From his period as a student until its closure in 1980, he worked at The Bookshop of Margareta WebberHenson, Bill, (1980) The bookshop of Margareta Webber : 1 map ; 46 x 60 cm. (Not drawn to scale). State Library of Victoria collection. Melbourne: Webbers Booksellers URL 343 Little Collins Street Melbourne, which specialised in luxurious books on ballet, dance and the visual arts. Leaving the bookshop, he traveled and photographed in Eastern Europe.'The first city I wanted to see was Dresden.' Henson quoted by Smee, Sebastian. Bill Henson. Art and Australia Vol.42, No.3, Autumn 2005, p. 396 – 405 He taught briefly at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne . Henson's long-term relationship with Luminist Melbourne painter Louise Hearman , whom he met in 1981 at the Victorian College of Arts, has been notedCoslovich, Gabriella (2008) Seeing in the dark: Louise Hearman remains enthralled by the richness of oil paint. The Age [newspaper] 18 October 2008. Online article URL accessed 26 May 2012"...the foreboding tension of her surfaces, a quality more in common with artists such as Dale Frank and Bill Henson." Collection notes Art Gallery of New South Wales © Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection Handbook, 2006, online URL accessed 26 May 2012Gregg, Simon (2011) New Romantics: Darkness and Light in Australian Art. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited as mutually influential on their art. Hearman won the 2014 Moran portrait prize, Australia's richest at $A150,000, with her double portrait of Bill Henson.'The co-judge of the prize, former Art Gallery of NSW director Edmund Capon, said Henson and Hearman had lived together for decades. But Hearman was coy on the subject. "Well, why don’t we just leave that open?" she said. Capon is a long-term friend of Henson and Hearman, and curated Henson’s 2005 exhibition at the AGNSW.' Elizabeth Fortescue, "Paintings of Bill Henson wins $150,000 Doug Moran Portrait Prize". HERALD SUN 28 October 2014
From his period as a student until its closure in 1980, he worked at The Bookshop of Margareta WebberHenson, Bill, (1980) The bookshop of Margareta Webber : 1 map ; 46 x 60 cm. (Not drawn to scale). State Library of Victoria collection. Melbourne: Webbers Booksellers URL 343 Little Collins Street Melbourne, which specialised in luxurious books on ballet, dance and the visual arts. Leaving the bookshop, he traveled and photographed in Eastern Europe.'The first city I wanted to see was Dresden.' Henson quoted by Smee, Sebastian. Bill Henson. Art and Australia Vol.42, No.3, Autumn 2005, p. 396 – 405 He taught briefly at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne , where he met Luminist Melbourne painter Louise Hearman in 1981. Henson's long-term relationship with Hearman has been notedCoslovich, Gabriella (2008) Seeing in the dark: Louise Hearman remains enthralled by the richness of oil paint. The Age [newspaper] 18 October 2008. Online article URL accessed 26 May 2012"...the foreboding tension of her surfaces, a quality more in common with artists such as Dale Frank and Bill Henson." Collection notes Art Gallery of New South Wales © Art Gallery of New South Wales Contemporary Collection Handbook, 2006, online URL accessed 26 May 2012Gregg, Simon (2011) New Romantics: Darkness and Light in Australian Art. Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty, Limited as mutually influential on their art. Hearman won the 2014 Moran portrait prize, Australia's richest at $A150,000, with her double portrait of Bill Henson.'The co-judge of the prize, former Art Gallery of NSW director Edmund Capon, said Henson and Hearman had lived together for decades. But Hearman was coy on the subject. "Well, why don’t we just leave that open?" she said. Capon is a long-term friend of Henson and Hearman, and curated Henson’s 2005 exhibition at the AGNSW.' Elizabeth Fortescue, "Paintings of Bill Henson wins $150,000 Doug Moran Portrait Prize". HERALD SUN 28 October 2014
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