Francis Giacco

Francis Giacco (born 1955) is an Australian artist who won the Archibald Prize in 1994 with Homage to John Reichard.^[1]^[2] Giacco has a Bachelor of Architecture from the UNSW and is a longtime teacher at the Julian Ashton Art School, The Rocks, Sydney. His classes are characterized by a structured and logical approach to the tradition of classical drawing and painting techniques.

He had been a finalist the previous year, with his portrait of SBS newsreader, Lee Lin Chin^[3]

In 2014 he won the Percival Portrait Painting Prize, with a portrait of Charles Blackman.^[4]

References

^ Cochrane, Peter (19 March 1994), "Independent from of mind wins Archibald", The Sydney Morning Herald
^ "Tradition and illusions, from Italy with love". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ Macklin, Robert (19 March 1994). "Surrealist misses as Giacco stuns art world". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
^ "Percival Portrait Painting Prize". Chronicle. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

External links

Talking with Painters Podcast-Interview with Francis Giacco

Awards
Preceded by Garry Shead	Archibald Prize 1993/94 for Homage to John Reichard	Succeeded by William Robinson

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[1] Cochrane, Peter (19 March 1994), "Independent from of mind wins Archibald", The Sydney Morning Herald

[2] "Tradition and illusions, from Italy with love". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 November 2005. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[3] Macklin, Robert (19 March 1994). "Surrealist misses as Giacco stuns art world". Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). p. 3. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

[4] "Percival Portrait Painting Prize". Chronicle. Retrieved 20 November 2018.

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