David John Voigt (born 1944) is an Australian artist, who won the Blake Prize in 1976 and 1981 and the Wynne Prize in 1981.
David John Voigt | |
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| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) Sydney, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | National Art School |
| Known for | Painting, Printmaking |
| Notable work | Amsterdam series (1971-1972), Blue Requiem (1976), Meditation (1981), Hills of Ravensdale (1981), Lord Howe Island series (1984) |
| Awards | English-Speaking Union Travelling Scholarship (1968), Blake Prize (1976, 1981), Wynne Prize (1981) |
Art
editVoight graduated from the National Art School, Sydney in 1968. The following year he won the English-Speaking Union Travelling Scholarship, living in Paris with the assistance of the Power Bequest from the University of Sydney and Amsterdam.[1]
In 1972 Voight returned to Australia. He has had solo exhibitions in every major Australian city, including at the Toorak Art Gallery in Melbourne and Coventry Gallery in Sydney.[2]
He won the Blake Prize for Religious Art in 1976 with his painting "Blue Requiem", and again in 1981 for "Meditation". The Bulletin magazine gave the work a bad review suggesting the sponsor was embarrassed to give it the $2500 prize money:
As a body closely concerned with economics, and thus inflation, the bank must have been nervous about letting on that it was encouraging art at the rate of $25 a brush-stroke.[3]
That same year he won the Wynne Prize for Australian landscape from the Art Gallery of NSW for "Hills of Ravensdale". He was a finalist in the Wynne Prize on three other occasions.[4]
He is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia,[5] the Art Gallery of NSW[6] and the Wollongong Art Gallery[7]
References
edit- ^ "David John Voigt. 1944-. Australia - Prices of Art at Auction".
- ^ "Search the Collection".
- ^ 'The Bulletin', 10 November 1981, p164
- ^ "Wynne Prize finalists 1981 | Art Gallery of NSW".
- ^ "Search the Collection".
- ^ "Works matching "voigt" | Art Gallery of NSW".
- ^ "Magnetic Blue".
