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Born in Berlin, the son of painter, Max Fabian (1873-1926) |
| 1938 |
Emigrated to London. Studied at London Polytechnic and received first commissions for book cover designs. |
| 1940 |
Interned and deported aboard the troopship ‘Dunera’. |
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Joined the Australian Army after internment at Hay, Orange and Tatura. |
| 1945 |
Produced covers and illustrations for the Current Affairs Bulletin,
after transfer to the Army Education Unit until demobilisation. |
| 1949 |
Returned to London, continued working as a free-lance designer and
lectured in Graphic Design at the London School of Printing and Graphic
Arts. |
| 1962 |
Returned to Australia and began making abstract sculpture, exhibiting
for the first time in 1965 at the Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney. |
| 2000-01 |
A large retrospective exhibition, ‘Max und Erwin Fabian:
Berlin-London-Melbourne’, was held in the Stadtmuseum Berlin (Ephraim
Palais) |
Solo Exhibitions | | | 2006 | 'Current Works 2005-2006', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2005 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 2004 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2002 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 2001 | Stadtmuseum Berlin (Ephraim Palais), Berlin
| | 1998 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1996 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1995 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1989 | Realities Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1987 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1985 | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1984 | Realities Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1980 | Solander Gallery, Canberra
| | Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1977 | Warehouse Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1973 | Bonython Gallery, Sydney
| | 1965 | Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney |
Group Exhibitions | | | 2007 | 'Small Pleasures: Painting and Sculpture', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2006 | '50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 'Stock Show', Australian Galleries, Melbourne | | 2004 | ’Group exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 2002 | Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
| | 1999 | ‘Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | 1998 | Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
| | ‘Sculpture X’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | ‘3 to 2 Drawings 1998’, Herring Island Gallery, Melbourne
| | 1997 | ‘The Europeans: émigré artists in Australia’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
| | ‘Sculpture IX’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1996 | ‘Sculpture VIII’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1995 | ‘Sculpture VII’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1994 | Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
| | ‘Sculpture VI’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1993 | ‘Sculpture V’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1992 | Meridian Gallery, Melbourne
| | Sculpture IV’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1991 | Australian Galleries, Melbourne
| | ‘Sculpture III’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1990 | ‘Sculpture II’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1989 | Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne
| | ‘Sculpture I’, Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
| | 1981 | First Australian Sculpture Triennial, Melbourne
| | 1979 | New South Wales House, London
| | 1973 | Tasmanian Art Gallery, Launceston
| | ‘Sculpturescape ’73’, Mildura
| | 1968 | Clytie Jessop Gallery, London
| | Bear Lane Gallery, Oxford
| | 1966 | Australian Sculpture Centre, Canberra |
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British Museum, London
Commonwealth Art Advisory Board
Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
High Court of Australia, Canberra
Jüdisches Museum, Berlin
Kupferstich Kabinett, Berlin
McClelland Gallery, Langwarrin, Victoria
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Margaret Tuckson Collection, Sydney
Michael Feller Collection, Sydney
Mr & Mrs R. Curry Collection, Sydney
Richard & Carolyn Green Collection, Sydney
Ruth Schaffner Collection, USA
William Burge Collection, Sydney
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