Martin Gascoigne
Martin Gascoigne was Rosalie Gascoigne’s son and shared her interest in art. He studied history with Manning Clark at The Australian National University and afterwards worked primarily in the Department of Defence on intelligence matters and relations with the United States and South-East Asia.
Rosalie Gascoigne »
A Catalogue Raisonné
Authored by: Martin Gascoigne
Publication date: September 2019
Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) was a highly regarded Australian artist whose assemblages of found materials embraced landscape, still life, minimalism, arte povera and installations. She was 57 when she had her first exhibition. Behind this late coming-out lay a long and unusual preparation in looking at nature for its aesthetic qualities, collecting found objects, making flower arrangements and practising ikebana. Her art found an appreciative audience from the start. She was a people person, and it pleased her that through her exhibiting career of 25 years, her works were acquired by people of all ages, interests and backgrounds, as well as by the major public institutions on both sides of the Tasman Sea.
Watch the live video stream from the launch of Rosalie Gascoigne: A Catalogue Raisonné, held on Tuesday 17 September 2019 at the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, with Director Nick Mitzevich and author Martin Gascoigne on the NGA's Facebook page.
In the media
Read the ANU Reporter article: Art in road signs.
Read the Canberra Times article: Assembling Rosalie Gascoigne's catalogue.