Backen, Earle.

Backen, Earle. | BACKEN, Earle Ian

(1927–2005) Australian | Male

Worked: Australia (NSW), England, France. Etchings, Engravings, Screenprints, Lithographs

Art teacher | Artist (painter) | Printmaker

EXHIBITION HISTORY 1 – 20 of 23 exhibitions

Works

55. Resurrection. 15 gns | colour etching | Section A (Original Prints)

2nd International biennial exhibition of prints [Japan].

Venues

National Museum Of Modern Art. (5 November 1960 – 4 December 1960)
Tokyo, Japan

Municipal Museum Of Art. (25 January 1961 – 22 February 1961)
Osaka, Japan.

Graphic Arts Exhibition [by Sydney Printmakers].

Venues

Blaxland Galleries. [1]. (5 April 1961 – 15 April 1961)
8th & 9th floor, George St., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Four arts in Australia

Venues

Bendigo Art Gallery (1962 – 1962)
42 View St., Bendigo, Victoria, Australia

Sydney Printmakers exhibition [1962]

Venues

Argus Gallery (25 June 1962 – 6 July 1962)
4th floor, 290 La Trobe St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Works

83. The city. 10 gns | etching and aquatint on zinc.

86.

Desert Landscape.

12 gns | ething on zinc.

87. Resurrection. 12 gns | etching and aquatint on copper.

88. Mountain Landscape. 11 gns | etching on zinc.

Australian Print Survey.

Venues

Western Australian Art Gallery [1]. (1963 – 1964)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

National Gallery Of South Australia (1 October 1963 – 1 November 1963)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Art Gallery Of South Australia. (1 October 1963 – 1 November 1963)
North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

City Galleries In Victoria (1 January 1964 – 1 May 1964)

Art Gallery Of New South Wales. (10 June 1964 – 28 June 1964)
The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Newcastle Region Art Gallery (1 July 1964 – 1 July 1964)
Laman Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Queensland Art Gallery [1]. (1 August 1964 – 1 September 1964)
Gegory Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Tasmanian Museum And Art Gallery (1 September 1964 – 1 October 1964)
40 Macquarie St., Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Queen Victoria Museum And Art Gallery (1 September 1964 – 1 October 1964)
2 Wellington St., Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

National Gallery Of Victoria [1]. (1 November 1964 – 1 December 1964)
Swanston St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Contemporary Art Society Victoria: Annual Interstate Exhibition

Venues

Argus Gallery (1963 – 8 March 1963)
4th floor, 290 La Trobe St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

1962 acquisitions. [AGNSW]

Venues

Art Gallery Of New South Wales. (10 April 1963 – 12 May 1963)
The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Christmas exhibition, Argus Gallery 1963.

Venues

Argus Gallery (1963 – 1963)
4th floor, 290 La Trobe St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Earle Backen prints [1964].

Venues

Johnstone Gallery [2]. (23 February 1964 – 4 March 1964)
6 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia

Australian Printmaking Today, Adelaide Festival of Arts.

Venues

Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA). (1966 – 1966)
14 Porter St., Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Contemporary Art Society. (1 March 1966 – 1 March 1966)

Works

6. Landscape. $30

Australian Prints Today.

Venues

Museum of History [Washington] (15 July 1966 – 15 September 1966)
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Works

Earle Backen prints [1967].

Venues

Johnstone Gallery [2]. (1967 – 1967)
6 Cintra Road, Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia

Print Council of Australia: Print Prize Exhibition 1969. Print Council of Australia: Third Print Prize Exhibition 1969.

Venues

Tasmanian Museum And Art Gallery (1969 – 1969)
40 Macquarie St., Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Queen Victoria Museum And Art Gallery (1969 – 1969)
2 Wellington St., Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Central Street Gallery (1969 – 1969)
1 Central St., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Newcastle Region Art Gallery (1969 – 1969)
Laman Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Print Council Of Australia Gallery [1]. (1969 – 1969)
105 Collins St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Queensland Art Gallery [1]. (1 September 1969 – 1 October 1969)
Gegory Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Art Gallery Of South Australia. (2 September 1969 – 1969)
North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Western Australian Art Gallery [1]. (3 September 1969 – 2 October 1969)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

National Gallery Of Victoria [1]. (15 December 1969 – 20 January 1970)
Swanston St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Works

4. Documentary. edition of 25 | etching on zinc

Ten printmakers 1970.

