1949 | Woolloomooloo | oil on linen on cardboard | - | Private Collection | - | Landscape
New South Wales
Sydney
Woolloomooloo | |
1950 | Beach at Newport, Sydney | oil on linen on cardboard | - | Private Collection | - | Miscellaneous
Landscape
Newport
Sydney
New South Wales | |
1950 | Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, Sydney | oil on linen on cardboard | 40.6 x 51 cm | Private Collection | - | Genre
Sydney
Taylor Square
New South Wales | |
1952 | Margaret - 1952 | oil on canvas on board | 75 x 60 cm | - | - | Portrait
Margaret Rigby | |
1954 | Self Portrait | oil on composition board | 91.5 x 63.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | Exhibited – 'Portraits: John Rigby', Museum of Brisbane, 2004
Archibald Prize Finalist 1954 | Archibald
Portrait
John Rigby
| |
1954 | Brunswick Heads | oil on cardboard | 46 x 58 cm | Private Collection | Used by permission of Gary Moloney | Miscellaneous
Brunswick Heads
Seascape
New South Wales | |
1955 | Italian Family, in North Queensland | oil on composition board | 122 x 91.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | Winner, Dante Alighieri Society / Italian Government Travelling Art Scholarship in 1955 | Prize
Genre
Dante Alighieri | |
1956 | Currumbin | oil on composition board | 50 x 61 cm | Gold Coast City Art Gallery
Purchased 1996, Gold Coast City Art Gallery Trust | - | Queensland
Seascape
Currumbin
Gold Coast City Art Gallery | |
1956 | Rome | oil on cardboard | 24 x 34.5 cm | Private Collection | - | Overseas
Italy
Rome
Landscape | |
1957 | Artist's Wife 1957 | oil on canvas | 104.2 x 69 cm | - | The Australian Women's Weekly Portrait Prize 1957
Selected for tour
Painted in Positano, Italy | Prize
Portrait
Womens Weekly
Margaret Ribgy
Positano | |
1957 | Fiesole Italy | oil on canvas on board | 57 x 68.7 cm | Private Collection | - | Overseas
Italy
Fiesole
Landscape | |
1957 | Fondamenta, Venice | oil on canvas on board | 61 x 80 cm | Private Collection | - | Overseas
Italy
Venice
Fondamenta
Landscape | |
1957 | Inner Harbour, Mevagissey | oil on board | 33.3 x 44.2 cm | Private Collection | | Overseas
Britain
Cornwall
Mevagissey
Seascape | |
1957 | Italian Village, near Florence | oil on board | 48.5 x 57 cm | Private Collection | - | Overseas
Italy
Florence
Landscape | |
1957 | Mending Nets, Positano | oil on canvas | - | Private Collection | - | Italy
Genre
Seaside
Positano | |
1957 | Ponte Vecchio, Florence | oil on canvas | 49.5 x 70 cm | | Private Collection | Overseas
Italy
Landscape
Florence
Ponte Vecchio | |
1957 | Positano | oil on canvas on board | 43 x 52 cm | Private Collection | - | Overseas
Italy
Positano
Landscape | |
1958 | Margaret | oil on composition board | 183.5 x 113.7 cm | Newcastle Region Art Gallery | Winning portrait, Australian Women's Weekly Art Prize 1958
International art prize with the co-operation of The Boards of Trustees of the State Art Galleries of Australia | Prize
Portrait
Womens Weekly
Margaret Rigby
Newcastle Regional Art Gallery | |
1958 | Wynnum Creek | oil on canvas on board | 76 x 91.4 cm | Private Collection | - | Brisbane
Seascape
Wynnum | |
1959 | Jon Molvig | enamel on composition board | 132 x 70 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Archibald Prize 1959
Exhibited – 'Portraits: John Rigby', Museum of Brisbane, 2004 | Prize
Portrait
Archibald
Jon Molvig | |
1959 | Queen Street, Brisbane | oil on canvas on board | - | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane | Winning entry, Caltex Centenary Art Prize (QLD 1959)
Gift of Caltex Oil (Aust.) Pty Ltd 1960 | Prize
Brisbane
Landscape
Queen Street
Queensland Art Gallery | |
1960 | Cribb Island | oil on composition board | 78.8 x 142.4 cm | Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane. Acquired 1960 | Winning entry, H.C. Richards Memorial Prize 1960 | Prize
Brisbane
Landscape
Cribb Island
Queensland Art Gallery | |
1961 | Flight | oil on composition board | 92 x 104.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Genre | |
1961 | Self Portrait | oil on composition board | 106.7 x 182.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Archibald Prize 1962 | Prize
Portrait
Archibald
John Rigby | |
