Rick Amor
| Rick Amor | |
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Richard William Amor 3 March 1948 Frankston, Australia |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | National Gallery School, Melbourne |
| Known for | Painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaker |
| Awards | McClelland Sculpture Award 2007 |
Old Seas
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| Artist | Rick Amor |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 81 cm × 100 cm (32 in × 39 in) |
The Winter
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| Artist | Rick Amor |
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| Year | 1997 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
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The Dog
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| Artist | Rick Amor |
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| Year | 2004 |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Subject | A dog |
| Dimensions | 100.0 cm × 90 cm × 170 cm (39.4 in × 35 in × 67 in) |
| Location | Australian National Gallery, Canberra |
| Website | http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=130946 |
Relic
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| Artist | Rick Amor |
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| Year | 2006 |
| Type | Bronze, cor-ten steel |
| Dimensions | 204. cm × 62 cm × 72 cm (80 in × 24 in × 28 in) |
| Location | McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Langwarrin, VIC |
Rick Amor (born 3 March 1948) is an Australian artist and figurative painter. He was an Official War Artist.
Rick Amor was born in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. He has a certificate in art from the Caulfield Institute of Technology, and Associate Diploma in Painting from the National Gallery School, Melbourne.
He began exhibiting at the Joseph Brown gallery in 1974. He has entered the Archibald Prize at least 11 times and been exhibited nine times. He has been the recipient of several Australia Council studio residencies, allowing him to work in London, New York and Barcelona. In 1999 he was one of the first Australian artists to be appointed as the Official War Artist to East Timor by the Australian War Memorial, and the first since the end of the Vietnam War.
Amor has held over 64 solo exhibitions since first exhibiting at Joseph Brown Gallery in 1974 and has shown annually at Niagara Galleries since 1983. In 2013 a 30th Anniversary exhibition was held at Niagara Galleries. A major survey exhibition of his paintings was curated by McClelland Gallery in 1990 and toured various regional galleries in Victoria and South Australia throughout 1990 and 1991. An exhibition of his prints toured various regional galleries in Victoria and Tasmania 1993-4. In 1993 another exhibition mounted by Bendigo Art Gallery toured Australia.
He was interviewed in the 2005 Peter Berner documentary about the Archibald Prize called Loaded Brush.
Amor's most recent exhibitions include Rick Amor: From Study to Painting at Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum, Victoria and his 30th Anniversary Exhibition at Niagara Galleries in 2013 and an exhibition at the Australian Print Workshop in 2012. He was also involved in group shows Blue Chip XV: The Collectors' Exhibition at Niagara Galleries and the Small Sculpture Fair at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery in 2013.
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