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Marcus Charles Beilby
Born (1951-11-20) 20 November 1951 (age 72)[1]
NationalityAustralian
Alma materClaremont Technical College
Known forPainting
Notable workCrutching the Ewes,[2] Opening of Parliament House by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 9 May 1988[3]
StylePhotorealism
Awards1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting[4]
Websitemarcusbeilby.com

Marcus Charles Beilby (born 20 November 1951, in Western Australia),[1] is an Australian realist painter.[5] Beilby grew up in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant. He was educated at Applecross Senior High School and the Claremont Technical College, where he received a Diploma of Fine Arts (Painting) in 1975.[6]

Beilby was the winner of the 1987 Sir John Sulman Prize for Australian Genre Painting.[4] The winning painting, Crutching the ewes has been described as a homage to Tom Roberts' Shearing the Rams.[7]

He currently resides in East Fremantle, Western Australia.[8]

His father was the noted Australian author and novelist Richard Beilby.[9]

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Births". The West Australian. Perth, WA. 23 November 1951. p. 20. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  2. ^ Beilby, Marcus. "Crutching the Ewes 1987". Australian Impressionism. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  3. ^ "The 30th anniversary of Australia's Parliament House". Canberra: Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Winner for 1987". Prizes: Sir John Sulman Prize. Sydney: Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Marcus Beilby: Western Realism". Exhibition Catalogue. Richmond, Victoria: Charles Nodrum Gallery. 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Marcus Beilby" (PDF). Lister Gallery. Subiaco, WA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  7. ^ Beilby, Marcus. "Contemporary views". Australian Impressionism. Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Curiculun Vitae". Marcus Beilby Australian Realist Painter. East Fremantle, WA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Marcus Beilby". Artists of the High Court. Canberra: High Court of Australia. Retrieved 10 February 2020.