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John Coburn

SELECTED WORKS

 John Coburn
1925 Born Ingham, Queensland
1947-50 Studied at National Art School, East Sydney Technical College
1947-50 A.S.T.C. Diploma of Painting
1959-68 Teacher, National Art School, Sydney and Canberra
1969-72 Lived in France. Designed tapestries for Aubusson Workshops including two tapestry curtains for the Sydney Opera House and a series of seven tapestries (The Creation) for the John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, Washington, USA
1972-74 Head, National Art School, Sydney
1977-80 Trustee, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1980 Awarded Order of Australia (A.M.)
1991 Awarded Honorary Doctorate of Literature, James Cook University, Townsville
2003 Awarded Painters and Sculptors Association Medal
2004 Awarded Fellowship of the National Art School, Sydney

Solo Exhibitions

2004S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2003Australian Galleries, Sydney
2002‘John Coburn’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2001‘John Coburn: recent work’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2000‘John Coburn: prints 1959-2000’, Australian Galleries, Works on Paper, Sydney
‘John Coburn: prints 1959-2000’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘John Coburn: new work’, AXIA Modern Art, Melbourne
‘John Coburn Jazz – a tribute to Graeme Bell’, Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
1999‘John Coburn: paintings and studies 1998-99’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘John Coburn: paintings and drawings’, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1998‘John Coburn: The Four Seasons of Nature and other graphic works’, Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne
1997‘John Coburn’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
Greythorn Galleries, Melbourne
‘John Coburn: a survey 1980-1997’, Ipswich Regional Art Gallery
1996‘John Coburn’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘John Coburn, paintings and work on paper’, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1995‘John Coburn: recent paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1994‘John Coburn: Recent paintings and works on paper’, Wagner Art Gallery, Hong Kong
‘John Coburn: recent work’, BMG Art, Adelaide
1993‘John Coburn: recent paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘John Coburn’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
‘Cowie+Coburn: 48’ Queensland Art Gallery
1992Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Garden of life’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
1991‘John Coburn: The desert and the rainforest’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
‘John Coburn’, Grahame Galleries, Brisbane
‘John Coburn’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1990‘John Coburn’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘Drawing survey’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
‘John Coburn: paintings’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
‘John Coburn: paintings’, Cooks Hill Galleries, Newcastle
1989‘John Coburn’, BMG Fine Art, Adelaide
‘Living Symbols: A survey of works from the 1980s’, Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, Townsville
1988‘John Coburn: Recent Paintings’ Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1986‘John Coburn’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘John Coburn: Landscape Paintings and Watercolours’, Solander Gallery, Canberra
‘John Coburn’, Bonython Meadmore Gallery, Adelaide
1985‘John Coburn’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘John Coburn’, Barry Stern Exhibiting Gallery, Sydney
‘John Coburn: a major exhibition’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
1983Solander Gallery, Canberra
Quentin Gallery, Perth
1982‘John Coburn’, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
‘John Coburn: Earth Series’, Barry Stern Exhibiting Gallery’
1981‘The Four Seasons by John Coburn: Tapestries, paintings, screenprints’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘John Coburn’, David Reid Gallery, Sydney
1980‘John Coburn’, Barry Stern’s Exhibiting Gallery, Sydney
1979‘John Coburn: paintings and graphics’, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
‘John Coburn’, Barry Stern’s Exhibiting Gallery, Sydney
1978Anna Simons Gallery, Canberra
‘John Coburn: paintings, drawings, prints and a tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘John Coburn’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
1977Genesis Galleries, New York
Martin Gallery, Townsville
‘John Coburn: recent paintings, prints and tapestries’, Australian galleries, Melbourne
‘John Coburn’, Barry Stern’s Exhibiting Gallery, Sydney
‘John Coburn Prints’, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
‘John Coburn’, Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
1976‘John Coburn’, Lister Galleries, Festival of Perth, Perth
‘Von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
‘John Coburn’, the Town Gallery’, Queensland Festival of Arts, Brisbane‘John Coburn: recent paintings, prints and tapestries’, Australian Galleries Melbourne
1975‘John Coburn’, Anna Simmons Gallery, Canberra
‘John Coburn: paintings, tapestries and prints’, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
‘John Coburn: screenprints retrospective 1959-1975’, Stadia Graphics Gallery, Sydney
1974‘Tapestries and small paintings by John Coburn’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1973‘John Coburn: tapestries, paintings and prints’, Lister Galleries, Festival of Perth
‘John Coburn: tapestries, paintings and prints’, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
1972‘John Coburn: tapestries, paintings and prints’, Australian Galleries Melbourne
‘John Coburn: Aubusson tapestries’, Newcastle City Art Gallery, Newcastle
1971‘Tapestries recentes’, Galerie Verriere, Paris
‘John Coburn’, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
‘John Coburn: Paintings and prints sent from Paris’, Bonython Art Gallery, Adelaide
1970‘Coburn in Paris’, Macquarie Galleries, Canberra
1969‘Coburn: gouaches and paintings’, Australian Sculpture Gallery, Canberra
1968‘John Coburn: paintings and tapestries’, Bonython Art Gallery, Sydney
1967‘John Coburn’, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
1966‘Paintings by John Coburn’, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
1965‘John Coburn’ Hungry Horse Art Gallery, Sydney
1964‘Paintings by John Coburn’, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
‘John Coburn: Religious and Abstract Paintings’, Museum of Modern Art and Design of Australia, Melbourne
1963‘Coburn 63’, Hungry Horse Art Gallery, Sydney
1962‘Paintings by John Coburn’, The Johnstone Gallery, Brisbane
1960‘ John Coburn’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1958‘John Coburn: paintings’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1957‘John Coburn’, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Melbourne
1993_‘Australia Day Exhibition featuring books, photographs and works of art by John Coburn’, 1993_Herbert River Museum Gallery, Halifax
1988-92_Touring exhibition of The Seasons tapestries, Paris, Bologna, Arhus,
1977_ ‘Seven Days of Creation: Seven screen prints designed by John Coburn and made by Barbara 1977_Coburn’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
1988-92_Istanbul, Ankara, Moscow, Sydney, Brisbane, Townsville, Canberra, Hobart and Armidale
1957-95_Exhibitions of paintings and tapestries in the following galleries: Australian Galleries, Barry Stern Gallery, Sydney; Bonython Gallery, Sydney; Macquarie Galleries, Sydney; Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney; Australian Galleries, Melbourne; Gallery of Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Johnstone Galleries, Brisbane; Phillip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane; BMG Art, Adelaide; Bonython Galleries, Adelaide; Greenhill Galleries, Perth; Lister Gallery, Perth; Quentin Gallery, Perth; Solander Gallery, Canberra; Cooks Hill Gallery, Newcastle; Von Bertouch Gallery, Newcastle; Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville

