Richard Crichton
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Biography


Born 1935 Melbourne Victoria

Studies
1951-52       Caulfield Institute of Technology (CIT)
1953-54      Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT)

Awards and Appointments
1956-66     Lecturer in Fine Art, RMIT
1965            Commendation Award Georges Art Prize
1967-69      Harkness Fellowship of the Commonwealth Fund, USA
1970            Commendation Award Alice Springs Art Prize
1970-80     Lecturer in Fine Art RMIT
1981-82      Appointed International Visiting Artist,
                   Georgia State University Atlanta USA
1982           Appointed artist-in-residence, Spring Arts Festival, 
                   U
niversity of South Carolina, USA      
1981-94      Senior Lecturer RMIT 
1987           Gold Coast Art Award

​Solo Exhibitions

1960          Gallery A Melbourne
1963          Australian Galleries
1965         Bonython Galleries, Adelaide
1966         Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1966         Bonython Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
1967          Bonython Gallery Adelaide
1969         Australian Galleries Melbourne, Selected New York Paintings
1970         Bonython Galleries Sydney and Adelaide
1971          Australian Galleries Melbourne-Cow Series
1974         Macquarie Gallery Sydney
1976         Macquarie Gallery Sydney
1978         Melbourne University Gallery, Profile Works 1958-78
1980        Macquarie Gallery Sydney - Farewell Ballet
1982         Lagerquist Gallery Atlanta USA, Atlanta Pastels
​                 University of South Carolina Beaufort, USA
                 Spring Arts Festival
                 Georgia State University Gallery, USA
                 3 Points Survey Show
1986         Powell Street Gallery Melbourne; Summer Diary
                 Lagerquist Gallery Atlanta, USA
1989         BMG Fine Art Gallery Sydney, The Journey
1991          Kenthurst Gallery Sydney, Summer Diary 2
1992         Kenthurst Gallery Sydney, Childhood Album
2002       Lauraine Diggins Fine Art Melbourne, The Far Shores
2009       Eastgate & Holst Fine Art Melbourne, Survey 1955 - 1975
2011         Eastgate & Holst Fine Art Melbourne, Works from the Studio
2012        Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical
                Museum.  Profile-Selected Works
2014        Eastgate & Holst Fine Art Melbourne, Works from the Studio
2016        Eastgate Gallery Melbourne. Campfires, Journeys and Other                         Things. Works from Arnhem Land
Represented
National Gallery of Australia
Georgia State University Collection Atlanta USA
National Gallery of Victoria
Castlemaine Art Gallery & Historical Museum Victoria
University of Melbourne and Newman College Collections
University of Adelaide Collection
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery Townsville
Gold Coast Arts Centre
Flinders University Adelaide
High Court of Australia Canberra
Parliament House Sydney
Reserve Bank of Australia Sydney
Art bank Collection
Ballarat Gallery of Art
Latrobe University Collection 
International and National Private and Corporate Collections

​Invitation and Group Exhibitions
1955        Victorian Artists Society, Spring Exhibition Melbourne
1956       Peter Bray Gallery Group Melbourne
1960       Blake Prize Exhibition Sydney
1961        Italian Government Invitation Prize NGV Melbourne
1965       McCaughey Memorial Invitation Prize NGV Melbourne
               Ninth Tasmanian Art Gallery Invitation, Exhibition Hobart
1966       Georges Art Prize Exhibition Melbourne Victoria
               Mertz Collection Adelaide Festival Exhibition, South Australia
               Mirror Waratah Art Festival Sydney
1967       Australian Painters Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC USA
1969       Young Painters from around the World
               Invitation Exhibition New York USA
1970       Expo Tokyo Japan
               The lrresistibles Group Exhibition, Bonython Gallery Sydney
1971        Melbourne University Collection NGV Melbourne
               Corio Prize Exhibition Geelong Gallery Victoria
1972 
       Trustees Art Prize Exhibition Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
                Corio Prize Exhibition Geelong Gallery Victoria
1973
        Alice Springs Art Prize Exhibition
               Cairnmillar Invitation Exhibition Georges
               Art Gallery Melbourne
               Group Exhibition Macquarie Gallery Sydney
1975        McCaughey Memorial Invitation Prize NGV Melbourne
                Ninteenth Tasmanian art Gallery Invitation
                Exhibition Hobart
                Group Exhibition Macquarie Gallery Sydney
1976        Blake Prize Exhibition Sydney
1977        Sulman Prize Exhibition Sydney










