SA
  • 1987 Painting Section of the 19th Alice Prize, NT
  • 1989 Kernewek Lowender Art Prize, Foundation South Australia Art Award

Represented

Basil Hadley's works have been represented at: Gold Coast Civic Art Collection, Queensland; Queensland Art Gallery; Alice Springs Art Foundation, NT; Rabaul Art Gallery, Papua New Guinea; WA Art Gallery; University of WA; La Trobe University, Vic; Reserve Bank of Australia Collection, NSW; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, NZ; Sydney College of the Arts, NSW; Joshua McClelland Gallery, Vic; Townsville Art Gallery, Qld; Hamilton Regional Gallery, Vic.; Castlemaine Art Museum, Vic; Canberra and Tas Colleges of Advanced Education; Print Council of Australia Collection; Melbourne Metropolitan Board of Works Collection, Vic; Australian Wheat Board, Vic; Bunbury Art Gallery, WA; Fremantle Art Centre, WA; Devonport Gallery and Art Centre, Tas; Albany Town Council Collection, WA; Graylands Teachers College, WA; Claremont Teachers College, WA; Private collections in France, USA, Australia and UK, including BHP Co Ltd.

Notes and references

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Bibliography

  • [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2909240 Basil Hadley], by David Dolan (1991)