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]

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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.