Evert ploeg biography for kids

PROFILE

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AWARDS

2014 – Ordinal Place: Portrait Identity of U.s.a. Memebrs Exclusive Competition – Non Commissioned
2013 – Honourable Merit: For Recognition oppress Portfolio acquiescence for Pristine York Garland Club legal action – Portrait Concert party of America,
2007 – Winner: Peoples’ Choice Accord AGNSW Archibald Prize.
2005 – Winner: Exceptional Value Award Rendering Society pleasant America’s Global Competition, President DC USA.
2005 – Winner: Shirley Hannan Not public Portrait Reward, Bega Vale Regional Gallery.
2005 – Highly Commended: At picture inaugural Berkelouw Portrait Trophy – Prostration

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Evert Ploeg John Schaeffer AO – art collector and philanthropist

John Schaeffer is a distinguished art collector with a particular passion for painters and sculptors of the 17th to 19th centuries. Over the years, he has donated many works to local and international museums.

‘I met John in 2000. We connected over our love of figurative art and a mutual Dutch heritage. I was invited to view some of his treasured pieces at his home, where I was totally awestruck by his fabulous art collection,’ says Evert Ploeg. ‘Recently, while visiting him at his new home, he showed me around wearing his dressing gown/smoking jacket. The eccentricity and relaxed nature of his image struck me and formed the genesis of my portrait.

‘I have painted John immersed in his art, the large reclining bronze nude by Cyrus Dallin forming one of the main shapes in the work. To the right, a small bust by Thomas Brock, a portrait of Lord Leighton by GF Watts and in the background, a pencil rendering of Joan of Arc by Henry Wallis. I kept these works in a neutral palette to bring focus to the sitter.’

Born in Sydney in 1963, Ploeg caused Archibald controversy in 1997 with a portrait of Bananas in Pyjamas. Since then he has won two People’s Choice Awards and the 2004 Packing Room Prize. His portrait of Sc

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Evert Ploeg Jana Wendt

Evert Ploeg was hung in the Archibald for the first time in 1999 with a portrait of actor Deborah Mailman, painted on jute wool bales, which was voted the People’s Choice winner.

Ploeg left his 2004 Archibald entry to the last minute, and through friends gained the idea and introduction to paint Jana Wendt, one of Australia’s most high-profile television presenters/reporters. ‘She has a very distinct face, a good sculptural face.’ The sitting took place three weeks before the Archibald deadline. ‘I wanted something quite simple, very elegant and chic,’ says the artist.

‘I wanted the feeling that I was just having a conversation with her.’ Since the painting was still slightly wet on the deadline, he put it behind perspex – apposite given that we usually see Wendt on the small screen.

Born in Sydney in 1963, Ploeg caused quite a stir in 1997 when he entered the Archibald Prize for the first time with a portrait of B1 and B2, the Bananas in Pyjamas. The painting sparked a nationwide debate about its eligibility. Ploeg’s portrait of Paralympian Louise Sauvage, on a gold leaf-shaped panel, was selected for the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ 2000 Sporting Portrait Prize.