| 1927 |
Born Adelaide, South Australia, 25 December. |
| 1944-47 |
Studied engineering and architecture at the South Australian School of Mines (now University of South Australia). Painted at Hahndorf each weekend, met Hans Heysen and undertook several painting trips to the Flinders Rangers. |
| 1948-49 |
Worked in New Guinea for an oil company and corresponded with Hans Heysen. Returned to Australia late 1949 and enrolled at the Melbourne National Gallery Art School. |
| 1950 |
Commenced four years full time painting course at National Gallery School, Melbourne. |
| 1953 |
Completed Gallery School Course. Awarded various prizes, including Hugh Ramsay Portrait Prize. |
| 1954 |
Exhibited as ‘Group Four’ at Victorian Artists’ Society, with Clifton Pugh, Don Laycock and John Howley. |
| 1955 |
Lived in Melbourne. Made contact with Sydney & South Australian based painters. |
| 1956 |
Work included in Pacific Loan Exhibition, San Francisco. |
| 1957 |
Awarded Italian Government-Flotto Lauro-Dante Alighieri Scholarship to study in Rome. Left for Rome, December 1957. |
| 1958 |
Lived in Rome and travelled to Florence and Arezzo. |
| 1959 |
‘Work from Rome’ shown at Macquarie Galleries, Sydney. Visited Venice, Trieste, Split and Dubrovnik. Left Rome for Paris and London in October. |
| 1960 |
Lived and worked in London. Visited Venice, Florence and Rome and left Naples for Australia. Returned to Adelaide for six months. |
| 1961 |
Returned to London via Frankfurt and Paris in January. Visited Russia by car, via Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, returning via Finland and Denmark. Work included in ‘Recent Australian Painting’ at Whitechapel at Paris Biennale des Jeunes. Studio in Ladbroke Grove with Whiteley and Michael Johnson; travelled to Holland with Whiteley. |
| 1962 |
Visited New York; visited Philadelphia and Provincetown, Cape Cod. First one-man exhibition in London at Matthieson Gallery. Went to Venice, Bulgaria and Istanbul by train. |
| 1963 |
Awarded Honourable mention: Sao Paulo Bienal, Brazil. |
| 1964 |
Extensive travels through India, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaya, then on returning to Adelaide driving through the Centre, to Ayers Rock, Darwin, Normanton, Cairns, Anakie. Included in ‘Young Australian Painters’, Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1965 |
Worked on mining paintings in Adelaide. Travelled to Papeete and Mexico with several weeks in the Yucatan. April – May: visited New York and then returned to London. |
| 1966 |
Living in London. Major retrospective exhibition at Adelaide Festival of Arts. The exhibition held at the Art Gallery of South Australia showed over seventy works dating from 1951 to 1966. Travelled to New York, Chicago, Saskatchewan, Artic Circle, Buffalo, Ottawa. |
| 1970 |
Left England. Made contact again with Australian landscape and visited Western Australia on survey work. Moved to Bribie Island, Queensland. Met Ian Fairweather. |
| 1971 |
Returned to England to work for six weeks with the printer, Chris Prater, on Omens suite of screenprints. Living in Adelaide. |
| 1972 |
Returned to live on Bribie Island. Commencement of Big Pacific Eye imagery. Purchased ‘Owl Creel’ Farm, Glasshouse Mountains, Queensland.
1973 - Etching on Bribie Island. |
| 1974 |
Living on Bribie Island. Etching and working on ‘Owl Creek’ Farm building. Moved to ‘Owl Creek’ Farm. |
| 1975 |
Spent time in Eungella National Park, Queensland, and commenced Rain Forest pictures. |
| 1977 |
Awarded Georges Invitation Art Prize. Appointed member of Queensland Art Gallery Broad of Trustees. Etching at Griffith University, Queensland Film and Drama Centre workshop. |
| 1978 |
Further etching periods at Griffith University, Queensland. June: ‘The Complete Graphics: 1964 – 1978’, at Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane. Visited London, travelled around Morocco. |
| 1979 |
September-October: ‘Moroccan Paintings’, Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane. |
| 1980 |
The Cage screenprint included in Tate Gallery, London exhibition ‘Images of Ourselves’. |
| 1981 |
Completes mural for Supreme Court, Brisbane. Visited London and worked with Chris Prater on screenprints. |
| 1982 |
Commenced Cain and the Promised Land paintings. Publication of book Lawrence Daws by Neville Weston November: exhibition ‘Cain and the Promised Land’ at Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane. |
| 1984-85 |
Painted large mural for Performing Arts Complex, Brisbane. |
| 1985 |
Visited India, Kashmir and Ladahk. |
| 1989 |
Painted ‘Stations of the Cross’, St. Stephens Cathedral Brisbane.
Visited UK, Netherlands and Venice.
Visited China. |
| 1992 |
Received honorary decorate from Griffith University, Brisbane. |
| 2000 |
Received honorary decorate from University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
November: Survey exhibition, ‘Lawrence Daws: Asylum in Eden. Thiry years in Queensland’, Brisbane City Gallery. |
| 2002 |
Invited to participate in ‘Shanghai in the Eyes of overseas artists’, Shanghai, China |
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
| 1975 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1977 |
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1978 |
‘Complete Graphics’ Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane
Bonython Gallery, Adelaide |
| 1979 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1980 |
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 1982 |
Bonython Gallery, Adelaide
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1983 |
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 1986 |
Bonython-Meadmore Galleries, Adelaide |
| 1987 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1988 |
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney
Bonython-Meadmore Galleries, Adelaide |
| 1990 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1991 |
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 1992 |
BMG Fine Art, Adelaide |
| 1993 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1994 |
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 1995 |
BMG Fine Art, Adelaide |
| 1996 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 1997 |
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney |
| 1999 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 2000 |
Sam Hill-Smith Gallery, Adelaide Festival
Survey exhibition, ‘Lawrence Daws: Asylum in Eden. Thirty Years in Queensland, Brisbane City Gallery. |
| 2001 |
Lauraine Diggins Fine Art, Melbourne |
| 2002 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
| 2003 |
Nevill Keating Pictures Ltd, London |
| 2005 |
Philip Bacon Galleries, Brisbane |
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart
University of Queensland, Brisbane
The Supreme Court, Brisbane
Performing Arts Complex, Brisbane
New Parliament House, Brisbane
Australian National University, Canberra
Major Australian University Collections
Regional Galleries of Bendigo, Ballarat, Mildura, Broken Hill and Newcastle
Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
National Gallery of Beijing, China
Tate Gallery, London
The Royal Society, London
The Victorian and Albert Museum, London
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Musee des Beaux-arts de L’Ontario, Canada
Selected Bibliography
Bruce, Candice , Lawrence Daws: Asylum in Eden. Thirty Years in Queensland, Brisbane, University of Queensland Press, 2000.
Weston, Neville, Lawrence Daws, Sydney, Reed, 1982.
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