1962 | Children Dancing | oil on composition board | 108.6 x 182.9 cm | Art Gallery of New South Wales | Winning entry, Sulman Prize 1962
© reproduced with permission
Photo: Brenton McGeachie for AGNSW | Prize
Genre
Sulman
Art Gallery New South Wales | |
1962 | Falling Night | oil on composition board | 72 x 143 cm | Private Collection | - | Genre
Landscape | |
1962 | Potter Carl McConnell | oil on composition board | 152.5 x 122 cm | - | Finalist, Archibald Prize 1962
Exhibited - 'Contemporary Art Society Autumn Exhibition', 1963; 'Portraits: John Rigby', Museum of Brisbane, 2004
| Prize
Portrait
Archibald
Potter McConnell | |
1962 | The Creek | oil on composition board | 76 x 92 cm | Private Collection | - | Landscape | |
1963 | Beach Pattern | oil on composition board | 91.5 x 122 cm | Private Collection | - | Genre
Seaside | |
1963 | Bracken Pool | oil on composition board | 91.5 x 105 cm | Private Collection | - | Landscape
Miscellaneous | |
1963 | Muster | oil on composition board | 91.5 x 122 cm | Private Collection | Finalist, Sulman Prize 1963 | Prize
Genre
Sulman | |
1963 | The Girls' Room | oil on composition board | 91.4 x 122 cm | Art Gallery of South Australia | Winning entry, Melrose Prize 1963
South Australian Government Grant 1963 | Prize
Genre
Melrose
Art Gallery South Australia | |
1963 | Tree Tracery - 1963 | oil on composition board | 105.5 x 123 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Landscape
Miscellaneous | |
1965 | Fighting Boys | oil on composition board | 69.5 x 90 cm | Private Collection | - | Genre | |
1965 | Nude on a Balcony | oil on composition board | 91.5 x 122 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Sulman Prize 1965
Reworked early 90s | Nude
Prize
Sulman | |
1966 | Aboriginal Girls | oil on composition board | 115.2 x 91.5 cm | Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art | Finalist, Sulman Prize 1966
Purchased 1973 with the assistance of the Australian Government Grant through the Visual Arts Board | Prize
Genre
Sulman
Aboriginal
Queensland Art Gallery | |
1966 | Aboriginal Girls at Cunnamulla Show | oil on composition board | 122 x 91.5 cm | Corporate Collection | - | Genre
Cunnamulla
Aboriginal | |
1966 | The Floral Dress | oil on composition board | 91.5 x 106.7 cm | Narcoorte Acquisitive Exhibition Prize 1971 (South Australia) | - | Prize
Genre
Narcoorte | |
1969 | Nude and Nature | oil on composition board | 75.5 x 150 cm | - | - | Nude | |
1970 | Nevil Matthews | oil on composition board | 122 x 122 cm | - | Finalist, Archibald Prize 1970 | Prize
Portrait
Archibald
Nevil Matthews | |
1973 | Cape Moreton | oil on canvas | 82.7 x 90.6 cm | Toowoomba Art Gallery | | Queensland
Seascape
Cape Moreton
Toowoomba Art Gallery | |
1973 | Profusion | oil on canvas | 121.6 x 106.5 cm | Gold Coast City Art Gallery | Purchased 1974 Gold Coast Art Prize | Prize
Genre
Gold Coast City Art Gallery | |
1973 | A Place for People | oil on canvas | 152.4 x 183.1 cm | Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art | Purchased 1973 with the assistance of an Australian Government Grant through the Visual Arts Board of the Australia Council | Genre
Queensland Art Gallery | |
1974 | Margaret Rigby | oil on canvas | 107 x 122 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Portrait
Margaret Rigby | |
1975 | Moggill Village | oil on canvas | 83.7 x 91.2 cm | Collection: Queensland Art Gallery/Gallery of Modern Art, purchased 1977 | Finalist, Wynne Prize 1975
| Prize
Brisbane
Wynne
Moggill
Queensland Art Gallery | |
1976 | Girl with Cat | oil on composition board | 51 x 53.5 cm | Private Collection | - | Genre | |
1976 | Poetic Night | oil on canvas | 107 x 122 cm | Rockhampton Art Gallery | - | Genre
Rockhampton Art Gallery | |
1978 | Crossing Shadows into Light | oil on canvas | 178 x 117 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Sulman Prize 1978 | Prize
Genre
Sulman | |
1978 | Lake Camp | oil on canvas | 137 x 122 cm | Private Collection | Finalist, Wynne Prize 1978 | Prize
Genre
Sulman
Lake Camp | |
1979 | Nambour Country | oil on canvas | 152 x 184 cm | Artbank | Finalist, Wynne Prize 1979 | Prize
Queensland
Landscape
Wynne
Nambour
Artbank | |
