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* 1929, 6–20 May: Society of Artists' Special Exhibition. David Jones' Art Gallery, 7th floor (Mezzanine), Elizabeth Street, Sydney<ref>{{Cite web |title=Society of Artists' Special Exhibition. at David Jones' Art Gallery [Elizabeth St]. (1929) · Australian Prints + Printmaking |url=https://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/exhibitions/399/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au}}</ref>
* 1929, 7 September–4 October: Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition. Education Department Gallery, 5th floor, Loftus St., Sydney<ref>{{Cite web |title=Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition. at Education Department Gallery (1929) · Australian Prints + Printmaking |url=https://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/exhibitions/3749/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au}}</ref>
* 1930, 5 September–2 October: Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition.Education Department Gallery, 5th floor, Loftus St., Sydney<ref>{{Cite web |title=Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition. at Education Department Gallery (1930) · Australian Prints + Printmaking |url=https://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/exhibitions/985/ |access-date=2022-12-19 |website=www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au}}</ref>
* 1947: Georges Gallery, Melbourne
* 1947: Georges Gallery, Melbourne
* 1978: Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950, Deutscher Gallery
* 1978: Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950, Deutscher Gallery

Revision as of 07:44, 19 December 2022

Eric Prentice Anchor Thake (8 June 1904, Auburn–3 November 1982, Geelong) was an Australian artist, designer, painter, printmaker and war artist.

His 1972 Christmas card An Opera House in Every Home, a humorous take on Jørn Utzon's World Heritage-listed building is a well-known work.[1]

Early life

Thake was born in Auburn, Melbourne, on 8 June 1904 and at age fourteen at the end of WW1 was apprenticed to a process engraving firm Patterson Shugg.[2] He enrolled in 1921 at the Drawing School of the National Gallery of Victoria, then went on to study painting and drawing part-time with the modernist Melbourne artist George Bell 1925–28.

Career

Thake showed with the Contemporary Group, Melbourne, 1932-38 and with the Contemporary Art Society from 1926-56 and concurrently, he worked in commercial art for the advertising firm Paton until 1956. Independently he produced linocuts which conveyed his laconic wit in clever visual puns; including bookplates and many Christmas cards he produced for friends; numbers of which are held now in national collections. He was a war artist enlisted as a Flying officer in the [[Royal Australian Air Force]] (Service Number 145552) between 24 Nov 1943 and 28 Mar 1946, the second such R.A.A.F combatant artist commissioned during World War II and his two tours of duty covered Port Moresby, Noemfoor Island, Morotai, Alice Springs, Darwin and Koepang. During that time he produced Surrealist works as one of the first working in that style in Australia,[3] alongside James Gleeson with whom he shared 1931 the Contemporary Art Society prize.[1] His 1942 oil painting Brownout sold in 2010 for $228,000.[4]

His first solo exhibition was held after the war at Georges Gallery, Melbourne in 1947.

By 1960 his work included covers for the literary journal Meanjin, designs for stamps, and concise medical diagrams he produced in the course of his employment from 1956 in the University of Melbourne’s Visual Aids Department where he remained until his retirement.

Legacy

McCulloch notes that "his sensitivity towards the dispossession of Aboriginal people in his works in particular has been brought to light since his death, and there has been a growing interest in his wonderful Christmas card linocuts, produced from 1941 to 1975.[5]

The National Gallery of Victoria held a retrospective of his work in 1970.[6]

Exhibitions

  • 1929, 6–20 May: Society of Artists' Special Exhibition. David Jones' Art Gallery, 7th floor (Mezzanine), Elizabeth Street, Sydney[7]
  • 1929, 7 September–4 October: Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition. Education Department Gallery, 5th floor, Loftus St., Sydney[8]
  • 1930, 5 September–2 October: Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition.Education Department Gallery, 5th floor, Loftus St., Sydney[9]
  • 1947: Georges Gallery, Melbourne
  • 1978: Survey of Australian Relief Prints 1900-1950, Deutscher Gallery
  • 1981: Pubs and Bars, Geelong Art Gallery
  • 1981: Retrospective exhibition, Victorian Ministry for the Arts Gallery

Posthumous

  • 1988-9: The Great Australian Art Exhibition, Art Gallery of South Australia travelling exhibition, Queensland Art Gallery [2]. (17 May 1988 – 17 July 1988); Art Gallery of Western Australia. (13 August 1988 – 25 September 1988); Art Gallery Of South Australia. (23 May 1989 – 16 July 1989)
  • 1992: Classical Modernism: The George Bell Circle, National Gallery of Victoria
  • 2000-02: Federation: Australian Art and Society, National Gallery of Australia and touring
  • 2002: Christmas Greetings from Thake's Flat, IPMA
  • 2003: Australian Surrealism: The Agapitos/Wilson Collection, Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • 2005: Retrospective. Geelong Art Gallery
  • 2005: Bookplates from the Corrigan Collection, Bendigo Art Gallery

Awards

  • 1931: Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Bookplate Exhibition, USA
  • 1931: Contemporary Art Society prize (shared with James Gleeson),
  • 1941: Geelong prize,
  • 1947: Yorick Club prize,
  • 1956; Cato Prize, VAS

Collections

References

  1. ^ a b McCulloch, Alan; McCulloch, Susan; McCulloch Childs, Emily (2006). The new McCulloch's encyclopedia of Australian art (4th ed.). Fitzroy: AUS Art Editions ; The Miegunyah Press. pp. ix. ISBN 0-522-85317-X. OCLC 80568976.
  2. ^ Bunbury, Alisa. "Windows, reflections and shadow play in the art of Eric Thake" (PDF). State Library of Victoria. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Pinson, Peter (1987). The paintings of Flight Officer Eric Thake, official war artist, R.A.A.F. Historical Records Section, 1944-1946 (Academic theses, PhD Dissertation ed.). University of Wollongong. OCLC 220997585.
  4. ^ Brownout, 1942 | Deutscher and Hackett Archived 30 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, deutscherandhackett.com. Retrieved on 5 November 2010.
  5. ^ Thake, Eric (1978). The Christmas linocuts of Eric Thake, 1941-1975. South Yarra: Croft Press. ISBN 9780959599206. OCLC 27627925.
  6. ^ Bandman, Ken (5 June 1970). "Ken Bandman's ART-WISE". The Australian Jewish News. p. 29.
  7. ^ "Society of Artists' Special Exhibition. at David Jones' Art Gallery [Elizabeth St]. (1929) · Australian Prints + Printmaking". www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition. at Education Department Gallery (1929) · Australian Prints + Printmaking". www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Society of Artists' Annual Exhibition. at Education Department Gallery (1930) · Australian Prints + Printmaking". www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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