Group Exhibitions

2008'Stock show', Australian Galleries, Sydney
2006'50th Anniversary Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'Fine Australian Prints and Drawings', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
'New Year Group Exhibition', Australian Galleries, Melbourne
2005‘Place made, Australian Print Workshop’, A National Gallery of Australia travelling exhibition
2004‘In the presence of all creatures great and small’, Australian Galleries- Works on paper, Sydney
2002‘The Big Picture Show’, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville
2001‘The Geometry of the Earth’, Orange Regional Gallery
‘Gallery 460: 20 years on’, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
2000‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture & Tapestry’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1999‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Melbourne
‘The Dobell Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1998Fine Paintings and Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
1997Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Australian Drawings from the gallery’s collection’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘The Dobell Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1996‘The Wynne Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Summer Exhibition’, Eva Breuer, Sydney
‘Riverview 25th Anniversary Art and Craft exhibition’, St Ignatius’ College, Sydney
1995‘Interweave: Tapestry a collaborative art’, Museum of Modern Art Heide, Melbourne
‘The stuff of dreams: Masterworks from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, Australian High Commission, London
‘Australian Watercolours 1880s-1990s, from the gallery’s collection’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1994Kedumba Drawing Prize
1992‘Contemporary Australian masters and Art from Utopia’, Aptos Cruz Galleries, Stirling, South Australia
1991‘Fine Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Modern Australian paintings 1991’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
‘New Directions 1952-1962’, Lewers Bequest and Penrith Regional Art Gallery, Emu Plains
‘Graphics by the famous: etchings, lithographs, screenprints’, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
‘Mandorla Prize for Religious Art’
‘Blake Prize for Religious Art’, The Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1990‘Green is a hot colour’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
‘10th Birthday in Perth Exhibition’, Greenhill Galleries, Perth
1989‘The Wynne and Sulman Prizes’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Jack Monton Prize’, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
‘Modern Australian paintings’, Bridget McDonnell Gallery, Melbourne
1988‘Bicentennial collection: a portfolio of Australian artists’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney‘Australian Tapestries: from the Victorian Tapestry Workshop’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
‘The Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia collection: a bicentenary exhibition of selected works’, The Rural and Industries Bank of Western Australia, Perth
‘Recent acquisitions: a selection of works acquired for the collection between 1981 and 1987’, Flinders University Art Museum, Bedford Park
‘A selection from the Victoria College of the Arts Collection’, Victoria College of the Arts, Melbourne
1987‘Mandorla Prize for Religious Art’, New Norcia Gallery, Perth
1986‘Tapisseries d’Aubusson Contemporaines’, Galerie Pinton, Paris
‘Selected Australian Works: from the collection of the Western Australian College of Advanced Education’, Western Australian College of Advanced Education, Perth
‘Modern Australian paintings’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
The Blake Prize for Religious Art
1985‘The Wynne Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Modern Australian paintings’, Charles Nodrum Gallery, Melbourne
The Blake prize for Religious Art
1984‘The Blake Prize for Religious Art – the first 25 years: a survey’, Monash University Gallery,
‘The great decades of Australian art – selected masterpieces from the JGL Collection’, National
1983‘University Art Museum Acquisitions 1973-1983’, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane
‘The Wynne Prize’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1982‘The Seventies – Australian paintings and tapestries from the collection of the National Australia Bank’, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1981‘The Wynne and Sulman Prizes’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘The Blake prize for Religious Art
1980‘Contemporary Australian Printmaker’, USA
‘Twelve Artists: paintings, prints, drawings’, The Murray Crescent Galleries, Canberra
‘The Blake prize for religious Art
1978‘Contemporary Australian drawing: 1978 Perth survey of drawing’, Festival of Perth, Western Australian Art Gallery, Perth
1977‘Art Sacre’, L’Orangerie de Versailles, France
1974‘Expo 74’, Spokane, Washington
1972‘Australian paintings and tapestries of the past 20 years’, New South Wales House, London
1971‘Australian Printmakers’, South East Asia
‘International Biennale of Tapestry’, Lausanne
‘Aubusson Tapestries’, Galerie Garnier, Paris
‘Expo 70’, Osaka, Japan
1970‘Aubusson Tapestries’, Bonython Gallery, Sydney
1969‘Georges’ Invitation Art Prize’ Georges’ Gallery, Melbourne
1968‘One hundred years of Australian landscape painting’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Aubusson Tapestries’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
‘Transfield Prize Exhibition’, Sydney
1967Expo 67: Man and his world’, Australian Pavilion, Montreal, Canada
‘The Australian painters 1964-1966: Contemporary Australian painting from the Mertz collection’, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington
1966‘Acquisitions and purchases 1965’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1965‘TE Wardle Invitation Prize’, Skinner Gallery, Perth
‘Young Australian painters’, Keio Department Store, Tokyo, Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1964‘Australian Painting Today’, Europe
‘Painters’ sculpture exhibition’, Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
‘Eight painters’, Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney
1963‘Australian Painting’, Tate Gallery, London
‘Art in Décor Exhibition’, Dominion Art Galleries, Sydney
‘Drawings and prints’, Macquarie Galleries
‘1963 Australian Fashion Fabric Design Award’, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘Metropolis 1: an Exhibition by Twenty-One Prominent Sydney Painters’, Crana Gallery, Wollongong
‘Group Exhibition’, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
‘Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
‘Fifth Anniversary Art Exhibition’, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘Australian painting today’, toured Australian state galleries and Europe
‘Collector’s choice’, von Bertouch Galleries, Newcastle
‘Australian print survey’, toured Australian state galleries
1962Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘2nd International Young Artists exhibition – Pan Pacific’, Japan Cultural Forum, Tokyo
‘Show of Eights’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
‘Australian Painting: Colonial, Impressionist, Contemporary’, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
‘Survey 2: recent Sydney painting’, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘Trends and Development Exhibition’, Dominion Art Gallery, Sydney
‘The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Fifth Anniversary Show’, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney
‘Transfield Art Prize 1962’, David Jones’ Art Gallery, Sydney
‘Religious Art in our Time’, St Peter’s Parish Hall, Melbourne
‘Mattara Art Exhibition’, Newcastle Regional Art Gallery, Newcastle
‘Transfield Art Prize’, Museum of Modern Art and Design, Melbourne
‘Tamworth Art Society Prize’, Tamworth Festival of Light, Tamworth
‘Sydney Printmakers Exhibition’, Dominion Art Galleries, Sydney
‘Commonwealth Art Today’, Commonwealth Institute, London
‘Third Anniversary Show’, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
‘12 Guineas and Under Christmas Art Exhibition’, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1961‘Acquisitions and purchases 1960’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘Easter Exhibition’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
‘Abstracts and Antiques’, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney
‘Survey 1: Sydney Avant Garde Painting’, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery
‘Fourth Anniversary Show’, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney
‘The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘VI Bienal Internacional de Sao Paulo’, Museu de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brazil
‘Recent Australian Paintings’, Whitechapel Gallery, London
‘The Arts Council of Australia: Loan exhibition – Artists as Collectors’, Wales House Gallery, Sydney‘Contemporary Drawings and Sketches’, Barry Stern Galleries, Sydney
1960‘The Blake Prize for Religious Art’, Mark Foy’s Art Gallery, Sydney
‘Mervyn Horton Collection’, The Museum of Modern Art, Sydney
‘Contemporary Australian Art’, Charles Birks, Adelaide
‘Collectors’ Exhibition’, Chatteron Gallery, Sydney
‘15 Contemporary Australian Painters’, New Vision Centre Gallery, London
‘Contemporary Australian art’, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
‘Eight Sydney Painters’, 43 Dalgety Street, Melbourne
‘Collection of paintings of Dr George Berger’, Chattertons Galleries, Sydney
‘Group Show’, Weekend Gallery, Melbourne
‘The Society of Artist’s Spring Exhibition’, Farmers Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘Art Exhibition of Modern Sydney Paintings’, Marrickville Town Hall, Sydney
‘Macquarie Galleries Adelaide Exhibition’, Royal South Australian Society of Artists, Adelaide
‘Australian Painting Today’, Legacy House, Orange
‘Contemporary Art Society’s 22nd Annual exhibition’, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘First Anniversary Show’, Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
‘Christmas Exhibition’, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney
‘Christmas Exhibition’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
1959‘Acquisitions and purchases 1958’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘The Blake Prize for Religious Art’, Mark Foy’s Art Gallery, Sydney
‘Show of Eights’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
‘Nine Sydney Painters’, Skinner Galleries, Perth
‘Easter Exhibition’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
‘Nine Sydney Painters’, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney
‘Australian Landscape Exhibition’, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney‘An Exhibition by thirty-eight Mid-Century Sydney Painters’, Civic Theatre, Albury
‘Opus 1 1959’, Little Paris Gallery, Sydney
‘Paintings and drawings’, Little Paris Gallery, Sydney
‘Eight Australians’, Gallery A, Melbourne
‘Second Anniversary Exhibition’, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney
‘Private Collection of Robert Shaw, Esq., Chatterton Galleries, Sydney
‘Maston Lines Exhibition of Australian Art’, Farmers Blaxland Gallery then travelling to the USA
‘First Exhibition of the Sydney Modern art Gallery and Museum of Modern Art’, Sheppard’s Bookshop, North Sydney
‘Muffled Drums (Brain-washing taken in)’, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney
‘A Loan Collection from Private Collections’, The Museum of Modern Art’, Sydney
‘Christmas Art Show – twelve Guineas and under’, Farmer’s Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
‘An exhibition of Modern Sydney Paintings’, The Art Department of Fairfield Girls High School, Sydney
‘A Loan Exhibition from Artists’ Private Collections’, The Museum of Modern Art, Sydney
‘Christmas Exhibition of Abstract Group’, Terry Clune Galleries, Sydney
‘Christmas Exhibition’, 43 Dalgety Street, Melbourne
‘Christmas Exhibition’, Macquarie Galleries, Sydney
‘Tom Roberts to Jon Movig: a retrospective Australian Collection’, Rudy Komon Art Gallery, Sydney
1958‘Acquisitions and purchases 1957’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
‘The Helena Rubinstein Travelling Art Scholarship’, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
1952Strath Art Group, Nock and Kirby’s 5th floor Gallery, Sydney
1950Strath Art Group, Waratah Gallery, Parramatta City
Strath Art Group, 2nd annual open air exhibition, Hyde Park, Sydney
1949Strath Art Group, open air exhibition by students of the Commonwealth Reconstructions Training Scheme, Hyde Park, Sydney
Melbourne
1953-68_Contemporary Art Society, New South Wales
1996_‘Synergy: and exhibition of Contemporary Australian Tapestries’, Jehangir Nicholson Gallery, 1996_National Performing Arts Centre, Mumbai
Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
1991-92_Collaborative Paintings with Dale Frank, Brisbane, Newcastle, Canberra
2001_‘O Soul O Spirit O Fire: celebrating fifty years of the Blake Prize for Religious Art’, 2001_Queensland University of Technology Art Museum, Brisbane

