John Borrack (born 1933) is an Australian

landscape painter Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, is the depiction in painting of natural scenery such as mountains, valleys, rivers, trees, and forests, especially where the main subject is a wide view—with its elements arranged into a cohe ...

working in watercolour, gouache and oils.

Life

Borrack was born in

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, Australian 1933 and studied painting and drawing at

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obtaining an Associate Diploma of Fine Art in 1960, followed by a Fellowship Diploma in 1972. He studied in France, Spain, the U.K., and Italy from the 1960s to the 1990s. He Lectured in painting and drawing at Melbourne State College from 1969 to 1982 when he began painting full-time. Borack is represented in numerous private and public collections in Australia including the

National Gallery of Victoria The National Gallery of Victoria, popularly known as the NGV, is an art museum in Melbourne, Victoria (state), Victoria, Australia. Founded in 1861, it is Australia's oldest and list of most visited art museums in the world, most visited art mu ...

Queensland Art Gallery The Queensland Art Gallery (QAG) is an art museum located in South Bank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. The gallery is part of QAGOMA. It complements the Gallery of Modern Art (GOMA) building, situated only away. The Queensland Art Galle ...

Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT) is the main museum in the Northern Territory. The headquarters of the museum is located in the inner Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin suburb of The Gardens, Northern Territory, The ...

and regional Galleries in Benalla, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Geelong, Hamilton, Horsham, Rockhampton, Gippsland at Sale, Swan Hill and Warrnambool. Living in Mernda, Victoria for much of his working life, he has documented changing landscapes in the Plenty Valley his connection to the region going back to the original 1850 German settlers at Westgarthtown, the Ziebell family, through his mother Augusta Caroline Borrack. Comprehensive survey of his work were published in 1996. and 2012.Ellem, Lucy Grace & Borrack, John, 1933-, (artist.) (2012). ''In praise of landscape : the art of John Borrack''. Macmillan Art Publishing, South Yarra, Victoria

Select exhibitions and works

* Borrack, John (2001). ''John Borrack.'' Greythorn Galleries, Toorak, Vic * Borrack, John & Australian Galleries Pty. Ltd (1986). ''John Borrack.'' Australian Galleries, Collingwood, Vic * Borrack, John & Benalla Art Gallery (1987). ''John Borrack : selected works 1958 to 1987.'' Benalla Art Gallery, Benalla * Whittlesea Council & Borrack, John, 1913- & Solomou, Bill & Borrack, Gillian (2002). ''The John and Gillian Borrack Federation bequest''. City of Whittlesea, South Morang, Vic * Borrack, John, 1933-. (1998). ''Lamplight and bluestones : recollections of the Ziebell farm at Thomastown'' Melbourne : The author

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Borrack, John 1933 births Living people Australian landscape painters 20th-century Australian painters 20th-century Australian male artists Australian male painters Artists from Melbourne