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George Baldessin

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George Baldessin

George Baldessin (1939–1978) was an Italian-Australian artist, printmaker and sculptor. His work features in most major private and public collections in Australia, and many overseas. A charismatic figure in the history of Australian art, especially in Melbourne in the 1970s, Baldessin was known for his generosity and encouragement to others' creativity until his accidental death in 1978, at the age of 39. Tess Edwards-Baldessin restored and reopened Baldessin's original bluestone studio in 2001 as the Baldessin Press & Studio.

A major joint exhibition featuring Baldessin's works alongside Brett Whiteley's was featured at the National Gallery of Victoria in 2018.

The estate of George Baldessin is managed by Australian Galleries, which also published the monograph George Baldessin: Paradox and Persuasion in 2009 by Harriet Edquist

 
Go-go dancer

Go-go dancer

1966 etching and aquatint

Untitled

Untitled

1966 etching and aquatint

Banquet

Banquet

1966 etching and aquatint

City monument (or The urinators)

City monument (or The urinators)

1966 etching and aquatint

Window and factory smoke

Window and factory smoke

1967 etching, aquatint and colour stencil

Personage, window and umbrella

Personage, window and umbrella

1970 etching, aquatint and colour roll on two plates

Personage and emblems

Personage and emblems

1972 coloured etching, aquatint and colour stencil on two plates

(Untitled)

(Untitled)

c. 1972 pen, ink and gouache

Personage, window and factory smoke no. 2

Personage, window and factory smoke no. 2

(or Personage and window II) 1972 2nd state etching and colour roll on two plates

Untitled figure

Untitled figure

1973 etching and aquatint

MM of Rue St Denis

MM of Rue St Denis

1976 charcoal and conté on paper

MM of Rue St Denis

MM of Rue St Denis

1976 charcoal and conté on paper

(Untitled – emblems)

(Untitled – emblems)

1977 charcoal, conté and ink on paper

Emblems I

Emblems I

1977 etching, aquatint and coloured stencil

Emblems (3rd state)

Emblems (3rd state)

1978 etching and aquatint

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene

1978 bronze, cast in 1983

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Go-go dancer
Untitled
Banquet
City monument (or The urinators)
Window and factory smoke
Personage, window and umbrella
Personage and emblems
(Untitled)
Personage, window and factory smoke no. 2
Untitled figure
MM of Rue St Denis
MM of Rue St Denis
(Untitled – emblems)
Emblems I
Emblems (3rd state)
Mary Magdalene
 

All Images © 2002 – 2025 Estate of George Baldessin, or Silvi Glattauer, unless otherwise stated.

 
 
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