National Gallery of Australia Research Library
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The National Gallery of Australia Research Library is the preeminent art library in Australia
, located in Canberra..
Collection holdings are listed on the national database Libraries Australia or directly, via the Research Library catalogue.
Supporting this last collection of Paris Salon catalogues, the Research Library has developed an extensive finding aid and research resource to assist researchers.
, Richard Boulez, Frances Burke
, Frances Derham, Marcella Hempel, Helene Kirsova
, Bernard Hall and Neil Roberts
; and records of Print Council of Australia, Gallery A, Art Galleries Association of Australia, Art Museums Association of Australia, Arts Libraries Society/Australia and New Zealand, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
conducted in the late 1970s called the James Gleeson Oral History Collection, has been inscribed into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register 2008 as being of significant Australian cultural heritage.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, located in Canberra..
Services
The Research Library has a Reference Service that is available to the public online, and via email, phone, fax or post.Collections
The Research Library holdings provide a general coverage of art history with particular strengths supporting the Gallery's art collection, these include:- Aboriginal art
- Australian art
- Asian textiles
- Ballets RussesBallets RussesThe Ballets Russes was an itinerant ballet company from Russia which performed between 1909 and 1929 in many countries. Directed by Sergei Diaghilev, it is regarded as the greatest ballet company of the 20th century. Many of its dancers originated from the Imperial Ballet of Saint Petersburg...
- Contemporary art worldwide
- Selected areas of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art
Collection holdings are listed on the national database Libraries Australia or directly, via the Research Library catalogue.
Special collections
The Research Library has a number of special collections of rare or fragile materials, including:- Contemporary auction sale catalogues;
- Contemporary Exhibition catalogues;
- Crystal Palace Exhibition materials;
- Nineteenth Century Auction Sales;
- Nineteenth Century Decorative Arts;
- Nineteenth Century Periodicals;
- Nineteenth Century Photography;
- Paris Salon catalogues;
Supporting this last collection of Paris Salon catalogues, the Research Library has developed an extensive finding aid and research resource to assist researchers.
Ephemera collection and artists’ files
The Ephemera collection consists of more than 80 000 files, with over 1 million items, containing information on the National Gallery of Australia, Australian art schools and galleries, and on Australian and International artists, museums, collectors and curators.Archives and manuscripts
The Research Library’s small Archive and Manuscript collection contains personal papers and records Australian visual art history. Notable holdings include the papers of Maximilian Feuerring, Grieve Family, Fred WilliamsFred Williams
Frederick Ronald Williams OBE was an Australian painter and printmaker. He was one of Australia’s most important artists, and one of the twentieth century’s major painters of the landscape...
, Richard Boulez, Frances Burke
Frances Burke
Frances Burke may refer to:*Frances Walsingham, married name Burke or de Burgh*Frances Marie Burke, Miss America...
, Frances Derham, Marcella Hempel, Helene Kirsova
Hélène Kirsova
Hélène Kirsova was a Danish ballerina, choreographer, and director who started the first professional ballet company in Australia. Kirsova was born in Copenhagen as Ellen Elisabeth Kiersten Wittrup. In Denmark, she received ballet training from Emilie Walborn and Jenny Møller. She continued her...
, Bernard Hall and Neil Roberts
Neil Roberts
Neil E. Roberts is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL.Roberts played with St Kilda on the forward line initially but later excelled as a centre half back, winning the Brownlow medal in 1958. Captained the side from 1959 to 1962 before retiring at 29 years of age and commencing a...
; and records of Print Council of Australia, Gallery A, Art Galleries Association of Australia, Art Museums Association of Australia, Arts Libraries Society/Australia and New Zealand, Sir William Dobell Art Foundation.
Audio visual materials
The Research Library Audio Visual collection includes published and unpublished documentary audio and video recordings relating to many National Gallery events and interviews with artists. Notable amongst the collection are 98 interviews by the artist James GleesonJames Gleeson
James Timothy Gleeson was Australia's foremost artist. He was also a poet, critic, writer and curator. He played a significant role in the Australian art scene, including serving on the board of the National Gallery of Australia.-Early life:Gleeson was born in the Sydney district of Hornsby and he...
conducted in the late 1970s called the James Gleeson Oral History Collection, has been inscribed into the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register 2008 as being of significant Australian cultural heritage.