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Australian, b. 1925 – Present
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Thomas Gleghorn

Born in Thornley, England in 1925, Tom Gleghorn moved to Australia as a young child with his family. Despite studying engineering and having no formal training in art, Gleghorn has forged a long and successful career as an artist. He was appointed as Director of Blaxland Gallery in 1958, the same year he won the Mosman Art Prize with a painting entitled Fragment of the Crucifixion and the Blake Christus Prize with Head of Christ. Tom was awarded the Helena Rubinstein Travelling Scholarship in 1961, giving him the opportunity to travel and see great European masterpieces first hand. He has exhibited regularly since 1959 and has lectured at several Australian art institutions and colleges and was teacher of art and design at the National Art School in Sydney until 1968. It was not until 1983 when Tom began painting on a full-time basis. His dedication to Australian art, both as an artist and an educator, was recognised with the award of a Member of Order of Australia (OAM) in 2005.

The Collection

Works by Thomas Gleghorn

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Burial Platform for George Namingum, Deaf Adder Scarp, Kakadu
mixed media on paper
Souvenir Chateau de Sade, Provence
mixed media on paper
Hanuman Temple, Monkey Forest, Ubud, Bali
mixed media on paper
Wharf Study, Outer Harbour, Port Adelaide
mixed media on paper
Exhibition History

Selected Exhibitions

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2005
Stafford Studios Perth
80th Birthday Exhibition BMG
2001
BMG Adelaide
1998
BMG Adelaide
1996
Holdsworth Gallery Woollahra
1995
70th Birthday Exhibition Greenhill Gallery
1993
Galerie la Tour des Caridnaux L'isle-sur-la-Sorgue
1992
Greenhill Gallery Adelaide Festival of Arts
1991
Von Bertouch Art Gallery Newcastle
1990
Adrian Slinger Gallery Brisbane
1988
Freeman Gallery Hobart
Tynte Gallery Adelaide Festival of Arts
1987
Adrian Slinger Gallery Brisbane
1986
Greenhill Gallery Perth Festival of Art
Tynte Gallery Adelaide
Greythorn Gallery Melbourne
1984
Gallery of Man Kalamundra
Bonython Meadmore gallery Adelaide
1983
Golden Age Gallery Ballarat
1982
Town Gallery Brisbane
1981
Von Bertouch Gallery Newcastle
1976
Town Gallery Brisbane
Von Bertouch Gallery Newcastle
1975
David Summer Gallery Adelaide
Collectors Gallery Brisbane
1974
Macquarie Galleries Canberra
Desborough Gallery Perth
The Barn Adelaide
1973
Macquarie Galleries Canberra
1972
Die Gallery Tanunda
Macquarie Galleries Canberra
1971
Powell Street Gallery Melbourne
Macquarie Galleries Canberra
Lidums Art Gallery Adelaide
Von Bertouch Gallery Newcastle
1970
Reid Gallery Brisbane
1969
Rudy Komon Gallery Sydney
1968
Macquarie Galleries Canberra
Von Bertouch Galleries Newcastle
1966
Macquarie Galleries Canberra
Australian Galleries Melbourne
Von Bertouch Galleries Newcastle
1964
Bonython Galleries Adelaide and Sydney (Hungry Horse Gallery)
Von Bertouch Galleries Newcastle
1963
Stone Gallery England
Skinner Galleries Perth
1961
Bonython Galleries Adelaide
Johnstone Gallery Brisbane
1960
Macquarie Galleries Perth
Skinner Galleries Perth
1959
Macquarie Galleries Sydney
Newcastle Art Gallery
Gallery 43 Melbourne
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001
Post Card Exhibition Leading Australian Artists
Abstract Impressionism Sydney 1956- 64
1993
Daws, Tucker, Gleghorn, Pugh, Hodgkinson Tucker
1990
Gallerie Samagra Paris
1989
Coburn, Dickerson, Gleghorn Dickerson
Prints and Australia: Pre-settlement to Present Australian National Gallery
1988
Drawings in Australia from 1970 to 1980s Australian National Gallery
Images of Religion in Australian Art Australian National Gallery
1985
Australian Contemporary Paintings and Graphics in ... Hong Kong
Dickerson, Coburn, Gleghorn Coburn
1973
New South Wales House The Strand
1970
International Graphics Rijecka
1967
Young Australian Painters Exhibition
1966
Contemporary Australian Drawing Newcastle Gallery
Australian Painting Auckland
1965
Young Australian Painters Tokyo
1964
Australian Painting Travelling Exhibition Europe
Tendencies Gallery de Fleuve
1963
Australian Painting Tate Gallery
La Grand Toile Gallery du Fleuve
1962
Collectors Choice Stone Gallery
Australian Art Today touring Europe and North America
Gleghorn and Juniper Skinner Galleries
Petits Format Exhibition Gallery du Fleuve
1961
Sao Paulo Biennale
Recent Australian Paintings Whitechapel Gallery
Burr-Swartz Australian Collection Los Angeles
1960
2nd International Biennale Tokyo
South Pacific Young Painters Tokyo
Contemporary Australian Art Auckland
C.A.S. Group Vision Gallery London
1959
Australian Paintings San Francisco
1958
Matson Lines Travelling Exhibition
1957
Dickerson, Gleghorn, Coburn Gleghorn