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City of Fremantle Art Collection > Records

Tenth Anniversary Fremantle Arts Centre Mural Commission

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Robert (Bob) Birch

1983

Overview

10 panels of acrylic paint on canvas

Historical information

This work was commissioned for the 10th Anniversary of Fremantle Arts Centre, using WA Arts Council grant and Associate Membership subscriptions in 1983. The artwork was designed specifically for installation in the Fremantle Arts Centre Function Room.

Details

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-7-12.11

Item type

Acrylic Paintings

Landscape Paintings

Themes

Art and Design
Environment
Nature

Material

Width

1003.5000 cm

Height or length

21 cm

Contextual Information

Robert Birch was born in Western Australia in 1939 and studied in the United Kingdom. He travelled in the Middle East before returning to Perth in 1967. Birch taught art before becoming a full-time painter and exhibiting his work in Perth, Hobart, London and Singapore.

Keywords

Place made

Fremantle
Western Australia
Australia

Year

Primary significance criteria

Artistic or aesthetic significance

Historic significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness

Rare or representative

Well provenanced

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