Summer at Carcoar explained

Summer at Carcoar
Artist:Brett Whiteley
Year:1977
Medium:oil and mixed media on pineboard
Height Metric:244
Width Metric:198
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Newcastle, Australia
Museum:Newcastle Art Gallery
Url:https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/prizes/wynne/1978/21144/

Summer at Carcoar is a 1977 painting by Australian artist Brett Whiteley. The painting was awarded the Wynne Prize in 1978, the same year that Whiteley also won the Archibald Prize with Art, Life and the other thing and the Sulman Prize with Yellow nude - the only artist to be awarded all three prizes in the one year.[1] The painting depicts the landscape around the town of Carcoar, in the Central West of New South Wales.

The work was commissioned by businessman and philanthropist William Bowmore and gifted by him to the Newcastle Art Gallery in 1977. It remains part of its collection and has been described as the institution's "major icon work".[2]

The painting was referenced in the 2019 opera Whiteley, based on the life of the artist.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Hauser . Kitty . Brett Whitley-Summer at Carcoar . 20 August 2019 . The Australian . News Limited . 18 April 2009.
  2. News: Newcastle art community mourns benefactor . 20 August 2019 . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 10 January 2008.
  3. Web site: Whiteley Image Credits . Whiteley . Opera Australia . 20 August 2019.