MS 70 - National Gallery of Australia
MS 70 - National Gallery of Australia
MS 70 - National Gallery of Australia
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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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