Marcus Beilby

Marcus Charles Beilby (born in 1951, 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 work
Crutching the Ewes,[2] Opening of Parliament House by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on 9 May 1988[3]
StylePhotorealism
Home townEast Fremantle, Western Australia
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]

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

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

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. "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.
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