Fred Cress
Fred Cress AM | |
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Born | Frederick Harold Cress 10 July 1938 |
Died | 14 October 2009 | (aged 71)
Nationality | Australian |
Awards | 1988 Archibald Prize |
Frederick Harold Cress
Cress was born in
In 1990 Cress bought a 17th-century stone farmhouse in Southern Burgundy, France. He spent the next 20 years of his life living half the year in France and half the year in Sydney with his partner, the photographer, Victoria Fernandez. Many of Cress's later works have visual references to his time spent in France.
Cress was diagnosed with prostate cancer in January 2003. In 2009 he declined to continue with treatment while he worked on his last exhibition, entitled 'End Game One', held in Australian Galleries, Paddington. He died on 14 October 2009.[5]
Representation
- Buratti Fine Art, Perth www.buratti.com.au Archived 10 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Australian Galleries, Sydney
References
- ^ Fred CRESS[permanent dead link], National Gallery of Victoria.
- ^ "Artist Fred Cress dies aged 71". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
- ^ Sydney Morning Herald, 15 October 2009, p.20
- ^ CRESS, Frederick Harold, It's an Honour, 26 January 2003.
- ^ Simon Santow, Renowned artist Cress dies at 71 Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 14 October 2009.
External links
- Fred Cress official website
- Biography
- AGNSW Fred Cress, Paintings 1988–1995 Archived 11 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- Fred Cress on Artabase Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine