robert holcombe
BIOGRAPHY
Born: Australia 1945
Art Education: Self-Taught
Corporate Collections
Ausdoc Group Ltd - Melbourne
Barloworld - Melbourne
Brambles Ltd. (USA)
DBM Australia Limited
FH Faulding Collection - Melbourne, Adelaide and Sydney
Malca - Amit New York, Inc. - New York
Shepparton Regional Gallery - Victoria
The Directors Chair - Brisbane and Melbourne
University of Melbourne
University of Sydney - The George Institute
Valex Security Inc. - Melbourne, New York and London
Winsor & Newton - London
National Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions 33
Group Exhibitions 89
Private Collections
World Wide
National Competitions
1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004- Tattersall's Club Landscape Art Prize, Brisbane
(by invitation)
2000, 2002- Finalist in the Flourier Prize- South Australia
1985, 1986- Diamond Valley Acquisitive- Melbourne
1966, 1967, 1968- Andrew Fairley Art Prize, Shepparton (1968 Finalist- Painting
acquired by Shepparton Regional Gallery)
International Special Project
2004 - United Nations International Art Education and Exhibition, New York
(September)
International Exhibitions
2003 - International Art Expo, New York (February/ March)
2003 - International Art Expo, Palm Springs (March)
2000 - The United Nations Millennium Art Exhibition, New York (July/August):
‘OUR WORLD in the YEAR 2000’
2000 - World Trade Center, Stockholm (March/April)
2000 - Mall Galleries, London (February)
1999 - The Old Gallery, Warsaw (September/ October): Cultural Exchange between
the Cities of Warsaw and Melbourne.
International Competition
Winsor & Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition; My Country
in theYear 2000.
International Award Winner: (London)
2000- The Winsor & Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition
(February): ‘OUR WORLD in the YEAR 2000’
National Award Winner: (Sydney)
1999 - Winsor & Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition (June):
‘OUR WORLD in the YEAR 2000’
The National and International Award Winning Painting for OUR WORLD in the
YEAR 2000, was
‘Cry in the Wilderness’ {Rape of the Landscape} 49x70cm, acrylic,
crayon, ink and pencil on watercolour paper on board}
Note: The Winsor & Newton Worldwide Millennium Painting Competition,
the largest event of its kind ever held, the competition attracted entries
from over 22,000 amateur and professional artists from 51 countries on the
theme of My Country in the Year 2000.
Publicity
2009- Mr. Neil Everist OAM inspired, descriptive and unique
2007- Geelong Advertiser evocative
2006- Jason Sprague (freelance arts writer) a tangible sense of individuality
pervades all of Holcombe's work.
2005- Artprofil (German Art Journal) master of line
2004- Wentworth Courier, Sydney rich tapestry
2001- Brisbane News - Tattersall’s Club Art Prize Critics Choice
2000- The Age, Melbourne City Search - Terra Australis earthy and primal
2000- Our World in the Year 2000, London hard-hitting imagery
1997- Geelong Advertiser less is more
1993- Moorabbin Standard, Melbourne portrait of an artist who loves landscape
1993- D.D.Cameron (Arts Writer) style that is identifiably his
1985- Carlotta Bush (Arts Writer and Gallery Director) landscape straight
from the heart
1982- Carlotta Bush (Arts Writer and Gallery Director) his interpretation
of our Australian landscape is a very personal one
1978- Carlotta Bush (Arts Writer and Gallery Director) Holcombe is the landscape
1975- The Age, Melbourne reminiscent of 12th century Japanese art style
1971- The Age, Melbourne powerful and unique
1969- The Sun, Melbourne a promising start