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SUPERB WATERCOLOUR by Distinguished Australian Artist ROBERT WADE OAM
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Robert A. Wade is an important and distinguished Australian artist. He has gained International acclaim, having exhibited with most of the major Watercolour Societies in the World, and won important awards in many countries.
This superb watercolour is a wonderful example of the very best of his work and is highly collectible. As inscribed on the back of the painting, it is entitled "Ship's Painters II", Circular Quay, Sydney. The inscription also records:
" Exhibited at Royal Watercolour Society, London, July 1983
Contemporary British Watercolours
Catalogue No 205"
The painting is signed at the bottom right, "Robert A Wade 83", and measures approx 47 x 63 cms. Only asking a reduced price of $1,150 for this superb piece by an important Australian artist. I can also ship at cost.
Wade has exhibited with most of the world’s major Watercolour Societies, winning 13 major awards in England, France and the United States, as well as 120 awards in Australia. Among these are the Cornelissen Award, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, 1983; the Talens Award and Public Choice, Grand Prix International, Tregastel, France 1994; Clay Kent Medal, International Society of Marine Painters, Washington, D.C., 1985; eight major awards of the Salmagundi Club, New York; the Emanuel Krueger Memorial Award,1988; three Gold Medals for Watercolour at Camberwell Rotary Exhibition, 1981, 1985, 1987 and the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, International Watercolour Society, Istanbul.
Wade’s work is represented worldwide in numerous public, corporate, and private collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Royal Watercolour Society, London; the Salmagundi Club, New York; the Bank of Tokyo; the National Museum of Watercolour, Mexico City and the regional Galleries of Hamilton, Mornington Peninsula and Castlemaine, Victoria, and Grafton, New South Wales.
Commissions include paintings for Australia Post’s aerogramme for the International Philatelic Exhibition in 1984 and the Bible Society’s 1988 Australian Bicentenary Bible. His work is published in limited editions by Rosenstiel’s Fine Arts, London.
In 1986, Wade received the Advance Australia Medal for his contribution to Australian art and, in 2003, was awarded the Medal of The Order of Australia for his service to Watercolour as an artist, educator and promoter of Australian artists. He is the author of three instructional books, over 100 articles for art magazines and produced five films.
Wade was elected a member of the Australian Watercolour Institute in 1983 and a Life Member in 2010. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, a Fellow and former Council Member of the Victorian Artists’ Society and a Life Member and Patron of the Watercolour Society of Victoria, his memberships include the American Watercolor Society, the International Society of Marine Painters, United States, the Pure Watercolour Society, United States, and the Salmagundi Club, New York. He is an Honorary Member of both the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, and the Sociedad Mexicana de Acuarelistas, Mexico.
Robert Wade is listed in the following standard biographical references:
(i) McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 993.
(ii) Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 702.
(iii) Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 376.
(iv) Australian Prints Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
This superb watercolour is a wonderful example of the very best of his work and is highly collectible. As inscribed on the back of the painting, it is entitled "Ship's Painters II", Circular Quay, Sydney. The inscription also records:
" Exhibited at Royal Watercolour Society, London, July 1983
Contemporary British Watercolours
Catalogue No 205"
The painting is signed at the bottom right, "Robert A Wade 83", and measures approx 47 x 63 cms. Only asking a reduced price of $1,150 for this superb piece by an important Australian artist. I can also ship at cost.
Wade has exhibited with most of the world’s major Watercolour Societies, winning 13 major awards in England, France and the United States, as well as 120 awards in Australia. Among these are the Cornelissen Award, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, 1983; the Talens Award and Public Choice, Grand Prix International, Tregastel, France 1994; Clay Kent Medal, International Society of Marine Painters, Washington, D.C., 1985; eight major awards of the Salmagundi Club, New York; the Emanuel Krueger Memorial Award,1988; three Gold Medals for Watercolour at Camberwell Rotary Exhibition, 1981, 1985, 1987 and the 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award, International Watercolour Society, Istanbul.
Wade’s work is represented worldwide in numerous public, corporate, and private collections, including the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Royal Watercolour Society, London; the Salmagundi Club, New York; the Bank of Tokyo; the National Museum of Watercolour, Mexico City and the regional Galleries of Hamilton, Mornington Peninsula and Castlemaine, Victoria, and Grafton, New South Wales.
Commissions include paintings for Australia Post’s aerogramme for the International Philatelic Exhibition in 1984 and the Bible Society’s 1988 Australian Bicentenary Bible. His work is published in limited editions by Rosenstiel’s Fine Arts, London.
In 1986, Wade received the Advance Australia Medal for his contribution to Australian art and, in 2003, was awarded the Medal of The Order of Australia for his service to Watercolour as an artist, educator and promoter of Australian artists. He is the author of three instructional books, over 100 articles for art magazines and produced five films.
Wade was elected a member of the Australian Watercolour Institute in 1983 and a Life Member in 2010. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London, a Fellow and former Council Member of the Victorian Artists’ Society and a Life Member and Patron of the Watercolour Society of Victoria, his memberships include the American Watercolor Society, the International Society of Marine Painters, United States, the Pure Watercolour Society, United States, and the Salmagundi Club, New York. He is an Honorary Member of both the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours, London, and the Sociedad Mexicana de Acuarelistas, Mexico.
Robert Wade is listed in the following standard biographical references:
(i) McCulloch, Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch, Emily McCulloch-Childs. The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art. 4th Edition, Aus Art Melbourne & The Miegunyah Press, 2006. Page 993.
(ii) Germaine, Max. Artists and Galleries of Australia, Volumes 1 & 2, Third Edition. Craftsman Press, Sydney, 1990. Page 702.
(iii) Campbell, Jean. Australian Watercolour Painters: 1780 to the Present Day. Craftsman House, Sydney, 1989. Page 376.
(iv) Australian Prints Printmaking, a database listing printmaking artists from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region based on the print collection of the National Gallery of Australia.
- Date Listed:09/07/2023
- Last Edited:17/12/2023
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