1978        Group  Exhibition Macquarie Gallery Sydney
1979        Group Exhibition Macquarie Gallery Sydney
                Drawing Exhibition Mornington Peninsula Art Gallery Victoria
                McCaughey Memorial Invitation Prize Exhibition NGV Melb
                Invitation Art Exhibition University of NSW Sydney
1980        Recent Acquisitions to the Collection Melbourne University
1981         Animals and Animism in Australian Art, RMIT Melbourne
1982         Group Exhibition, Albany Museum Albany Georgia USA
                 Georgia State University Madison-Morgan Cultural Centre,                         Madison Georgia USA
                 Archibald Prize Exhibition NSW Art Gallery
                 University of South Carolina Spring Arts Festival Exhibition, 
                 Beaufort USA
1986        Moments of Vision International Exhibition Corfu Greece
1987         Gold Coast Art Prize Centre Gallery Surfers Paradise QLD
1989        Sulman Prize Exhibition NSW Art Gallery Sydney
                BMG Gallery Inaugural Boundary Road Exhibition Sydney
1991         Mixed Exhibition Kenthurst Gallery Sydney
​                Boys and Girls Exhibition Gold Coast City Art Gallery QLD
1992 ​       Mixed Exhibition Kenthurst Gallery Sydney
2001       Annual Collectors Exhibition Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melb.
2002       Paperworks Lauraine Diggins Fine Art Melb
                 Annual Collectors Exhibition Lauraine Diggins Fine Art Melb
                 Inspiration NQ. Perc Tucker Gallery Townsville QLD
2003       Annual Collectors Exhibition Lauraine Diggins Fine Art Melb
2004       Annual Collectors Exhibition Lauraine Diggins Fine Art Melb
                 Works from the Stockroom Lauraine Diggins Fine Art Melb
2005       From Colonial to the Present Lauraine Diggins Fine Art Melb
2008       Directors Choice Eastgate & Holst Fine Art Melb
2010        Collectors Exhibition Eastgate & Holst Fine Art Melb
2013        Vista Exhibition. Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melb
2016        Diversity Exhibition. Eastgate & Holst Fine Art, Melb
2017        Seeing is Believing. Alliance Francaise Gallery, Melb
2018       Spring-Selected Works. Chapman and Bailey Gallery, Melb
2019       Works on Paper-Old & New. Eastgate Gallery, Melb
2020       Selections from the Paul Guest Collection. Bendigo Art Gallery

Commissions
1965         Mural Ballarat Television Station
1967         Mural H J Heinz Head Office Melbourne

Publications​
1965        Interview. Sound Recording Hazel de Berg.
                National Library Collection 481134
1965
        Survey-The Lively Arts ABC TV Profile
1965        Georges Invitation Art Prize, John Brack article in 
                Art and Australia, Vol 3, No 1
1967        The Australian Painters 1964-66 Corcoran
                Museum Washington DC USA
                Life Magazine Australia Vol 42 No 6 Photograph of 'Sentinel'
1968        Encyclopedia of Australian Art, Alan McCulloch
                + 2nd (1984) + 3rd (1994) Alan and Susan
                McCulloch and 4th (2008)
1969        Guide to Modern Australian Painting Ross Luck
1970        Australian Painting 1788 - 1970, Bernard Smith
                Modern Australian painting 1960 - 1970, Kym Bonython
                Art & Australia Vol. 17
                Art International Jan 20 VoL XIV/1
1980        ​Modern Australian Painting 1960- 1970, Kym Bonython
                 Art & Australia Vol.17 No 3 Cover & Betty Clarke monograph. 
                'Richard Crichton' (1980) International Repository of Literature 
                on Art, Massachusetts, USA
                Artists and Galleries in Australia and NZ Max Germaine
1981         Animal and Animism in Australia Art Jenny Zimmer
1990       Australian Painting 1788-1999 Bernard Smith
1992        State of the Art issue 3
1993        Concise Dictionary of Australian Artists
                G Robb & E Smith Melb Uni Press
1996        Art & Australia Vol.33 no.3 Joan Kerr Colonial Quotations
2002      The Far Shores Ronald Millar Catalogue
                Lauraine Diggins Fine Art
2009      Richard Crichton A Survey 1955-1975 Catalogue Foreword   
                Jenny  Zimmer Eastgate & Holst Fine Art
2012        Richard Crichton Profile-Selected Works. Castlemaine Art
                Gallery & Historical Museum.
                Ronald Millar ISBN:978-0-646-58042-5
2014        Eastgate & Holst Melbourne, Works from the Studio
2019       Paul Guest Collection. Bendigo Art Gallery Catalogue
                 ISBN 978-0-949215-96-3
Richard Crichton © 2016
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    • Selected Sculptures and Portraits
    • Summer Diary
    • Wellspring 1980s - 90s
    • Works on Paper-Arnhem Land
    • Works on Paper-Summer Diary
    • Hollow figures
    • Kangaroos & related works on paper
    • Post 2012
  • Biography
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