Brett Whiteley

Painter

Brett Whiteley was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on April 7th, 1939 and is the Painter. At the age of 53, Brett Whiteley biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

Date of Birth
April 7, 1939
Nationality
Australia
Place of Birth
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death Date
Jun 15, 1992 (age 53)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Painter
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Education
Julian Ashton Art School
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Wendy Whiteley (m. 1962, div. 1989)
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Brett Whiteley Life

Brett Whiteley, AO (7 April 1939 – June 1992) was an Australian artist.

He is represented in all of Australia's major galleries' collections, and he has twice been named in the Archibald, Wynne, and Sulman awards.

He had many exhibitions, and he painted in Australia, Italy, England, Fiji, and the United States.

Early years

Whiteley, a student at Scots School, Bathurst, and Scots College, Bellevue Hill, grew up in Longueville, a suburb of Sydney. He began drawing at a young age. When he was a boy, he painted on weekends in New South Wales and Canberra, Australia, with pieces like The soup kitchen (1958). Whiteley attended drawing lessons from 1956 to 1959 at the National Art School in East Sydney. Russell Drysdale judged him in 1959 when he was granted an art scholarship funded by the Italian government and judged by Russell Drysdale. On January 23, 1960, he left Australia for Europe.

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Life on the Pond, by John Olsen, sells for $312,500, just as much as the Australian painter's

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 2, 2023
At an auction of works by top Australian artists, the first sale of a major piece by renowned landscape painter John Olsen since he died in April. The auctioneer characterized the price fetched by Life on the Edge of the Pond as'very pleasing.' Olsen's smaller work, which featured his signature frogs, went under the hammer and was sold for over $50,000, much more than its asking price.

Wendy Whiteley, artist Brett Whiteley's widow, discusses his'misogyny.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 29, 2022
In a new book, Wendy Whiteley (pictured left and right), now 81, chronicles the riots of her open marriage with celebrated painter and sculptor Brett Whiteley, who died alone from a heroin overdose in a Thirroul motel room in 1992. Ms Whiteley portrayed her late husband as 'possessive,'abusive,' and lengthy in terms of how he became enraged over her long-term affair, despite the fact that they had an open marriage and many lovers. The couple (pictured left) had just one child, Arkie (pictured far right) who tragically died at the age of 37.