Paintings
 Procession #I 1994 St#264032 Oil on canvas 1090 x 1090mm |
 Procession #II 1994 St#264033 Oil on canvas 1090 x 1090mm |
 Procession #III 1994 St#264034 Oil on canvas 1090 x 1090mm |
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By the mid-1960s he had established his reputation as one of Australia's most accomplished young painters and jewellers. He travelled to England, where he made sculptures and represented Britain in international jewellery exhibitions. He worked with master technicians in Paris, producing splendid lithographs. His work has moved between exuberant painterliness and cool calculation, but it has generally been underpinned by a sharp sense of design and a commitment to fine proportion. He became increasingly interested in his Greek background, and aspects of the Byzantine visual tradition have found their way into his work. 'A Renaissance man,' a journalist observed, adding, 'without the Medici'. Raft's capacity to work across a wide spread of disciplines - painting, drawing, sculpture and jewellery - has been equalled by few artists in our time." Extract from Peter Pinson's book, EMANUEL RAFT - PAINTING - JEWELLERY - SCULPTURE - PRINTMAKING. Published by Craftsman House
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"Emanuel Raft was born in Egypt of Greek and Italian background. He came to Australia in 1955, aged 17.|
CHRONOLOGY 1938 7 February, Emanuel Raft was born in Suez, Egypt of Greek father and Italian mother. 1955 Exodus of Europeans from Egypt Family moved to Sydney, Australia. 1956-59 Attended the Bissietta Art School. 1959-60 Attended the Brera Academy, Milan Italy. 1960 Studied sculpture with Luciano Minguzzi. 1961 Meets Clement Meadmore and Max Hutchinson. Designs furniture and exhibition stands with Meadmore. Starts experimenting with welded metals. First wearable objects. 1962 Meets Ron Sutherland, architect tor Wollongong Teachers College. 1963 Began teaching at the School of Architecture, University of Sydney. Commissioned to design and execute panels for Wollongong Teachers College. 1964 Awarded the Young Contemporaries Art Prize, the Freedom from Hunger Art prize and the Royal Agricultural Society prize. 1966 Travelled to England and Europe. Taught at Croydon College of Art, London. First white paintings. 1967-69 Taught at Birmingham College of Art and Design, 1969 Travelled to U.S.A. Invitation from Jorgen Jensen, New York to exhibit wearable objects. Meets Barnett Newman and Claes Oldenburg. 1970-78 Lives in London. First lead paintings, lead and state sculptures. 1971 Visiting lecture at Sutton College of Liberal Arts and West Sussex College of Art and Design. Starts a new series of geometric works on paper using the brass rubbing technique. 1978 Taught at Alexander Mackie College of Advanced Education and at the School of Architecture, University of Sydney. 1980 Inquiry into the possible geometry underlying Greek and Russian Ions. 1981 Taught at City Art Institute, SCAE. 1984-90 I-lead of Sculpture at City Art Institute, 1984 Resident at the Cite International des Art, Paris. Meets Robert Lawlor, (author of Sacred Geometry). 1986 Awarded Master of Arts degree. 1989 Resident at the Cite International des Art, Paris. Series of lithographs produced at the Atelier Champfleury, Paris. 1990-98 Senior Lecturer College of Fine Arts the University of New South Wales 1992 Established studio in Flaugnac, Lot, south west France. 1993 Helen and Emanuel Raft live between Sydney and France.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS 1962 Gallery A, Melbourne. 1963 Six Painters Dominion Gallery Sydney. Survey 3 Blaxland Gallery, Sydney. 1965 Joint Show with John Stockdale and Dave Guard. Helena Rubinstein Scholarship, the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Hungry Horse Gallery, Sydney. Young Australian Painters Tokyo, Japan. 1967 Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, UK. British Jewellers Exhibition, Stockholm. The Goldsmiths Today Goldsmiths Hall, London, UK. 1968 Skill Goldsmiths Hall, London, UK. The Field National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. 1969 Byron Gallery, New York. 1970 Modem Jewellery Museum of Modem Art, Chicago. Modem Jewellery in New York Lincoln Center, New York. 1972 Sieraad 1900-1972 Zonnehof Museum, Amersfoort, Holland. 1973 Aspects of Jewellery Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen. British Jewellery Deutsches Goldschmiedhaus, Hanau, Germany. 1974 Seven Golden Years Goldsmiths Hall, London, UK. 1977 Explosion Goldsmiths Hall, London, UK. 1978-79 British Jewellery on tour in Holland Gemeentelijke Van Reekumgalerij, Apeldoorn, Nederland. 1982 Australian Jewellers in Europe. Iconostasis Installation at IDG Gallery, Sydney. 1984 Salles E Sandoz, Cite Intemationale des Arts, Paris. 1987 Australian Works on Paper Aeion Gallery, Dallas, U.S.A. Australian Paintings & Sculpture Crescent Gallery, Fort Worth. U.S.A. 1988 Oz Art Brokers, Newcastle. Australian Decorative Arts 1900-1985. Australian National Gallery, Canberra. Black and White Coventry, Sydney. 1989 Creation Oz Art Brokers, Newcastle. Intimate Drawing Coventry, Sydney. Modern Muses S.H. Ervin Gallery. 1990-66 Coventry, Sydney, 1992 Manu et Mente Ivan Dougherty Gallery. 1993 Virtu Ivan Dougherty Gallery. 1994 New Prints Eight Contemporary Artists, New England Regional Art Museum Obsession Chandler Coventry, Campbelltown City Art Gallery. 1996 Cross Currents Barbican Centre, London, U.K. Cross Currents II Reed’s Wharf Gallery, London, U.K. Kouroi & Korsi Kouros Gallery, New York. 2002 Gallery Savah, Sydney
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