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Brett-Whiteley

Personal Details Name Brett-Whiteley Place of birth Sydney Date of Birth 7 April 1939 Date of Death 15 June 1992 Nationality Australian Field Australian artist

Career:

    Whiteley experimented with styles based on the art of Van Gogh, using portraits based on Vincent Van Gogh's self portraits, such as Vincent. After Whiteley found a book about Van Gogh on the floor of the church in Bathurst when he was very young, it changed his perception of the world around him. One image which uses Van Gogh's style in a unique way is Night Cafe. He has taken the Van Gogh painting and stretched the lines of the room to a single vanishing point, creating an image which appears fast moving and extremely vibrant and dynamic.

    Another work where imagery is borrowed from the art of another artist is in Rembrandt, where he painted a large somewhat gloomy looking portrait of the Dutch master.

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