1979 | Pat Hoffie, Decorative | oil on canvas | 182 x 152 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Archibald Prize 1979
Exhibited – 'Portraits: John Rigby', Museum of Brisbane, 2004 | Prize
Portrait
Archibald
Pat Hoffie | |
1979 | Yamba Headland, NSW | oil on canvas | 105 x 120 cm | Private Collection | - | Miscellaneous
Seascape
New South Wales
Yamba | |
1980 | Androula | oil on composition board | 52 x 44 cm | Private Collection | - | Portrait
Androula | |
1980 | Garden with Proteas | oil on canvas | 84 x 92 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Miscellaneous
Flowers
Landscape | |
1981 | Miner, Collinsville 1981 | oil on canvas | 122 x 91.2 cm | - | Exhibited – 'Impressions of Mining, Brisbane', City Hall Art Gallery, 1992 | Queensland
Genre
Collinsville
Mining | |
1981 | Resting Nude | oil on canvas | 136.5 x 152 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Nude | |
1981 | The Yellow Chair, Pat Hoffie | oil on canvas | 152.3 x 102 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Portrait
Pat Hoffie | |
1982 | Russ Hinze | oil on canvas | 168 x 112 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Portrait
Russ Hinze | |
1983 | Nikki | oil on canvas | 121.7 x 81.3 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Portrait
Nikki | |
1984 | Coolum Rocks, Queensland | oil on canvas | 134 x 212 cm | Corporate Collection | - | Queensland
Coolum
Seascape | |
1984 | Denise Johnson | oil on canvas | 137.5 x 91 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Archibald Prize 1984 | Prize
Portrait
Archibald
Denise Johnson | |
1984 | Figure Composition with Stripes | oil on canvas | 92 x 132 cm | Private Collection | Finalist, Sulman Prize 1984 | Prize
Genre
Sulman | |
1984 | Lagoon, Lord Howe Island | oil on canvas | 81 x 91 cm | Corporate Collection | - | Island
Seascape
Lord Howe Island
New South Wales | |
1984 | Renee in the Studio | oil on canvas | 120 x 120 cm | Private Collection | Finalist, Sulman Prize 1984 | Prize
Portrait
Sulman
Renee Rigby | |
1985 | Amongst the Palms, Dent Island | oil on canvas | 49 x 59 cm | Private Collection | - | Island
Dent Island
Whitsundays
Queensland
Landscape | |
1985 | Light on the Escarpment, Kakadu | oil on canvas | 152.5 x 91.5 cm | Private Collection | - | Northern Territory
Kakadu
Landscape | |
1985 | Nourlangie Rock, Kakadu | oil on canvas | 83.5 x 91 cm | Private Collection | - | Northern Territory
Kakadu
Nourlangie Rock
Landscape | |
1985 | Palmwoods, Queensland | oil on canvas | 83.5 x 121.5 cm | Corporate Collection | - | Queensland
Landscape
Palmwoods | |
1985 | The Resort, Brampton Island | oil on canvas | 101.5 x 112 cm | Private Collection | - | Island
Queensland
Brampton Island | |
1985 | Whitsundays | oil on canvas | 91.5 x 112 cm | Private Collection | - | Island
Landscape
Queensland
Whitsundays | |
1986 | Island Decorative with Black Boys - 1986 | oil on canvas | 112 x 122 cm | Private Collection | - | Island
Landscape | |
1986 | The Jetty, Lindeman Island | oil on canvas | 84 x 92 cm | Corporate Collection | - | Island
Queensland
Lindeman Island | |
1987 | Glass House Mountains Queensland | oil on canvas on board | 165 x 81 cm | Collection of the Artist | Shown in various special exhibitions | Queensland
Landscape
Glass House Mountains | |
1988 | Devil's Kitchen, Noosa | oil on canvas | 107 x 137 cm | Corporate Collection | - | Queensland
Seascape
Noosa | |
1988 | Merry-go-round | oil on canvas | 92 x 108 cm | Private Collection | - | Genre | |
1988 | Rock Formations | oil on canvas | 97 x 239 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Landscape | |
1988 | Summer Bathers | oil on canvas | 76 x 91.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Genre
Seascape | |
1989 | Babette Stephens | oil on canvas | 136.5 x 83.5 cm | Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane | - | Portrait
Babette Stephens
Queensland Performing Arts Centre | |
1989 | Papa Beach, Savaii | oil on canvas | 83.5 x 91 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Island
Seascape
Samoa
Papa Beach | |
1989 | Plantation, Rarotonga | oil on canvas | 84 x 92 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Island
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Landscape | |