Venues

National Gallery Of Victoria [2]. (18 September 1970 – 19 October 1970)
180 St Kilda Rd., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Western Australian Art Gallery [1]. (1 November 1970 – 1 December 1970)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Newcastle Region Art Gallery (7 January 1971 – 31 January 1971)
Laman Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Print Prize Exhibition 1973

Venues

Two Identical Exhibitions (1973 – 1973)

Print Council Of Australia Gallery [1]. (1 October 1973 – 1 June 1974)
105 Collins St., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Art Gallery Of South Australia. (18 October 1973 – 18 November 1973)
North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

National Gallery Of Victoria [2]. (19 October 1973 – 18 November 1973)
180 St Kilda Rd., Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Naracoorte Art Gallery (1 December 1973 – 1 January 1974)
128 Smith St., Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia

Art Gallery Of New South Wales. (31 January 1974 – 24 February 1974)
The Domain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Western Australian Art Gallery [1]. (5 February 1974 – 4 March 1974)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Newcastle Region Art Gallery (7 March 1974 – 31 March 1974)
Laman Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia

Queensland Art Gallery [1]. (1 April 1974 – 1 April 1974)
Gegory Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

University Of Tasmania Fine Art Gallery (1 April 1974 – 1 May 1974)
University Centre, Churchill Ave., Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania Australia

Rockhampton City Art Gallery (1 May 1974 – 1 May 1974)
City Hall, 62 Victoria Pde., Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia

Queen Victoria Museum And Art Gallery (1 May 1974 – 1 June 1974)
2 Wellington St., Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Mitchell Regional Gallery (1 June 1974 – 1 June 1974)
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

The Little Gallery [Devonport]. (1 June 1974 – 1 June 1974)
46 Steele Street, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

Works

1. After Traherne: (The First Century) No. 28. edition of 25 | coloured embossed etching

2. After Traherne: (The First Century) No. 29. edition of 20 | coloured etchng.

Print Council of Australia exhibition 1978

Venues

Blaxland Gallery [3] None
6th floor, Grace Bros., Cnr. Pitt and Market Sts., Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mornington Peninsula Arts Centre (197? – 197?)
4 Vancouver St., Mornington, Victoria, Australia

Mitchell Regional Gallery None
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Mitchell Regional Gallery None
Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Devonport Gallery And Arts Centre None
46 Steele St., Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

Naracoorte Art Gallery None
128 Smith St., Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia

Sale Regional Arts Centre (1978 – 1978)
Civic Centre, Sale, Victoria, Australia

University Of Tasmania Fine Art Gallery (1978 – 1978)
University Centre, Churchill Ave., Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania Australia

Undercroft Gallery (1978 – 1978)
University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Queensland Art Gallery [1]. (1978 – 1978)
Gegory Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery (1978 – 1978)
Weeroona Park, 56 Lock Street, Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia

Tamworth City Gallery (1978 – 1978)
203 Marius St., Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

Shoalhaven Regional Art Gallery (1978 – 1978)
Shoalhaven, New South Wales, Australia

Wagga Wagga City Art Gallery [2] (1978 – 1978)
City Council Administrativw Building, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Broken Hill City Art Gallery [1] (1978 – 1978)
Corner, Blende & Chlorine Streets, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia

Armidale [City] Art Gallery (1978 – 1978)
Rusden Street, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia

Caulfield Arts Complex (1 April 1978 – 1 April 1978)
Cnr. Glen Eira & Hawthorn Rds., Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia (CACSA). (15 May 1979 – 9 June 1979)
14 Porter St., Parkside, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Works

Australian identities in printmaking. The Australian print collection of Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery.

Venues

Wagga Wagga Art Gallery [3] (2000 – 14 January 2001)
Civic Centre, Baylis St., Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

Earle Backen, a retrospective look.

Venues

Robin Gibson Gallery [2]. (30 July 2005 – 17 August 2005)
278 Liverpool Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia