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Antonia Black?Australian Cutting the Fruit 2009 Signed Framed Gouache on paper 44 x 59 cm Guide Price £1,500 14 Antonia is a passionate water colourist. Born in Perth, Western Australia, she moved to Sydney with her family in 1959 and studied at the National Art School in Sydney. She travelled to England shortly after and studied for five years at The Slade, where her greatest influence was Frank Auerbach with whom she worked for two years. For many years Antonia taught drawing and watercolour painting in Secondary Schools and later in Adult Education. She is frequently in demand as a professional tutor for ‘Art Holiday’ painting courses, watercolour tutorials and as a visiting lecturer. Antonia has received many awards for her work including First Prize at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists (RBSA) Open Watercolour Competition and Third Prize in the Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition 2001. In 2003 she was awarded the ‘Grand Prix’ at the 14th Salon International de la Peinture à l’Eau in Tregastel, France, and was Peintre Laureat for this competition the following year. She has had many solo exhibitions in the UK, the US, Australia and France, including among others at the Prudho Gallery (London), the Art League (Washington D.C.), Robin Gibson Gallery (Sydney) and the Brian Sinfield Gallery (Burford, Oxfordshire). The Art of Resistance? Defending Academic Freedom “ This work is a still life of fruit with scissors. antonia black ” Lot 1