- Graham Fransella
Infobox Artist
name = Graham Fransella
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birthdate = 1950
location = Harrow,England
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nationality = flagicon|AustraliaAustralia n
field =Painting ,Sculpture ,Printmaking
training = Bradford School of Art, Yorkshire
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awards = 2007 Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize,Art Gallery of New South Wales , Australia2006 Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize,
Art Gallery of New South Wales , Australia2000 Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize,
Art Gallery of New South Wales , AustraliaGraham Fransella (born 3 June 1950) is an
Australian figurative and abstract painter.Life
Fransella was born in
Harrow, England . He studied at the Bradford School of Art,Yorkshire in the early 1970s, before moving to Melbourne, Australia, in 1975.Work
Fransella is known for his abstract figurative paintings and prints. His basic iconography of heads and figures has remained constant throughout his work. His work is represented in private and public collections including the
National Gallery of Australia ,National Gallery of Victoria ,Art Gallery of New South Wales ,Queensland Art Gallery ,Parliament House, Canberra , the Print Council of Australia andSaatchi and Saatchi , London.Fransella has been an
Archibald Prize finalist,Dobell Prize and Sulman Drawing Prize finalist and has won the Art Gallery of New South Wales Wynne Trustees Watercolour Prize in 2000, 2006 and 2007. [ [http://www.grahamfransella.com.au/prizes.html Graham Fransella website] ] He was also the subject of anArchibald Prize 2006 finalists entry by Geoffrey Dyer entitled ‘The Abstractionist Graham Fransella’.Notes
References
* [http://www.grahamfransella.com.au/biography.html Biography] , Graham Fransella website
ee also
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Art of Australia
*Archibald Prize 2006 finalists
*List of Australian artists External links
* [http://www.grahamfransella.com.au Graham Fransella website]
* [http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/archives_2006/awsppp_winners_06 State Library of New South Wales 2006 Prize Winners]
* [http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/media/archives_2007/aws2007_winners State Library of New South Wales 2007 Prize Winners]
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