1989 | Promenade, Rarotonga | oil on canvas | 112 x 122 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Island
Cook Islands
Rarotonga | |
1989 | Rarotonga Remembered | oil on canvas | 137 x 153 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Island
Cook Islands
Rarotonga
Landscape | |
1989 | Sunday in Samoa | oil on canvas | 76 x 76 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Island
Samoa
Genre | |
1989 | Vaisala, Savaii, Western Samoa | oil on canvas | 91 x 107 cm | Corporate Collection | - | Island
Samoa
Vaisala
Savaii
| |
1990 | Path to the Beach, Coolum | oil on canvas | 56 x 61 cm | Private Collection | - | Queensland
Coolum
Seaside | |
1990 | Self Portrait | oil on canvas | 111.8 x 76.3 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Portrait
John Rigby | |
1991 | Butterflies | acrylic on canvas | 84 x 84 cm | Collectoin of the Artist | - | Miscellaneous | |
1991 | Church of Paraportiani, Mykonos | oil on canvas | 40.5 x 50.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Overseas
Greece
Mykonos
Landscape | |
1991 | Santorini | oil on canvas | 50.5 x 40.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Overseas
Italy
Landscape
Santorini | |
1992 | Anthony Rigby | oil on canvas | 122 x 84 cm | Private Collection | - | Portrait
Anthony Rigby | |
1992 | Margaret Rigby | oil on canvas | 118 x 92 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 1994
Exhibited - 'Portraits: John Rigby', Museum of Brisbane, 2004 | Prize
Portrait
Doug Moran
Margaret Rigby | |
1992 | Margaret Rigby | oil on canvas | 152.5 x 91.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Portrait
Margaret Rigby | |
1992 | Midday Nude | oil on canvas | 84 x 137.2 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Nude | |
1992 | Sunset, Tamwoy, Thursday Island | oil on canvas | 84 x 91.5 cm | - | Private Collection | Island
Thursday Island
Tamwoy
Genre | |
1992 | Waiting, Thursday Island | oil on canvas | 76.8 x 167.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Island
Thursday Island
Genre | |
1992 | Yellow Nude - 1992 | oil on paper | 56.2 x 75.3 cm | - | - | Nude | |
1993 | Going home Children | oil on composition board | 91.5 x 76.3 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Genre | |
1993 | Mark Rigby | oil on canvas | 122 x 81.3 cm | Private Collection | - | Portrait
Mark Rigby | |
1993 | Parliament House, Brisbane | oil on canvas | 135 x 122 cm | Private Collection | Awarded Watling-von Bibra $20,000 Art Award in 2000
Reworked 2000
Dispute over conditions, artist chose to return the prize | Prize
Brisbane
Landscape
Parliament House
Watling-von Bibra | |
1993 | St Brigid's, Paddington, Brisbane | oil on canvas | 92 x 92 cm | Private Collection | - | Brisbane
Landscape
Paddington
St Brigids | |
1993 | Suburb Red Hill, Brisbane | oil on canvas | 107 x 122 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Brisbane
Landscape
Red Hill | |
1994 | Lake Moogerah, Queensland | oil on canvas | 122 x 147.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Queensland
Landscape
Lake Moogerah | |
1994 | Self Portrait | oil on canvas | 182.7 x 122 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Portrait
John Rigby | |
1994 | Small Abstracts | acrylic on paper | 90 x 152 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Abstract | |
1995 | Egyptian Bazaar | oil on canvas | 91.5 x 122 cm | Private Collection | - | Overseas
Egypt
Genre | |
1995 | Egyptian Women | oil on canvas | 76 x 66 cm | Private Collection | - | Overseas
Egypt
Genre | |
1995 | Houses amidst the Tombs, Egypt | oil on paper | 37 x 56 cm | Private Collection | - | Overseas
Egypt
Genre | |
1995 | Glen Helen Gorge MacDonnell Ranges | oil on canvas | 83.4 x 90.5 cm | Private Collection | - | Northern Territory
Landscape
MacDonnell Ranges | |
1995 | Simpsons Gap | oil on canvas | 76 x 91.5 cm | - | - | Northern Territory
Landscape | |
1995 | Standley Chasm | - | - | - | - | Northern Territory
Landscape | |
1995 | Trephina Gorge | oil on canvas | 83.5 x 91 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Northern Territory
Landscape
Trephina Gorge | |
1996 | Sunlight and Shadow, Brampton Island | oil on canvas | 56 x 61 cm | Private Collection | - | Island
Landscape
Brampton Island
Queensland | |
