Keith Looby, Packaged Landscape

KEITH LOOBY

(Australian, b. 1940)

Packaged Landscape, 1973

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

122cm x 121cm

Acquired: 1973

109195

Biography:

Keith Looby was born in Sydney in 1940, and attended the National Art School, Sydney (1955 -1959)

After graduating, Looby commenced a lengthy European sojourn, travelling to Naples, , London and Rome, visiting galleries and museums whilst continuing to paint. At the suggestion, and with the assistance of Jeffrey Smart, Looby returned to Australia in 1967 to show with Macquarie Galleries, Sydney. Since then, he has continued to exhibit regularly throughout Australia.

Looby has been a regular recipient of art awards and prices, including winning the Archibald Prize (1984); the Dalby Art Prize (1978); the Mornington Peninsula Drawing Prize (1976); Swan Hill Pioneer Art Prize and the Latrobe Valley Purchase Prize (1975); Sulman Prize (1974); Blake Prize For Religious Art (1973); Georges Invitation Art Awards (1971,1973), and the D’Arcy Morris Memorial Prize (1969, 1970, 1972).

In 1992 Keith Looby was named Canberra Artist of the Year.

Looby is represented in most state galleries including the National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of South Australia, Queensland Art Gallery, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York, QUT Art Museum, Geelong Art Gallery, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Newcastle Region Art Gallery, and Swan Hill Regional Gallery.

View Keith Looby’s Archibald Prize winning entry of 1984, Max Gilles

View more work by Keith Looby at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the National Portrait Gallery, and the National Gallery of Australia.