Marcus Beilby Explained

Marcus Charles Beilby
Birth Date:	1951 11, df=yes^[1]
Birth Place:	Perth, Western Australia
Nationality:	Australian
Alma Mater:	Claremont Technical College
Known For:	Painting
Notable Works:	Crutching the Ewes,^[2] Opening of Parliament House by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 9 May 1988^[3]
Style:	Photorealism
Awards:	1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting

Marcus Charles Beilby (born 20 November 1951, in Western Australia),^[1] is an Australian realist painter.^[4] Beilby grew up in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant. He was educated at Applecross Senior High School and the Claremont Technical College, where he received a Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) in 1975.^[5]

Beilby was the winner of the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting.^[6] The winning painting, Crutching the ewes has been described as a homage to Tom Roberts' Shearing the Rams.^[7]

In 1988, Charles Bush received a royal commission from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to depict the inauguration of the permanent Parliament House. Bush died the next year, leaving behind an initial sketch. As a result, Marcus Beilby was chosen to finalize the artwork and carry out the completion of the painting.^[8]

He currently resides in East Fremantle, Western Australia.^[9]

His father was the noted Australian author and novelist Richard Beilby.^[10]

Collections

• Australian War Memorial^[11]
• High Court of Australia^[12]
• The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia^[13]
• National Gallery of Victoria^[14]
• National Library of Australia^{[15] [16]}
• Castlemaine Art Museum^[17]

External links

• Marcus Beilby's website
• Claremont school of art

Notes and References

1. News: Births . 10 February 2020 . The West Australian . 23 November 1951 . Perth, WA . 20.
2. Web site: Beilby . Marcus . Crutching the Ewes 1987 . Australian Impressionism . National Gallery of Victoria . 10 February 2020 . Melbourne.
3. Web site: The 30th anniversary of Australia's Parliament House . Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia . 10 February 2020 . Canberra.
4. Web site: Marcus Beilby: Western Realism . Exhibition Catalogue . Charles Nodrum Gallery . 10 February 2020 . Richmond, Victoria . 2017.
5. Web site: Marcus Beilby . Lister Gallery . 10 February 2020 . Subiaco, WA.
6. Web site: Winner for 1987 . Prizes: Sir John Sulman Prize . Art Gallery of New South Wales . 10 February 2020 . Sydney.
7. Web site: Beilby . Marcus . Contemporary views . Australian Impressionism . National Gallery of Victoria . 10 February 2020 . Melbourne.
8. Web site: Kohen . Apolline . History of the Historic Memorials Collection . 2023-08-31 . Parliament of Australia . en-AU.
9. Web site: Curiculun Vitae . Marcus Beilby Australian Realist Painter . 10 February 2020 . East Fremantle, WA.
10. Web site: Marcus Beilby . Artists of the High Court . High Court of Australia . 10 February 2020 . Canberra.
11. Web site: Beilby . Marcus . 1988 . Bicentennial Anzac Day march . 2023-08-31 . Australian War Memorial . en.
12. Web site: Marcus BEILBY, First sitting of the High Court of Australia, Banco Court, Melbourne, 6 October 1903, 1996–97, oil on canvas. Collection of the High Court of Australia . High Court of Australia.
13. Web site: Artist as hero . 2023-08-31 . Art Gallery WA Collection Online . en.
14. Web site: Marcus Beilby . 2023-08-31 . National Gallery of Victoria . en-AU.
15. Web site: Archibald Prize Archibald 1990 work: Hal Missingham by Marcus Beilby . 2023-08-31 . www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au . en.
16. Web site: Studies for the portrait of Hal Missingham, ca. 1990 [picture] ]. 2023-08-31 . Trove . en.
17. Web site: Car Park . 2023-08-31 . Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online . en.