Robert Grieve
Robert Grieve
Burnt Forests, 1962
Robert Henderson (Bob) Grieve (1924 – 2006)
oil on board
24 x 31 cm
signed and dated lower left
Related work: Burnt landscape II, 1962, oil on composition board, National Gallery of Victoria collection.
$1,100
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Robert Grieve was born in Melbourne. After graduating with a degree in biochemistry at Melbourne University in 1945 he started having formal art lessons and joined the Victorian Artists’ Society attending evening life-classes alongside artists such as Fred Williams. He continued studies in London attended evening life-classes and lithographic studies.
Grieve had his first exhibition in 1948 and followed with over 50 exhibitions during his career. A book on Robert Grieve’s life and work was published in 1995.
Robert Grieve’s work is in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Art Gallery of N.S.W., the Art Gallery of W.A., the Queensland Art Gallery, the Art Gallery of S.A. and many regional galleries.