Rob Gutteridge
{{Short description|Australian artist and arts educator}}
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| birth_place = West Bromwich, England
| nationality = Australian
| field = Painting, Drawing, écorché
| training = South Australia School of Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, University of South Australia
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| website = [http://www.rgcr.com.au/ Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism]
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Rob Gutteridge (born 1954) is a South Australian artist and arts educator. As well as teaching at Adelaide Central School of Art, Gutteridge runs the Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism.
Biography
Gutteridge was born in West Bromwich, England in 1954 and arrived in Australia in 1965.{{cite book |last1=Gutteridge |first1=Rob |last2=Gordon |first2=Maureen |title=Rob Gutteridge: records of affection. |date=2006 |publisher=Adelaide Central Gallery |location=Adelaide, SA |oclc=225265573 |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/225265573 |language=English}} He studied painting at the South Australian School of Art (now University of South Australia), and then worked as an illustrator, primarily of insects, for the South Australian Museum (1976-1979).{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Patrick |title=Under the skin |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=16 September 2006}} In 1979, he received a travel grant from the Australia Council and a scholarship from the New York Studio School and, in 1992, thanks to another award, he studied at the Atelier Artistique Internationale des Artes in France.{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Patrick |title=Under the skin |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=16 September 2006}} In 2011, he was awarded the Malaysia-Australia Visual Arts Residency, based at Rimbun Dahan.{{cite news |title=Adelaide Artist to Spend a Year in Hijjas Kasturi's Rimbun Dahan |work=Bernama Daily Malaysian News |date=3 April 2011}}{{cite web |title=Rob Gutteridge |url=http://rimbundahan.org/rob-gutteridge/ |website=Rimbun Dahan |accessdate=22 March 2019 |date=26 April 2011}} In 2016, he opened the Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism to teach classical realist techniques.{{cite web |title=Atelier / Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism |url=https://www.artrenewal.org/Atelier/Index/10148 |website=Art Renewal Center |accessdate=22 March 2019 |language=en}}
Artistic style and subject
Gutteridge’s paintings and drawings have a strong focus on the human body and on clouds, using classical realist techniques.{{cite web |title=Rob Gutteridge |url=http://rimbundahan.org/rob-gutteridge/ |website=Rimbun Dahan |accessdate=22 March 2019 |date=26 April 2011}} His work has been described as displaying “a keen appreciation of anatomy, structure and form”.{{cite web |title=Solo - Rob Gutteridge |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/solo-rob-gutteridge/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=22 March 2019 |language=en |date=10 October 2018}} He also practices and teaches écorché.{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Patrick |title=Under the skin |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=16 September 2006}}
Awards and Prizes
In 2016, he received a Highly Commended for a work in Monochrome award from the Society of Graphic Fine Art.{{cite web |title=Highly Commended Work in Monochrome Winner: 'It Was Like This' by Robert Gutteridge |url=https://www.sgfa.org.uk/highly-commended-work-in-monochrome-winner-it-was-like-this-by-robert-gutteridge/ |website=Society of Graphic Fine Art |accessdate=22 March 2019 |date=24 February 2017}}{{cite web |title=Award Winners '16 |url=https://www.sgfa.org.uk/award-winners-2016/ |website=Society of Graphic Fine Art}}
Further reading
- Neylon, John. (September 1995). [https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/583/artifice-and-the-eye/ Artifice and the Eye]. Artlink.
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Category:Artists from South Australia
Category:Australian contemporary artists
Category:Artists from Adelaide
Category:20th-century Australian artists