Neville Weston
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Neville Weston is a figurative painter, academic and writer. Based in Australia for many years, before relocating to the UK in 2005 he has held a number of Australia's top academic posts in the field of performing and visual arts, as well as working as an art critic across numerous publications.
As a painter his work is represented in major collections internationally. His role as a key player in the Liverpool Avante Garde art scene has been noted in the Tate Liverpool
's 2007 exhibition Liverpool - Creative Centre of the Universe. During his time in Liverpool (1960-1975) he was closely associated with artists including Adrian Henri
and Keith Arnatt
.
Born Birmingham, UK. 1936, he studied painting, drawing, and lithography at Stourbridge School of Art, 1952-1956 (awarded National Diploma in Design) before attending the Slade School of Fine Art
, University College London, 1956, 1957, 1958 (awarded University of London Diploma in Fine Art). At the Slade he was a student of William Coldstream
, Claude Rogers, Lucian Freud
and Ernst Gombrich
. Also attended Courtauld Institute of Art history and studied under Anthony Blunt and Douglas Cooper.
He was a lecturer at Liverpool College of Art 1961-1965 teaching drawing and painting and principal lecturer and head of school, University of Manchester Colleges of Education division, Padgate College of Education (1965-1975).
His first association with Australia came with a visiting fellowship at the Australian National University Humanities Research Centre, Canberra, 1975. In 1977 he relocated to Australia to teach Art History and Theory, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia before moving to Perth to become Dean of School of Visual Art., Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth. 1991-2001 then Adjunct Professor, Curtin University of Technology, 2001-200 and Professor at James Cook University, Townsville teaching painting and art history.
Neville Weston has written extensively about Australian art and is the biographer of leading Australian artist Lawrence Daws
.
His books include:
‘Franz Kempf : Graphic Works’. Wakefield Press , Adelaide 1984.
‘In the Public Eye : Art in Public Places in Australia’. Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Sydney, 1983.
‘Lawrence Daws’. AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1982.
‘Kaleidoscope of Modern Art’, George Harrap, London.. Revised edition, 1978, first edition, 1968.
‘The Reach of Modern Art’, Harper and Row, New York, 1970
‘Kaleidoscop der Modernen Kunst. Bertelsman Kunst Verlag, Gutersloh, 1970
He was a founding member of W.E.B.A. Group, Liverpool, Designers and Consultants in colour, mural decoration, exhibition design, display and typography. The other members were John Edkins, Arthur Ballard and Keith Arnatt. Between 1963-1966 we fulfilled several commissions for Liverpool architects, including several major sculpture works, as well as ephemeral pieces for exhibitions, fashion shows and music/dance events.
He continues to exhibit actively and has had pieces included in the Royal Academy Summer Show 2006 and at Adam Street Club 2007.
As a painter his work is represented in major collections internationally. His role as a key player in the Liverpool Avante Garde art scene has been noted in the Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool is an art gallery and museum in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and part of Tate, along with Tate St Ives, Cornwall, Tate Britain, London, and Tate Modern, London. The museum was an initiative of the Merseyside Development Corporation...
's 2007 exhibition Liverpool - Creative Centre of the Universe. During his time in Liverpool (1960-1975) he was closely associated with artists including Adrian Henri
Adrian Henri
Adrian Henri was a British poet and painter best remembered as the founder of poetry-rock group The Liverpool Scene and as one of three poets in the best-selling anthology The Mersey Sound, along with Brian Patten and Roger McGough. The trio of Liverpool poets came to prominence in that city's...
and Keith Arnatt
Keith Arnatt
Keith Arnatt was a British conceptual artist and photographer. In 2004, he was exposed at Rencontres d'Arles festival . In 2007 a retrospective of his work was held at The Photographers' Gallery, London....
.
Born Birmingham, UK. 1936, he studied painting, drawing, and lithography at Stourbridge School of Art, 1952-1956 (awarded National Diploma in Design) before attending the Slade School of Fine Art
Slade School of Fine Art
The Slade School of Fine Art is a world-renownedart school in London, United Kingdom, and a department of University College London...
, University College London, 1956, 1957, 1958 (awarded University of London Diploma in Fine Art). At the Slade he was a student of William Coldstream
William Coldstream
Sir William Menzies Coldstream was a British realist painter and a long standing art teacher.-Biography:...
, Claude Rogers, Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud
Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH was a British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impasted portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time...
and Ernst Gombrich
Ernst Gombrich
Sir Ernst Hans Josef Gombrich, OM, CBE was an Austrian-born art historian who became naturalized British citizen in 1947. He spent most of his working life in the United Kingdom...
. Also attended Courtauld Institute of Art history and studied under Anthony Blunt and Douglas Cooper.
He was a lecturer at Liverpool College of Art 1961-1965 teaching drawing and painting and principal lecturer and head of school, University of Manchester Colleges of Education division, Padgate College of Education (1965-1975).
His first association with Australia came with a visiting fellowship at the Australian National University Humanities Research Centre, Canberra, 1975. In 1977 he relocated to Australia to teach Art History and Theory, South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia before moving to Perth to become Dean of School of Visual Art., Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, Edith Cowan University, Perth. 1991-2001 then Adjunct Professor, Curtin University of Technology, 2001-200 and Professor at James Cook University, Townsville teaching painting and art history.
Neville Weston has written extensively about Australian art and is the biographer of leading Australian artist Lawrence Daws
Lawrence Daws
Lawrence Daws is an Australian painter and printmaker, who works in the media of watercolour, drawing, screenprints, etchings and monotypes.In the 1980s he started making computer prints, and was probably the first artist to use this medium....
.
His books include:
‘Franz Kempf : Graphic Works’. Wakefield Press , Adelaide 1984.
‘In the Public Eye : Art in Public Places in Australia’. Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council, Sydney, 1983.
‘Lawrence Daws’. AH and AW Reed, Sydney, 1982.
‘Kaleidoscope of Modern Art’, George Harrap, London.. Revised edition, 1978, first edition, 1968.
‘The Reach of Modern Art’, Harper and Row, New York, 1970
‘Kaleidoscop der Modernen Kunst. Bertelsman Kunst Verlag, Gutersloh, 1970
He was a founding member of W.E.B.A. Group, Liverpool, Designers and Consultants in colour, mural decoration, exhibition design, display and typography. The other members were John Edkins, Arthur Ballard and Keith Arnatt. Between 1963-1966 we fulfilled several commissions for Liverpool architects, including several major sculpture works, as well as ephemeral pieces for exhibitions, fashion shows and music/dance events.
He continues to exhibit actively and has had pieces included in the Royal Academy Summer Show 2006 and at Adam Street Club 2007.