{{Short description|Australian artist and arts educator}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox artist | name = Rob Gutteridge | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954}} | birth_place = West Bromwich, England | field = Painting, Drawing, écorché | training = South Australia School of Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, University of South Australia | works = | patrons = | awards = | website = [http://www.rgcr.com.au/ Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism] }}
'''Rob Gutteridge''' (born 1954) is a South Australian artist and arts educator. As well as teaching at Adelaide Central School of Art, Gutteridge runs the Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism.
== Biography ==
Gutteridge was born in West Bromwich, England in 1954 and arrived in Australia in 1965.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gutteridge |first1=Rob |last2=Gordon |first2=Maureen |title=Rob Gutteridge: records of affection. |date=2006 |publisher=Adelaide Central Gallery |location=Adelaide, SA |oclc=225265573 |language=English}}</ref> He studied painting at the South Australian School of Art (now University of South Australia), and then worked as an illustrator, primarily of insects, for the South Australian Museum (1976-1979).<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Patrick |title=Under the skin |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=16 September 2006}}</ref> In 1979, he received a travel grant from the Australia Council and a scholarship from the New York Studio School and, in 1992, thanks to another award, he studied at the Atelier Artistique Internationale des Artes in France.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Patrick |title=Under the skin |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=16 September 2006}}</ref> In 2011, he was awarded the Malaysia-Australia Visual Arts Residency, based at Rimbun Dahan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Adelaide Artist to Spend a Year in Hijjas Kasturi's Rimbun Dahan |work=Bernama Daily Malaysian News |date=3 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Rob Gutteridge |url=http://rimbundahan.org/rob-gutteridge/ |website=Rimbun Dahan |accessdate=22 March 2019 |date=26 April 2011}}</ref> In 2016, he opened the Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism to teach classical realist techniques.<ref>{{cite web |title=Atelier / Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism |url=https://www.artrenewal.org/Atelier/Index/10148 |website=Art Renewal Center |accessdate=22 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
== Artistic style and subject ==
Gutteridge’s paintings and drawings have a strong focus on the human body and on clouds, using classical realist techniques.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rob Gutteridge |url=http://rimbundahan.org/rob-gutteridge/ |website=Rimbun Dahan |accessdate=22 March 2019 |date=26 April 2011}}</ref> His work has been described as displaying “a keen appreciation of anatomy, structure and form”.<ref>{{cite web |title=Solo - Rob Gutteridge |url=http://www.acsa.sa.edu.au/the-gallery/exhibitions/solo-rob-gutteridge/ |website=Adelaide Central School of Art |accessdate=22 March 2019 |language=en |date=10 October 2018}}</ref> He also practices and teaches écorché.<ref>{{cite news |last1=McDonald |first1=Patrick |title=Under the skin |work=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |date=16 September 2006}}</ref>
== Awards and Prizes ==
In 2016, he received a Highly Commended for a work in Monochrome award from the Society of Graphic Fine Art.<ref>{{cite web |title=Highly Commended Work in Monochrome Winner: 'It Was Like This' by Robert Gutteridge |url=https://www.sgfa.org.uk/highly-commended-work-in-monochrome-winner-it-was-like-this-by-robert-gutteridge/ |website=Society of Graphic Fine Art |accessdate=22 March 2019 |date=24 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Award Winners '16 |url=https://www.sgfa.org.uk/award-winners-2016/ |website=Society of Graphic Fine Art}}</ref>
== Further reading ==
* Neylon, John. (September 1995). [https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/583/artifice-and-the-eye/ Artifice and the Eye]. ''Artlink''.
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