Robert Juniper
Robert Litchfield Juniper AM (born 7 January 1929) is a Western Australian artist who has also been an illustrator, art teacher, sculptor and printmaker.
Early life
He was born in the wheat-belt town of Merredin, Western Australia. He studied commercial art and industrial design at Beckenham School of Art, England. After returning to Western Australia he painted, taught and exhibited in Perth, Western Australia. He was particularly championed by local Rose Skinner [1]
Teaching
He taught art at Perth College, Hale School in the 1950s and at Guildford Grammar School in the 1960s. In the 1960s Bob Juniper's trips into the Australian outback inspired the subjects of much of his abstract style of art.
He designed the coat of arms for the Commonwealth Law Courts in Perth, in 1992. His works are held in numerous collections, including Art Gallery of Western Australia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australian National Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Queensland Art Gallery and Parliament House, Canberra
Exhibitions
Many solo and group exhibitions throughout Australia, and overseas, including a major retrospective in 1999 at the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth.
Robert Juniper was represented for many years by Gomboc Gallery and is currently represented by Greenhill Galleries [2]. Now in his early 80's, he continues to paint every day and remains both a highly productive artist and an inspiration and mentor to many other Australian artists.
Awards
- 1954, 57, 59, 60, 62 Perth Prize for Contemporary Art
- 1966 T.E. Wardle Invitation Prize
- 1976 Wynne Prize
- 1980 Wynne Prize
- 1984 Honorary Doctorate, University of Western Australia, Perth
- 1988 Kingfisher Prize, New South Wales
- 1998 State Living Treasures Award, Ministry for Culture and the Arts, Western Australia
- 2003 Centenary Medal of Federation for service to Australian landscape painting and contemporary art[3]
- 2004 Awarded medal for services to art, The Painters and Sculptors Association of Australia
- 2011 Appointed Member of the Order of Australia for service to the visual arts, particularly as an Australian landscape painter and contemporary artist[4]
Family
Robert Juniper has been married three times and has four children, all by his first wife, Robin-Ann (née Brennan): Sato (previously Linda); Ben (Benedict); Sam (previously Damien) and Bec (Rebecca). They all live and work as professionals in various fields in Western Australia. He has 11 grandchildren and step-grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. His second wife is Amanda (née Silbert) and his current wife is Patricia (née Lowe).
Recent work
Juniper was commissioned to work on a feature window in the restored Bunbury catholic cathedral - and it was completed in 2011 [5]
Notes
Printed works
- Todd, Trevor (1977) Mason Judy, illustrated by Robert Juniper. Sydney : Methuen of Australia ISBN 0454000278
- (1982) Asphodel [illustrated by] Robert Juniper, [text by] Lilla Cole. Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press ISBN 0909144591 (pbk.)
References
- Gavin Fry (2009) Robert Juniper, Sydney: The Beagle Press (with an introduction by Lou Klepac) ISBN 978064516158
- Lynn, Elwyn,(1986) The art of Robert Juniper Seaforth, N.S.W: Craftsman House ISBN 0959344888
- McNamara, Phillip (2000) Robert Juniper : mining the load of Juniper's art. Review of retrospective mentioned above in 1999. in Art and Australia, June 2000, p. 532-533,
- O'Brien, Philippa (1992) Robert Juniper Roseville East, N.S.W : Craftsman House ISBN 9768097191
External links
Further reading
- Farmer, Alison (1999).Artist of our land. Juniper talks about his painting and his forthcoming retrospective exhibition to be held at the Art Gallery of Western Australia. Sunday times (Perth, W.A.), 29 August 1999, Sunday section, p. 8-9
- Robert Juniper talks about his life Western Mail, 8-9 Feb. 1986, Magazine section, p. 12-15,
- Bevis, Stephen At 78, Juniper is million dollar man of WA art The West Australian, 11 July 2007, p. 12
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Juniper, Robert Litchfield |
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Australian artist |
Date of birth |
7 January 1929 |
Place of birth |
Merredin, Western Australia, Australia |
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