Bendigo Art Gallery

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{{Infobox museum

| name = Bendigo Art Gallery

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| image = Bendigo Art Gallery 2012.jpg

| caption = Bendigo Art Gallery, Bolton Court seen from View Street

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| established = 1887

| location = 42 View Street, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

| type = Art gallery

| website = http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/Home

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Bendigo Art Gallery is an Australian art gallery located in Bendigo, Victoria. It is one of the oldest and largest regional art galleries.

History

The gallery was founded in 1887.{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2007/10/23/2067602.htm|title=Bendigo Art Gallery turns 120|work=ABC Online|publisher=ABC Central Victoria - Australian Broadcasting Corporation|accessdate=29 December 2010}}

The gallery's collection was first housed in the former Bendigo Volunteer Rifle's room, converted into an exhibition space by Bendigo architect William Charles Vahland (1828–1915) in 1890 and renamed Bolton Court. In 1897 it was extended with Drury Court, designed by local architect William Beebe. In 1962 the gallery was again extended with office space and additional exhibition spaces, as well as a new entrance.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/About_Us/History_of_Bendigo_Art_Gallery |title=Bendigo Art Gallery: "History of Bendigo Art Gallery", retrieved 18 November 2012 |access-date=18 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203083415/http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/About_Us/History_of_Bendigo_Art_Gallery |archive-date=3 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}

From 1998 to 2001 the gallery was refurbished and expanded with a new sculpture gallery designed by Fender Katsalidis Architects.

Description

Bendigo Art Gallery is one of Australia’s oldest and largest regional art galleries.

Collection

The gallery's collection has a strong emphasis on British and European Continental 19th-century painting, with works by Ernest Waterlow and Pierre Puvis de Chavannes among others. Australian work from the 19th century onwards is also well represented, including Charles Conder and Arthur Streeton.

Prizes

The Robert Jacks Drawing Prize is a former prize awarded by the gallery, named for Australian artist Robert Jacks.{{citation needed|date=February 2024}}

{{as of|2024}}, the gallery offers two biennial art prizes:{{cite web | title=Prizes and Scholarships | website=Bendigo Art Gallery | url=https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/prizes-and-scholarships | access-date=23 February 2024}}

=Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize=

The gallery hosts Australia's richest open painting prize, the Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize worth {{AUD|50,000}}, which was launched in 2003.Quinlan, Karen (2004). Bendigo Art Gallery Selected Works, Bendigo Art Gallery. {{ISBN|0-949215-27-9}}. It was then Australia's richest open painting prize, worth {{AUD|50,000}}.{{cite web | title=Large, layered and now it's worth $50,000 | website=The Age | date=9 November 2003 | url=https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/large-layered-and-now-its-worth-50-000-20031109-gdwpc1.html | access-date=23 February 2024}} It was initiated by Allen Guy {{post-nominals| country=AUS|CBE}} in honour of his elder and only brother Arthur Guy (24 November 1914 – 14 February 1945), who died in World War II near Lae, Papua New Guinea, while serving with the RAAF. Arthur was educated at Camp Hill State School in Bendigo, and then at Ballarat Grammar School.{{cite web | title=Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize | website=Bendigo Art Gallery | date=19 September 2012 | url=http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/Prizes_Scholarships/Arthur_Guy_Memorial_Painting_Prize | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130105063913/http://www.bendigoartgallery.com.au/Prizes_Scholarships/Arthur_Guy_Memorial_Painting_Prize | archive-date=5 January 2013 | url-status=dead | access-date=23 February 2024}}

Prizewinners include:

  • 2003: Stieg Persson
  • 2005: Dale Frank{{cite web | title=Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize | website=Bendigo Art Gallery | date=24 November 2023 | url=https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/prizes-and-scholarships/arthur-guy-memorial-painting-prize | access-date=23 February 2024}}{{cite web | title=When asked how he acquired his fine collection of french empire clocks…, 2005 | website=Deutscher and Hackett | date=28 August 2019 | url=https://www.deutscherandhackett.com/auction/lot/when-asked-how-he-acquired-his-fine-collection-french-empire-clocks%E2%80%A6-2005|first=Veronica |last=Angelatos | access-date=23 February 2024}}

  • 2007: Stephen Bush
  • 2009: Jan Nelson
  • 2011: Tim Johnson
  • 2013: Chris Bond
  • 2015: Guan Wei
  • 2017: Margaret Loy Pula
  • 2019: Jahnne Pasco-White
  • 2021: Kirsty Budge{{cite web | title=2023 Arthur Guy Memorial Painting Prize Winner | website=Bendigo Art Gallery | date=25 November 2023 | url=https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/tuppy-ngintja-goodwin-2023-arthur-guy-memorial-painting-prize-winner/ | access-date=24 February 2024}}
  • 2023: Tuppy Ngintja Goodwin

=Paul Guest Prize=

The Paul Guest Prize is a non-acquisitive biennial art prize and exhibition focused on contemporary Australian drawing practice. It was founded by former Family Court judge and Olympic rower, Paul Guest {{post-nominals| country=AUS|OAM|QC}} in 2010. It comprises a cash award of {{AUD|15,000}}.{{cite web | title=Paul Guest Prize | website=Bendigo Art Gallery | date=1 June 2021 | url=https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/prizes-and-scholarships/paul-guest-prize | access-date=23 February 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228051336/https://www.bendigoregion.com.au/bendigo-art-gallery/prizes-and-scholarships/paul-guest-prize| archive-date=28 February 2019| url-status=live}}

Winners include:

People

Karen Quinlan was director of Bendigo Art Gallery from around 2000 to 2018, and curator for three years before that. She was also Professor of Practice at the La Trobe Art Institute at Bendigo. She took up the post of leading the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra in December 2018.{{cite web | title=Ms Karen Quinlan appointed to lead the NPGA: 25 September 2018 | website=National Portrait Gallery | date=25 September 2018 | url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/content/karen-quinlan/ | access-date=8 September 2022}}{{cite web | title=Karen Quinlan AM | website=National Portrait Gallery people | date=22 August 2022 | url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/people/karen-quinlan/ | access-date=8 September 2022}} During her tenure at Bendigo, Quinlan worked with international institutions to bring large exhibitions to Bendigo, which boosted the regional economy and encouraged cultural tourism.{{cite web | title=Karen Quinlan AM announced as new CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne | website=Australian Arts Review | date=3 August 2022 | url=https://artsreview.com.au/karen-quinlan-am-announced-as-new-ceo-of-arts-centre-melbourne/ | access-date=8 September 2022}} She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Australia Day Honours list, "for her significant service to the visual arts and to higher education".{{cite web | title=Karen Quinlan made a Member of the Order of Australia | website=Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) | date=29 January 2019 | url=https://pgav.org.au/Karen-Quinlan-made-a-Member-of-the-Order-of-Australia~3031 | access-date=8 September 2022}}

Logo

The gallery's logo is an image of Ettore Cadorin's statue Venus tying her sandals (1913).The Age, 19–20 December 2003, Review, "Work of the Week", p. 7. Cadorin was an Italian-born American, but was married to an Australian contralto, Erna Mueller, who trained at the Bendigo Conservatory.[http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/downloads/files/Theo_Scharf.pdf NSW Art Gallery]. Retrieved 21 May 2016 He sold the statue to the gallery after visiting it in 1913.

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