Fishing Boats,
Venice, Bessie Gibson, Oil on panel, 44.5x37cm |
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| 1868 |
Born Ipswich, Queensland |
| 1961 |
Died Brisbane, Queensland
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EXHIBITIONS
| 1903/04 |
15th-16th Annual Exhibition, Queensland Art Society, Brisbane |
| 1905-11 |
Royal Academy, London |
| 1907-10 |
19th-22nd Annual Exhibition, Queensland Art Society, Brisbane |
| 1907 |
First Australian Exhibition of Women’s Work, Melbourne (First Prize for Best Miniature) |
| 1909/10 |
Royal Society of Miniature Painters, London |
| 1910 |
Deuxième Exposition Régionale des Beaux Arts and des Arts Industriels, Ivry-sur-Seine (Section des Emaux, Diplôme gold medal) |
| 1910/11 |
Autumn Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool |
| 1912 |
International Exhbition of Miniatures, Brussels |
| 1913 |
Royal Academy, London
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris (old Salon) |
| 1914 |
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris |
| 1914/15/18/19 |
Royal Academy, London |
| 1919 |
Salon des Beaux Arts, and Salon des Artistes Français (joint exhibition) |
| 1920 |
Royal Academy, London |
| 1920-25 |
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris |
| 1922-24 |
Salon d’Automne, Paris |
| 1922 |
34th Annual Exhibition, Queensland Art Society, Brisbane
Salon des Artistes Indépendants, Paris |
| 1923 |
Queensland Authors and Artists Association – Exhibition of Loan Paintings, United Services Club Room, Brisbane
Royal Academy, London |
| 1924 |
Australian Artists in Europe, Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, Faculty of Arts Gallery, London
Society of Women Artists, London |
| 1926 |
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris (awarded an Honourable Mention)
Autumn Exhibitio, Walker Art Galley, Liverpool |
| 1927 |
39th Annual Exhibition, Queensland Art Society, Brisbane |
| 1927-36 |
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris |
| 1927/28/30/34 |
Salon d’Automne, Paris |
| 1934 |
Société Nationale d’Horticulture de France, Paris (Diploma) |
| 1937 |
Salon des Beaux Arts, and Salon des Artistes Français, Paris (joint exhibition)
Exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques, Paris (Bronze medal, Class 27 from Great Britain, Group VI) |
| 1938/39 |
Salon des Artistes Français, Paris |
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Solo Exhibition, Paris (ref. Grosvenor Galleries exhibition catalogue, 1949) |
| 1947 |
Finneys Art Gallery, Brisbane (first solo exhibition in Australia) |
| 1948 |
Finneys Art Gallery, Brisbane (exhibition in aid of the Australian Red Cross Society) |
| 1948-52 |
60th-64th Annual Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society, Finneys Art Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1949 |
Grosvenor Galleries, Sydney
Finneys Art Gallery, Brisbane
English & Foreign Bookshop Art Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1951 |
The Moreton Galleries, Brisbane
Commonwealth Jubilee Celebration Exhibition of Queensland Art, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
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| 1952 |
Arts Council of Australia, Queensland Division
Finneys Art Gallery, Brisbane |
| 1953 |
The Moreton Galleries, Brisbane
65th Annual Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society, Allan & Stark Art Gallery, Brisbane
Second Annual Exhibition, Arts Council of Australia, Queensland Division, Brisbane |
| 195? |
Special Exhibition of Women’s Art, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane |
| 1954 |
Courier Mail Art Panel, Brisbane
66t Annual Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane School of Arts |
| 1955 |
67th Annual Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society, Bellvue Hotel, Brisbane |
| 1957 |
First Tasmanian art gallery exhibition, Hobart |
| 1958 |
A Tribute to Bessie Gibson, National Gallery Society of Queensland, Queensland National Art Gallery, Brisbane
70th Annual Exhibition, Royal Queensland Art Society, Australian Hotel, Brisbane
Second Tasmanian art gallery exhibition, Hobart |
| 1959 |
Skinner Gallery, Perth |
| 1960/62 |
The Moreton Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1963 |
Courier Mail Art Panel, Brisbane |
| 1967 |
Summer Exhibition; Early Australian Painting Exhibition; Winter Exhibition; The Moreton Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1968 |
Summer Exhibition, The Moreton Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1969 |
The Moreton Galleries, Brisbane
Winter Exhibition, The Moreton Galleries, Brisbane
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| 1975/6 |
Five Queensland Women Artists, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
Australian Women Artists, 100 Years, 1840-1940 |
| 1977 |
Royal Queensland Art Society, Brisbane (mixed exhibition of past members)
Women’s Images of Women, AGNSW. |
| 1978 |
Bessie Gibson, University of Queensland Art Museum; Fremantle Arts Centre; Ewing and George Paton Galleries, University of Melbourne; Art Gallery of New South Wales; Newcastle Region Art Gallery; Museum and Art Gallery; Northern Territory, Darwin |
| 1993 |
A Century of Women’s Art 1840s-1940s, Deutscher Fine Art, Melbourne |
| 2001 |
Bessie Gibson 1868-1961, Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia
Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
National Gallery of Victoria
Queensland Art Gallery
Manly Art Gallery and Museum
Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Brisbane City Gallery
University of Technology Art Museum
The University of Queensland Art Museum
Queensland Women’s Historical Association
Musée, Cherbourg
Luxembourg Gallery
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