Bibliography

Allan, Christopher; Art in Australia, Thames and Hudson, London 1997
Amadio, Nadine; Coburn - The Season’s Tapestries, Christensen Fund, Perth 1988
Amadio, Nadine; John Coburn: Painting, Craftsman House, Sydney 1988
Amadio, Nadine; “What is man?”, John Coburn, Macquarie Galleries, 1988
Bonython, Kym; Modern Australian Painting 1960-1970, Rigby, Adelaide 1970
Bonython, Kym; Modern Australian Painting 1970-1975, Rigby, Adelaide 1976
Bonython, Kym; Modern Australian Painting 1975-1980, Rigby, Adelaide 1980
Chanin, Eileen; Contemporary Australian Painting, Craftsman House, 1990
Drury, Nevill; Images in Contemporary Australian Painting 3, Craftsman House, 1998
Gleeson, James; Masterpieces of Australian Painting, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne 1977
Gleeson, James; Modern Painters 1931-1970, Lansdowne Press, Melbourne1971
Grishin, Sasha; Contemporary Australian printmaking, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1994
Grishin, Sasha; “John Coburn and his vision of  the Australian landscape”, John Coburn: recent work, Australian Galleries, Melbourne, 2001
Haynes, Roslynn; Seeking the Centre: the Australian desert in literature, art and film, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998
Horton, Mervyn; Present Day Art in Australia, Ure Smith, Sydney 1969
Horton, Mervyn, Australian Painters of the 70’s, Ure Smith, Sydney 1975
Hughes, Robert; The Art of Australia, Pelican Books, Melbourne 1971
Klepac, Lou; “Introduction”, John Coburn a survey 1980 to 1997, Ipswich Regional Gallery, 1998
Klepac, Lou; “John Coburn”, John Coburn: Twelve paintings and their studies 1998 – 1999, Australian Galleries, Sydney and Melbourne 1999
Klepac, Lou; John Coburn: The Spirit of Colour, The Beagle Press 2003
Knorr, Hilde & Hans; Religious Art in Australia, Longman, Melbourne 1967
Luck, R.K.; Modern Australian Painting, Sun Books, Sydney 1969
Lynn, Elwyn; preface John Coburn: religious and abstract paintings, Museum of Modern Art and Design of Australian, Melbourne 1964
McGrath, Sandra & Olsen, John; The Artist and the Desert, Bay Books, Sydney 1981
Pearce, Barry; Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 2001
Reed, John; New Painting 1952-62, Longman, Melbourne, 1963
Rozen, Alan; The Art of John Coburn, Ure Smith, Sydney 1979
Saines, Christopher; “John Coburn”, John Coburn: Living symbols – a survey of works from the 1980s, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville 1989
Searle, Ross; John Coburn: The Desert and the Rainforest, Macquarie Galleries, 1991
Smith, Bernard; Australian Painting 1788-1970, Oxford University Press, Melbourne 1971
Smith, Bernard with Terry Smith; Australian Painting 1788-1990, Oxford University Press Melbourne, 1991
Terry, Martin; Masterpieces of Australian Painting, Bay Books Sydney 1984
Wilson, Natalie; “John Coburn”, John Coburn, Australian Galleries, Sydney 2002

