Brett Whiteley
(Australia, England 07 Apr 1939–15 Jun 1992)
The balcony 2
- Other titles:
- Sydney by night [title used at acquisition]
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Further information
'Windsor and Newton Deep Ultramarine oil colour has an obsessive, ecstasy-like effect upon my nervous system quite unlike any other colour.'
Brett Whiteley 1975'The balcony 2' is one of his most evocative harbour paintings, encapsulating key elements of Whiteley's art – fluent draughtsmanship, an erotically charged curvilinear line and an ability to invest minimal brushstrokes with multiple associations.
Whiteley's return to Australia in 1969 heralded a new preoccupation with colour and beauty. Inspired principally by Matisse, but also by his house at Lavender Bay on Sydney Harbour's north shore, he created a series of large scale paintings of expansive interiors and views evoking the marine beauty of the harbour.
His last studio and home at 2 Raper Street, Surry Hills in Sydney is now a museum managed by the Art Gallery of NSW. Further information can be found at http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/brett-whiteley-studio/
- Year
- 1975
- Media
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 203.5 x 364.5cm stretcher; 210.9 x 372.2 x 6.3cm frame
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated l.l. corner, white oil "1975 brett whiteley".
- Credit
- Purchased 1981
- Accession number
- 116.1981
- Copyright
- © Wendy Whiteley
