The art of Arch Cuthbertson is the lifelong journey of a painter inspired by the evolving world of modernist influence in Australia. Arch’s early paintings are cubist explorations, abstract in origin, moving through the years towards expressionist, and finally texture painting influences.
One of his best known works was a large mural for the Commonwealth Bank in Ballarat. Arch was a much loved and respected educator in the arts, remarkable for his generosity, dedication to his art, and inexhaustible creative spirit.
Arch Cuthbertson held at least thirty solo exhibitions from 1961 to 2000: in Melbourne, Geelong, Adelaide and Sydney. These included six solo exhibitions with Barry Stern in Sydney and three solo exhibitions with Eastgate & Holst gallery in Melbourne (1992, 1996 & 2000).
He also participated in numerous group exhibitions including Survey 8, 4 Geelong Artists, at Geelong Regional Gallery in 1987, and again in 1991 for the Scotchman’s Hill Prize.
STUDIES
1953-1955 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
1969-1970 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, awarded art fellowship
AWARDS
1964 F E Richardson Prize, Geelong Art Gallery
1965 Currabubula Art Prize
1966 Minnie Crouch Prize, Ballarat Art Gallery
1968 Bendigo Prize (purchase award), Bendigo Invitation Exhibition
1988 Watercolour Australia Prize, Swan Hill Gallery of Contemporary Art
APPOINTMENTS
1956 – 1958 Geelong Teachers College
1959 – 1968 Ballarat Teachers College
1971 – 1973 Gordon Institute Geelong
1974 – 1984 Deakin University Geelong
REPRESENTED
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
National Gallery of Victoria
Art Gallery of South Australia
Bendigo Art Gallery
Art Gallery of Ballarat
Geelong Art Gallery
Hamilton Art Gallery
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery
The Warrnambool Art Gallery
Rotarua Art Gallery, NZ
Parliament House Canberra
University of New York
Deakin University
La Trobe University
State Colleges of Ballarat, Bendigo, Burwood, Frankston and Melbourne
Art Bank