Collections

Australian public
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Australian Broadcasting Commission, Perth
Australian National University Art Collection, Canberra
Bathurst Art Gallery, NSW
Benalla Regional Gallery, VIC
Bendigo Art Gallery, VIC
Broken Hill Art Gallery, NSW
Capricornia Institute of Advanced Education, QLD
Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD
Campbelltown City Bicentennial Art Gallery, Sydney
City of Ipswich Collection, Global Arts Link, QLD
Flinders University Art Museum, Adelaide
Geelong Art Gallery, VIC
Gold Coast City Art Gallery, QLD
Griffith University Art Collection, Queensland College of Art, QLD
Hamilton Art Gallery, VIC
Heide Museum of Modern Art, VIC
Ian Potter Museum of Art, Melbourne
Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, Perth
Macquarie College of Advanced Education, Sydney
Macquarie University, Sydney
Maitland City Art Gallery, NSW
Manly Art Gallery, Sydney
Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
New England Regional Art Museum, Armadale, NSW
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, NSW
Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery, Darwin
Orange Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra
Parliament House, Sydney, NSW
Parliament House, Brisbane, QLD
Penrith Regional Art Gallery, NSW
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, QLD
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston
Rockhampton Art Gallery, QLD
S.H. Ervin Gallery, National Trust, Sydney
State Planning Authority, Sydney
Sunshine Coast University, QLD
Sydney Country Council, Sydney
Sydney Opera House Trust, Sydney
Tamworth Art Gallery, NSW
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
Telstra, Australia
Toowoomba Art Gallery, QLD
Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW
University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane
University of New England, NSW
University of New South Wales Collection, Sydney
University of Sydney Art Collection, Sydney
University of Technology Art Collection, Sydney
Victoria College of the Arts Collection, Melbourne
Wagga Wagga Art Gallery, NSW
Warrnambool Art Gallery, VIC
Western Australian Ballet Company, Perth
Western Australian College of Advanced Education, Perth
Wollongong City Art Gallery, NSW

Australian corporate
All Saints Cathedral, Bathurst, NSW
American Express, Sydney
AMP Place, Brisbane
Artbank, Sydney
Banque National de Paris, Sydney
Catholic Institute of Sydney
Dunmore Lang College, Sydney
Ensemble Theatre, Sydney
Hilton Hotel, Adelaide
Hyde Park Barracks Café, Sydney
JGL Collection, Melbourne
J. Walter Thomson Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney
Leeuwin Estate Wines, Perth
Loreto Convent, Sydney
Marist Seminary, Sydney
Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
National Bank of Australasia, Melbourne
National Mutual Centre, Sydney
Northpoint Business Centre, Sydney
OTC building, Sydney
Paddington Uniting Church, Sydney
Qantas Airways Limited, Sydney
St George Building Society, Sydney
St Joseph’s College, Sydney
St Paul’s Anglican Cathedral, Melbourne
The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd., Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney
Thredbo Hotel, New South Wales
Transfield Pty Ltd, Sydney
Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne
Westpac Corporate Art Collection, Sydney

International
Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
John F. Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts, Washington
Hilton Hotel, Hong Kong
Vatican Museum, Rome

Selected Reviews

New Year Group Exhibition | The Sunday Age, Preview | 6 Jan 2005

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