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<strong>Australia</strong>n Printmaking; Exhibitions (see biographical section for list); patron/member<br />

prints.<br />

Key Names<br />

Grahame King; Robert Grieve; Ge<strong>of</strong>f La Gerche; Neil Caffin; Udo Sellbach; Roger<br />

Butler; Barbara Hanrahan; various printmakers (see biographical section).<br />

Administrative Information<br />

Access<br />

Contact the <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> Research Library reference desk librarians.<br />

Phone +61 2 6240 6530<br />

Email rlr@nga.gov.au<br />

Provenance<br />

Three boxes arrived in 1989, 33 boxes in 1990 and one box in 2001. The papers<br />

were received directly from the Print Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> under the directorship <strong>of</strong><br />

Roger Butler, Senior Curator for <strong>Australia</strong>n Prints and Drawings.<br />

Preferred Citation Note<br />

[Description and date <strong>of</strong> item], [Box/folder number], <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong><br />

Research Library’s Archive Collection, <strong>National</strong> <strong>Gallery</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>, Canberra.<br />

Biographical Note<br />

The Print Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> (PCA) was established in 1966 to encourage the<br />

production and appreciation <strong>of</strong> hand-printed graphics. The intention <strong>of</strong> the PCA was<br />

to stimulate printmaking activities, to encourage understanding and appreciation <strong>of</strong><br />

the original print and to define the various types <strong>of</strong> printmaking (wood-cut, etching,<br />

engraving, lithograph or serigraph).<br />

The council represents one <strong>of</strong> the first administrative bodies in printmaking which<br />

began with migrant artist-teachers trained in the mainstreams <strong>of</strong> European traditions<br />

(Udo Sellbach) and the return <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>n artists from overseas to work and teach<br />

(Grahame King, Earle Backen, Robert Grieve, Murray Walker and David Rose).<br />

Artists who have made significant contributions to printmaking in <strong>Australia</strong> and have<br />

been documented in this collection include Basil Hadley, Barbara Hanrahan, Earle<br />

Backen, Robert Grieve, Ge<strong>of</strong>f La Gerche, Murray Walker, Stanley Palmer, Jock<br />

Clutterbuck, Franz Kempf, Ruth Faerber, Grahame King, Mary MacQueen, Allan<br />

Mitelman, John Olsen, David Rose, Udo Sellbach, Michael West, Ray Beattie, Roger<br />

Kemp, Brett Whiteley, Hertha Kluge-Pott, James Taylor, Olga Sankey.<br />

The council assembled exhibitions <strong>of</strong> prints by <strong>Australia</strong>n and overseas artists for<br />

itineraries <strong>of</strong> showings within <strong>Australia</strong> and arranged exchange exhibitions with other<br />

countries. Print council exhibitions were shown in Europe, the United States <strong>of</strong><br />

America, South East Asia and New Zealand. Prints by students that were under<br />

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