Everything about The Geelong Art Gallery totally explained
The
Geelong Art Gallery is a major
regional gallery in the city of
Victoria in
Victoria. The gallery has approximately 4,000 works of art in its collection.
The gallery forms Geelong's Arts Precinct with the adjacent
Geelong Performing Arts Centre,
Geelong Heritage Centre,
Geelong Courthouse centre, and the Geelong
Library.
Formation
An art gallery for
Geelong was first petitioned for in 1895 by members of the Geelong Progress League. In May 1900 permission was given for the Geelong Art Gallery Association to use three walls in the
Geelong Town Hall to hang artwork on. Among the first acquisitions made was
Frederick McCubbin's
1890 A Bush Burial which cost 100 guineas ($210) at the time. The gallery was soon moved to the Free Library Building in Moorabool Street (between Malop and Corio Streets).
Permanent Home
The current Geelong Gallery was officially opened in 1915, and was erected as a memorial to the late
George M. Hitchcock. It was located beside
Johnstone Park between the
Town Hall and the former fire station (now the Geelong Regional Library). The initial building consisted of a
portico and
vestibule facing the park, and the G. M. Hitchcock Gallery.
The first additions to the gallery occurred in 1928 when the
Henry P. Douglas Gallery was opened, followed by the
H.F. Richardson Gallery in 1937. The main entrance to the gallery became Little Malop Street with the opening of the
J.H. McPhillimy Gallery by then-Prime Minister
Joseph Lyons in 1938. Further expansion followed in 1956 and 1971.
Notable Works
There are a number of notable artworks in the galleries collection:
Official Site
http://www.geelonggallery.org.auFurther Information
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