Victor O'Connor

Victor O'Connor

Victor G O'Connor (born 1918 in Melbourne) is an Australian artist. He is a Social Realist painter of genre and landscapes.

O'Connor graduated in law from University of Melbourne and served with the Army during World War Two. After dischage he studied art at the George Bell School, Melbourne for a time but his art is mostly self-taught.

He is the former vice-president of the Contemporary Art Society of Victoria and studied and painted extensively in UK and Europe 1973 - 1947.

Exhibitions

*CAS (Melbourne Show 1941
*Numerous one-man and group shows in Australia.
*His work has been included in exhibitions in London, Canada and USSR.
*Bloomfield Galleries, Sydney 1980
*Retrospective show 1939 - 1983, Gryphon Gallery, Melbourne 1983

Awards

*CAS (Melbounre) Prize shared with Donald Friend 1941

Represented

*National Gallery of Australia
*National Gallery of Victoria
*Art Gallery of New South Wales
*Tazmanian Art Gallery
*Queensland Art Gallery
*Regonal galleries in Rockhampton, Benalla and Bendigo
*Private and institutional collections in Australia and overseas

References

*Bernard Smith, "Australian Painting 1788 - 1970", Oxford University Press 1974
*Allan McCulloch, "Encyclopedia of Australian Art", Hutchinson 1977
*Jean Capbell, "Australian Watercolour Painters 1780 - 1980", Rigby 1982
*Max Germaine, "Artists and Galleries of Australia", Boolarong 1984


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