Brett Whiteley

Categories: Artists | Art | News
    • Birth date: April 7, 1939
    • Birth place: Sydney, AustraliaSydneyAustrailia.com: Brett Whiteley
    • Won first art competition at age seven
    • Won art scholarship at twenty-one
    • Married in 1962
    • One daughter
    • Died of drug overdose in 1992

  • Brett Whiteley, who died in 1992, was an Australian painter. who some maintain was at the "forefront of the Australian avant-garde movement".Australian Government Culture and Recreation Portal: Brett Whiteley

  • Prizes Won

    In the 1970s, Whiteley won three major prizes with the Art Gallery of New South Wales. He won each of the prizes twice, and he was the only painter to ever win all three in one year.Australian Art: Prizes Won

  • Record Sales

    In 1992, a painting of Whiteley's sold for the amount of A$1,982,000. This set a record for the highest amount ever paid for an Australian painting. The record was later eclipsed, but Whitely's paintings continued to command a premium. In 2007, another of his paintings sold for A$2.8 million dollars.ABC News: Whiteley Painting Sells for Record Price

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