1996 | Verlie Just OAM | oil on canvas | 198 x 76 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 1996 | Prize
Portrait
Doug Moran
Verlie Just | |
1997 | Four Mile Beach, Port Douglas | oil on canvas | 92 x 29 cm | Corporate Collection | - | Queensland
Seascape
Port Douglas
Four Mile Beach | |
1997 | Girl by the Sea | oil and charcoal on paper | 58 x 39 cm | Private Collection | - | Genre
Seascape | |
1997 | Rice Paddies, Bali | oil on canvas | 76 x 106.7 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Island
Bali | |
1997 | Yellow Fields, Bali | oil on canvas | 112 x 76.5 cm | Private Collection | - | Island
Landscape
Bali | |
1998 | Garden Nude | oil on canvas | 106.8 x 122 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Nude | |
1998 | Hannelore | oil on canvas | 152.5 x 102 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Portrait
Hannelore | |
1998 | Native Flowers | oil on canvas | 71 x 61 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Flowers
Miscellaneous | |
1998 | Polita | oil on canvas | 152.5 x 91.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | Finalist, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 1998 | Prize
Portrait
Polita
Doug Moran | |
1998 | The Farewell | oil on canvas | 152 x 182 cm | - | Finalist, Sulman Prize 1999 | Prize
Genre
Sulman | |
1999 | Leroy Loggins | oil on canvas | 100 x 100 cm | Private Collection | - | Portrait
Leroy Loggins | |
1999 | Ponte Rialto Venice 1999 | oil on canvas | 51 x 76 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Overseas
Italy
Landscape
Venice
Ponte Rialto | |
1999 | St Mark's Square Venice | oil on canvas | 76 x 86.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Italy
Venice
St Marks Square | |
1999 | St Salute and Gondolas, Venice | oil on paper | 45.5 x 64 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Overseas
Italy
Landscape
Venice
St Salute | |
1999 | Story Bridge, Brisbane | oil on canvas | 76.2 x 112 cm | Private Collection | - | Brisbane
Landscape
Story Bridge | |
1999 | Toledo Spain | oil on canvas | 137.2 x 183 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Overseas
Spain
Toledo
Landscape | |
2000 | Byron Bay Lighthouse, New South Wales | oil on canvas | 84 x 84 cm | Private Collection | - | Genre
Seaside
Byron Bay
New South Wales | |
2000 | Plaster Nude | oil paint on engraved plaster | 74.5 x 79 cm | Private Collection | - | Nude | |
2001 | Nothing Lasts | oil on canvas | 106.5 x 167.5 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Abstract | |
2002 | Water Babies | oil on canvas | 107 x 122 cm | Collection of the Artist | - | Nude | |
2003 | St Bees Island, North Queensland | oil on canvas | 76.7 x 91.8 cm | Collection of the Artist | | Island
Seascape
St Bees Island
Queensland | |
2003 | Sideshow Alley, Brisbane Exhibition | oil on canvas | 90 x 120 cm | - | c.2003/2004 | Brisbane
Genre
Brisbane Exhibition | |
2006 | Aboriginal Girl and Dog | oil on canvas | 62.8 x 57.8 cm | - | - | Genre
Aboriginal | |
2006 | Palm Bay Whitsundays | acrylic on canvas | 84 x 92 cm | - | - | Island
Queensland
Seascape
Whitsundays | |
1974 | Evening in the Suburbs | linocut | 59.4 x 46.1 cm (printed image) | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Limited edition | Print
Linocut
National Gallery of Australia | |
1974 | Loss, Brisbane Flood | linocut | 51 x 34.4 cm (printed image) | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Limited edition | Print
Linocut
Brisbane Flood
National Gallery of Australia | |
1974 | Mother and Child | linocut | 60.9 x 45.9 cm (printed image) | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Limited edition | Print
Linocut
National Gallery of Australia
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1974 | Yellow Hat | colour linocut | 52.2 x 40.8 cm (printed image) | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Limited edition | Print
Linocut
National Gallery of Australia | |
1978 | Girl in a Field | lithograph | 15 x 25 cm (printed image) | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra | Limited edition
Based on a painting which won the David Jones Prize in 1968 | Print
Lithograph
National Gallery of Australia
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