Marcus Beilby

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]

Marcus Charles Beilby
Born (1951-11-20) 20 November 1951[1]
Perth, Western Australia
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

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]

In 1988, Charles Bush received a royal commission from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to depict the inauguration of the permanent Parliament House. Bush died the next year, leaving behind an initial sketch. As a result, Marcus Beilby was chosen to finalize the artwork and carry out the completion of the painting.[8]

He currently resides in East Fremantle, Western Australia.[9]

His father was the noted Australian author and novelist Richard Beilby.[10]

Collections
  • Australian War Memorial[11]
  • High Court of Australia[12]
  • The State Art Collection, The Art Gallery of Western Australia[13]
  • National Gallery of Victoria[14]
  • National Library of Australia[15][16]
  • Castlemaine Art Museum[17]

Notes
  1. "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. "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. Kohen, Apolline. "History of the Historic Memorials Collection". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  9. "Curiculun Vitae". Marcus Beilby Australian Realist Painter. East Fremantle, WA. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  10. "Marcus Beilby". Artists of the High Court. Canberra: High Court of Australia. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
  11. Beilby, Marcus (1988). "Bicentennial Anzac Day march". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  12. "Marcus BEILBY, First sitting of the High Court of Australia, Banco Court, Melbourne, 6 October 1903, 1996–97, oil on canvas. Collection of the High Court of Australia". High Court of Australia.
  13. "Artist as hero". Art Gallery WA Collection Online. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  14. "Marcus Beilby". National Gallery of Victoria. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  15. "Archibald Prize Archibald 1990 work: Hal Missingham by Marcus Beilby". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  16. "Studies for the portrait of Hal Missingham, ca. 1990 [picture]". Trove. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  17. "Car Park". Castlemaine Art Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 31 August 2023.


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