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Shepparton Art Gallery

Address:
Civic Centre, Shepparton, Vic Postal Address:
Locked Bag 1000 Shepparton Vic 3632
Telephone: 03 5832 9861
Facsimile: 03 5831 8480
Email: gallery@shepparton.net.au
Website: www.shepparton. vic.gov.au/ gallery

Admission Charges:
Free

Opening Hours:
10am-4pm daily
1-4pm Public Holidays
Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and Good Friday

"Its policy, as a young collection, is to secure an historical presentation of Australian Art, and when the opportunity offers, to add to this with European contemporary works. For the future of Australian culture it is most necessary that the art of other nations should be seen in conjunction with our own so that we can make comparison...With contemporary work of all schools of thought, open mindedness is imperative." (Catalogue of the Shepparton Art Collection, 1949)

Shepparton Art Gallery was established in 1936 with the help of Sir John Longstaff, a fashionable portrait painter who spent his youth in the region. The gallery holds one of the largest public collections of historical and contemporary ceramics in Australia. In 1965 a purpose built gallery was completed and by 1970 the acquisition of ceramics began. Throughout the 1990s the gallery held Ceramics Awards. In 1997 these awards became international and as a result the gallery's collection now includes a number of contemporary international ceramics.

The ceramics collection includes the work Australian convict potters through to contemporary studio and commercial potters. Highlightsof the collection include Jonathan Leak's Spruce Ginger Beer Bottle, Arthur Boyd's The Lovers platter, John Perceval's Delinquent Angel (see image, top right) and contemporary ceramics by Stephen Benwell, Deborah Halpern, Bern Emmerichs and Gwyn Hanssen Pigott.

Other features of the collection include Colonial and contemporary paintings and works on paper, works by John Longstaff, Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin, Margaret Preston, Grace Cossington Smith, Fred Williams, Tony Tuckson, John Brack and Geoff Hogg. Female modernists and works by the Melbourne ROAR studio artists are also included.

The gallery has recently undergone a major refurbishment thanks to a Federation Fund grant and now has new and larger facilities to house the collection.

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