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Gil Jamieson
Gil Jamieson
	Gil Jamieson's Self-Portrait
Born	Hugh Gilmour Jamieson; 31 January 1934; Monto, Queensland
Died	14 June 1992 (aged 58); Monto, Queensland
Nationality	Australian
Education	Brisbane Central Technical College
Known for	Romantic figurative art, Australian landscapes & portraits
Notable work	Jay Creek
Awards	McCaughey Prize (1965)
Patron(s)	John Reed, Cliff Pugh, Arthur Boyd

Gil Jamieson (31 January 1934 – 14 June 1992) was an Australian painter. Jamieson was born in the central Queensland town of Monto in 1934 and died there in 1992.

Career

Jamieson liked to be thought of as a Romantic. He objected to the labels of art commentators. He painted figurative art works, landscape art works, and portraits striking for their passionate intensity of both subject and colour. He wrestled with the tough reality of survival in the bush and lived the landscape that he painted.

He lived and worked on the land with his family raising cattle on a bush block near Monto. He embarked on extensive expeditions throughout Australia capturing the subtle beauty and magnificence of the country in gouaches he called his 'sonnets'. His 72-foot 360 degree mural Jay Creek (depicting Jay Creek, Northern Territory), an oil on canvas, painted on location in Central Australia, his largest and a most engrossing work was painted in four days in searing heat.

Jamieson regarded himself as a self-taught artist, however he attended Brisbane Central Technical College (with Melville Haysom), 1956–57. While in Brisbane he aspired to political cartooning, worked as a quick sketch artist outside a nightclub and held his first exhibition at a Brisbane pub

Jamieson and his wife Maureen moved from Monto to Melbourne and his career flourished. His work was taken up by John Reed of Heide Museum of Modern Art where he exhibited. He developed strong friendships with fellow artists: George Johnson, Fred Williams, John Perceval, Edwin Tanner to name a few. These friendships sustained and affirmed his contribution to Australian art as later in his career, fellow artists such as Cliff Pugh and Arthur Boyd supported his work. He chose to return to the bush and relative obscurity returning regularly to exhibit in Melbourne.

Throughout his career Jamieson had many supporters of his work including Kym Bonython and Rudy Komon. He had a long association with Rockhampton exhibiting there and in Brisbane regularly throughout his career. Rockhampton Art Gallery toured a retrospective for two years throughout regional Australia and overseas 1997–9.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Exhibitions

Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne 1960
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney 1961
South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne 1962
Bonython Gallery, Adelaide 1963
South Yarra Gallery, Melbourne 1964
Australian Galleries, Melbourne 1966
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney 1967
Bonython Gallery, Sydney 1971
Bonython Gallery, Adelaide 1971
John Gild Gallery, Perth 1972
Talamo Gallery, Melbourne 1972
Talamo Gallery, Melbourne 1973 (Jay Creek exhibition, 72 ft landscape from Central Australia)
Reid Gallery, Brisbane 1974
Gallery Up Top, Rockhampton 1974
Gallery Up Top, Rockhampton 1975
Gallery Up Top, Rockhampton 1976
Gallery Up Top, Rockhampton 1977
Gallery Up Top, Rockhampton 1978
Philip Bacon Gallery, Brisbane 1978
CIEA Rockhamption 1978 ('Jay Creek' exhibit, opening library by HRH Princess Alexandra)
Adelaide Festival Centre 1978 ('Jay Creek' complementary exhibit in theatre foyer)
Bakehouse Gallery, Mackay 1978
Gallery Up Top, Rockhampton 1979
Gallery Up Top, Rockhampton 1980
Realities Gallery, Melbourne 1981
City Hall, Brisbane 1982
Gallery Up Top, Rockhampton 1982
Nerang Gallery, Gold Coast 1983
Rudy Komon Gallery, Sydney 1983
Realities Gallery, Melbourne 1983
Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences, Darwin 1984
The Schubert Gallery, Broadbeach 1985
William Mora Gallery, Melbourne 1988.^[1]
Monto Art Gallery, Monto QLD Newton Street, 2023

Collections

His work was represented in many major public collections, including:^[1]

Awards

1965: McCaughey Prize, NGV Melbourne^[1]
1977: Maryborough Watercolour Prize^[1]
1978: Bundaberg Painting Prize^[1]
1978: Bundaberg Watercolour Prize^[1]
1978: Rockhampton Art Prize^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Drury, Nevill: "New Art Four: Profiles in Contemporary Australian Art.", page 120, 228. Craftsman House, 1990.
^ McCollough, Bianca: "Each Man's Wilderness: Reflections by Australian Artists.", page 38-39, 115. Rigby Ltd, 1980.
^ Bonython, Kym: "Modern Australian Painting 1975/1980.", page 84. Rigby Ltd, 1980.