Education
Robinson studied art at the Central Technical College from 1955 to 1956.
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William Robinson
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After graduating, he began working as an art instructor, eventually becoming head of the Painting Department at the Brisbane College of Advanced Education in 1982. In 1989 he retired to work full-time on his paintings. Robinson held his first exhibition in 1967.
He rose to international prominence as a part of the exhibitions Australian Perspectiva in 1983 and The Sixth Bienniale of Sydney in 1986.
Robinson released a solo exhibition, Landscapes, which consisted of oil paintings which showed fragments of the Australian bush in various perspectives. In 2009 Robinson was the subject of a documentary by filmmaker Catherine Hunter.
"William Robinson: A Painter’s Journey" traces the places that have inspired the artist, from his early farmyard paintings to the majestic Creation Landscape series and most recently, the quiet still life paintings drawn from the intimate surrounds of his Brisbane house and garden. In 2011, The Queensland University of Technology Art Museum curated a major retrospective exhibition William Robinson: The Transfigured Landscape which was opened by the Australian Governor General Quentin Bryce.
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Australia
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Officer of the Order of Australia; Archibald Prize Wynne Prize; Archibald Prize
The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia.; The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize.The Archibald Prize is regarded as the most important portraiture prize in Australia.; The Wynne Prize is an Australian landscape painting or figure sculpture art prize.